Job Description

Job Benefits:

Excellent benefit package including:

• Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund
• Group Health Insurance
• Vacation Days
• Sick Time
• Personal Day
• 14 Paid Holidays
• 35 hour workweek
• 4 day work week available for most positions
• Great work environment
• National Health Service Corp (NHSC) approved site

To Apply:

• Submit an online application at apply.egyptian.org
• Download or pickup a paper application and return to Tammy Karnes at:
  • Address: 1412 US 45 North, Eldorado, IL 62930
  • Fax: (618) 273-2808
  • Email: tkarnes@egyptian.org

Please include resume and three letters of reference with application. Three letters of reference will be required prior to start date.

Next application deadline is: November 15, 2025

Environmental Health Practitioner Department: Environmental

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university with a minimum of 30 semester hours or 45 hours in the physical and/or biological sciences.
• Ability to perform technical inspections and made corrective recommendations following such inspections.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with public and private groups and individuals.
• Ability to express ideas clearly and concisely both orally and in writing.

Full Time

35 Hours per Week

• Reviews, permits, and inspects food service establishments. Private sewage systems and water wells.
• Must be able to explain state laws, local ordinances, rules, and regulations; offers guidance on environmental practices and principles; advises regarding improvements or corrections necessary to assure compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulat
• Complete activity reports and records of inspections; investigations, and correspondence.
• Participates in making recommendations relative to the protection and disinfection of private and non-community water samples.
• Investigates complaints involving possible sanitary violations; offers advice on solutions; makes follow-up inspections.
• Investigates insect and rodent conditions; participates in making recommendations for control programs involving abatement procedures.
• Participates in Public Health Emergency Preparedness planning, training, exercising and real-world events.
• Apply for Licensed Environmental Health Practitioner In-Training (LEHP in Training) within two years of hire.
• Obtain credentials as a Licensed Environmental Health Practitioner (LEHP) within five years of becoming a LEHP In-Training.

Bachelor's Degree: $41,000 Master's Degree: $48,000

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