Environmental Health Technical Officer

Full Time Permanent Position

Band 5 - Salary Range $81,006 to $93,280 per annum + 12% Super + ADO

Salary offered will depend on level of skills and experience.

Why join Melton City Council?

Melton City Council is proud to serve one of Australia’s fastest-growing and most diverse communities. We are a forward-thinking local government committed to creating a city where everyone feels welcome, supported, and empowered.

As a Council, we are driven by innovation, inclusion, and excellence. We deliver high-quality services and infrastructure, promote lifelong learning, and champion health and wellbeing across our municipality. Our team plays a vital role in shaping a vibrant, sustainable future for our residents.

Working with us means being part of a collaborative and inclusive culture that values your growth. We offer:

• Professional and personal development opportunities
• Generous leave entitlements and flexible work arrangements
• A dynamic workplace close to home, surrounded by heritage charm, green spaces, and modern amenities

Join us and help build a city that thrives—where your work makes a real difference every day.

The Opportunity

The Environmental Health team is seeking an Environmental Health Technical Officer to assist the team in proactively protecting public health within the City of Melton by assisting with the enforcement of regulations and contributing to community well-being.

The successful applicant will play a key role in conducting inspections under relevant legislation, investigating customer requests, participating in program development, managing onsite wastewater, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and assisting the Environmental Health Officer’s as required. 

The role will report to the Senior Environmental Health Officer and will be liaising with both internal staff as well as residents and ratepayers, consultants, State Government Departments, Public Authorities and other Municipalities an Environmental Health Units.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform the duties of an authorised officer under the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 with frequent prior consultation with more senior employees.
• Maintain appropriate and up to date records of all assessments, inspections and daily work activities performed.
• Conduct Tobacco Act education visits and assist with the test purchasing program as required.
• Assess and process Onsite Wastewater Management System (OWMS) applications, conduct site inspections, issue permits in line with EPA and council requirements, and investigate complaints related to OWMS.
• Monitor, test and sample public swimming pools and spas as well as supporting Environmental Health Officers with routine food sampling as required.

To view the Position Description, click here.

About you

To be successful in this role you will have the following:

• Tertiary qualifications in Public/Environmental Health or a relevant field with little or no relevant work experience or lesser formal qualifications with relevant work skills and experience.
• Experience in investigative work in a customer oriented position.
• Able to read, interpret and enforce legislative requirements.
• Investigation skills including collection of evidence such as interviews, photos and samples for analysis.
• Current valid Victorian Driver’s Licence.
• Must hold or be able to obtain an Employee Working with Children Check.

Culture and Values

Our vision for our community is to be: "A vibrant, safe and liveable city accessible to all" and that means there’s a place here for you too. Our organisational values represent us as an established growth Council and the values are reflected in everything we do; our decision-making, our actions and our service provision to the community. Council has a diverse and vibrant organisation and we’d love to have you join us to help shape a city for the future.

We are Vibrant MELTON. Our values are:

• Motivate
• Empower
• Lead
• Trust
• Open
• Nurture 

Benefits

There are a number of great reasons why our people love working at Melton City Council: 

Staff Benefits | Melton City Council

• 13 ADO's (Accrued Day Off) per year*
• 5 weeks annual leave* 
• Flexible Working Hours
• Extensive Career Development & Leadership Programs
• 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave (Super is paid during parental leave)* 
• 3 weeks Paid Secondary Carer Leave*
• Family Room available including Breastfeeding Facilities - Australian Breastfeeding Association
• Wellbeing initiatives
• Subsidised Uniforms

*Eligible for Full Time positions or for Fixed term positions eligible after 12 months of employment. 

How To Apply

If you require further information about the position, please contact Kylie Paschalidis, Coordinator Environmental Health on 9747 5235.

Applications must include a Resume and address the Key Selection Criteria outlining your suitability to the role. To address the Key Selection Criteria, you will need to write short statements explaining how you meet the criteria, or how you demonstrate the capability. We encourage you to keep your responses concise. 

To be eligible for employment at Melton City Council you must be legally entitled to work in Australia.

All successful applicants will need to undertake pre-employment requirements including but not limited to a satisfactory criminal history record check. Successful applicants must be able to comply with any public health orders applicable to local government. 

We strongly encourage job applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, LGBTIQA+ and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. If selected for an interview and you require any additional support or adjustments regarding interview arrangements, please advise the contact listed above in advance.

Melton City Council is committed to being a child safe organisation and has Zero tolerance for child abuse. Melton City Council is committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation where protecting children and preventing and responding to child abuse is at the centre of our everyday thinking and service delivery.