(Permanent Full-Time)
- Are you an Environmental Health Officer seeking a varied, rewarding role with real community impact?
- Are you motivated by diverse regulatory work across public health, food safety and environmental protection?
- Commuter use vehicle, relocation assistance, a rostered day off per month and a great working environment on offer!
About the role:
As an Environmental Health Officer, you will play a key role in protecting and promoting public and environmental health across Whyalla.
You will be accountable for ensuring the proper standards of public and environmental health are maintained throughout our community. This is undertaken by monitoring, investigation, and promoting public and environmental health issues with legislative action where necessary.
Reporting to the Regulatory Services Coordinator, you will deliver a diverse range of regulatory, compliance and education-based functions to ensure legislative requirements are met and community health standards are maintained.
Duties will include:
- Conducting inspections of food premises, public swimming pools, and personal services to ensure compliance with legislation.
- Investigating public nuisance reports, food safety complaints, and notifiable diseases in collaboration with SA Health.
- Delivering education and awareness programs to the community on public and environmental health issues.
- Contributing to environmental health planning, policy development, and interagency initiatives across the region.
About you:
We are looking for an individual who has the following:
- Tertiary qualifications in Environmental Health or equivalent (Qualifications approved by the South Australian Health Commission for appointment for Environmental Health Officer)
- Eligibility for membership to Environmental Health Australia
- C Class Drivers Licence
- National Police Check (or ability to obtain prior to commencement)
- Non-prohibited South Australian Working with Children Check (or ability to obtain prior to commencement)
Students who are nearing completion of a tertiary qualification in Environmental Health or an equivalent discipline are strongly encouraged to apply.
About the Whyalla City Council:
As a multifunctional regional Council, we manage Childcare services, a Library, an Airport, a Cemetery, a Crematorium, Infrastructure and recreational facilities including a Visitor Information Centre.
We are a progressive Council, committed to the pursuit of excellence and are always looking for opportunities to improve the quality of life for our community, now and into the future.
We stand by and embrace our core values in delivering each of our services: We Care, We Work Together, We are Committed and We Own It.
About the benefits:
- Competitive salary + 12% Superannuation with the ability to salary sacrifice.
- Company laptop + mobile phone supplied.
- Commuter use vehicle.
- Opportunities for career growth and professional development.
- Employee Assistance Program and wellbeing support.
- Commuting to work when living in Whyalla is no more than 15 minutes.
- Rostered day off once a month.
- Relocation assistance.
Further Information:
For more information in relation to position responsibilities refer to the following:
Enquiries can be made to Rachel Coles, Regulatory Services Coordinator at 08 8640 3444.
The salary applicable for this role is in accordance with the South Australian Municipal Salaried Officers' Award and Council’s current Enterprise Agreement, paid at Level 5 commencing at $103,143.
Apply:
- Applications must include a cover letter expanding on your suitability for this role, addressing the position criteria outlined in the Position Description in no more than three pages.
- Applications must include your current resume and must be submitted via Council’s recruitment portal. Scroll down (past the image below) to commence the application process. Please note, the application process will need to be completed in one session.
- Applications close 9am, Thursday 12 February 2026. Late applications will not be accepted.
