Environmental Health Science Jobs in Baton Rouge, LA

Salary : $2,973.00 - $5,349.00 Monthly
Location : New Orleans, LA
Job Type: Classified
Job Number: OPH/PTT/224025
Department: LDH-Office of Public Health
Opening Date: 07/28/2026
Closing Date: 8/11/2026 11:59 PM Central
About this Job
The mission of the Louisiana Department of Health is to protect and promote health and to ensure access to medical, preventive, and rehabilitative services for all residents of the State of Louisiana.
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Make a meaningful impact on public health by helping identify and prevent environmental health hazards across Louisiana. This position is assigned to the Section of Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology's (SEET), Occupational Health and Injury (Occ Health) Program within the Bureau of Infectious Diseases in the Office of Public Health (OPH). The Occ Health Program is hiring an Environmental Health Scientist I, Environmental Health Scientist II, or an Environmental Health Scientist Coordinator to track and investigate risks associated with heavy metals, carbon monoxide, pesticides, and environmental spills. This position is essential in ensuring workplace and community safety through data analysis, case investigations, and public outreach.
Ideal candidates should have the following preferred qualifications:

• Microsoft Office Proficiency
• Database Management Experience
• Experience Writing/Composing Information

Minimum Qualifications
A bachelor's degree in one of the following fields: public health, biological sciences, physical sciences, earth sciences, environmental sciences, engineering or a related field.
Job Specification
The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.
Job Duties and Other Information
Job Duties:
This position is essential in ensuring workplace and community safety through data analysis, case investigations, and public outreach. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and a passion for safeguarding worker and community health.

• Conduct in-depth case investigations of heavy metal and carbon monoxide exposures to identify sources and mitigate risks.
• Analyze exposure data and prepare annual reports to inform public health initiatives
• Investigate pesticide-related health incidents to assess potential risks.
• Act as a public health resource, responding to inquiries regarding heavy metals, carbon monoxide, and pesticides.
• Provide data analysis and management support for the Occupational Health Program, assisting with special projects focused on worker health and safety outreach.
• Assist in reviewing emergency services' reports containing information on varied chemical release events and distribute them to the appropriate regional responders to determine if any public health action is needed; identify chemical(s) of concern, health effects, medical management, and maps of the area, which display, incident location, points of interest, and sensitive populations. This position requires weekend and holiday screening duties approximately twice per month.

Position-Specific Details:
Location: Office of Public Health / Bureau of Infectious Diseases / Orleans Parish
Appointment Type: This position may be filled as aProbationary or a Promotional appointment
Cost Center: 3262207540
Position Number(s): 50361732
Career Progression: This position may be filled as an Environmental Health Scientist 1, 2, or Coordinator determined by the qualifications of the candidate selected. This position provides the opportunity to advance within this job series.
How To Apply:
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.
* Information to support your eligibility for the position must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.
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Contact Information:
Paul Tran
LA Department of Health (LDH)
Division of Human Resources
PO Box 4818
Baton Rouge, LA 70821225-342-6477
This organization participates in E-verify, and for more information on E-verify, please contact DHS at 1-888-464-4218.
LDH supports Louisiana's commitment to being a State as a Model Employer (SAME) by promoting the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.
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LDH is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to recruit a highly productive and diverse workforce and will provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and prospective employees. Employment decisions shall be based strictly on merit and without regard to religious or political beliefs, sex, race, or any other non-merit factor.
Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.
As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:
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Parental Leave - Up to six weeks paid parental leave
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Holidays and Leave - State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

• New Year's Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
• Mardi Gras,
• Good Friday,
• Memorial Day,
• Independence Day,
• Labor Day,
• Veteran's Day,
• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor
State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.
Retirement- State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

• Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (). LASERS has provided this video to give you more detailed information about their system
• Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (),
• Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (), among others

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