ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST 4, PUBLIC HEALTH
Public Health
Career Family: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST
Environmental Scientist 4, Public Health is a competitive state title, the kind you test for: the exam result, not a hiring manager's pick, decides where you land in line.
It expects a master's degree and 4 years of relevant experience. Pay on the FY 2027 schedule runs $100,498 to $148,187, and state payroll currently lists about 10 people in the title, led by Environmental Protection.
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Environmental Scientist 4, Public Health appears on the State payroll at 2 departments, most of them at Department of Environmental Protection.
State departments
| Employer | Employees |
|---|---|
| Department of Environmental Protection | 5 |
| Department of Health | 5 |
State payroll and independent authority payroll are separate systems and are never merged. See data sources.
Pay ladder: Environmental Scientist series
- Environmental Scientist 2 — $91,628 – $134,900
- Environmental Scientist 3 — $91,628 – $134,900
- Environmental Scientist 4 — $100,498 – $148,187
- Environmental Scientist 1 — $105,267 – $155,359
Its top salary lands around the 88th percentile of all NJ civil service titles that publish a range.
Rungs are ordered by FY 2027 pay. NJ level numbers are not always sequential, so ordering follows salary rather than the title number.
Who employs this title
State payroll records show 10 people working under this title. The median actual salary is $138,568. The agencies employing the most are:
- Environmental Protection (5)
- Health and Senior Services (5)
Counts from NJ YourMoney agency payroll. See statewide workforce analytics.
Official job specification
The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.
Examples of work
- Develops, organizes, and coordinates environmental health programs within Consumer Health Services and other inter-and intradepartmental programs and assigns, instructs, and supervises the work of other staff.
- Submits advice and recommendations on ecological questions as required by the commissioner or designee.
- Evaluates potential health hazards resulting from environmental pollutants.
- Supervises the work operations and/ or functional programs and has responsibility for effectively recommending the hiring, firing, promoting, demoting and/ or disciplining of employees
- Compiles, reviews, and evaluates reports of incidences of hazardous substances as listed in the Toxic Substance Control Act and prepares recommendations for department action(s).
- Prepares materials of scientific nature for use in court action.
- Plans and supervises investigations of substances which may have carcinogenic, teratogenic, mutagenic, or other toxic effects on the general population.
- Aids in the development of broad-based environmental surveillance systems to be implemented by the unit.
- Serves as advisor on request to divisions within the department on scientific matters related to veterinary public health, occupational health, epidemiological, and other toxicological related programs.
- Serves as representative or liaison between the department and federal, state, or industrial establishments, organizations, or agencies.
- Evaluates and formulates risk benefit analyses of environmentally induced health related problems.
- Prepares and delivers general or technical papers at lay and scientific meetings or conferences.
- Supervises in the formulation of legislation implementing established department policy and when requested reviews and comments on legislation recommended to restore or preserve the health status of the general public as it relates to environmental influences.
- Supervises the preparation of computer assisted analysis and research.
- Establishes and supervises the maintenance of essential records and files.
- Will be required to lean to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
Education
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Master's degree in Biology, Biochemistry, Ecology, Industrial Hygiene, Epidemiology, Toxicology, Physics, Public Health, Occupational Health, Environmental Management, Health Science or other related science.
Experience
Four (4) years of professional experience in work involving evaluating health effects resulting from exposures to environmental or occupational substances.
License
Appointee will be acquired to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform essential duties of the position.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
- Knowledge of basic principles, practices, procedures, and technology of the scientific field concerned and with those of environmental and occupation health services.
- Knowledge of laws and regulations pertaining to health effects of environmental pollutants and specific policy standards and procedures used in carrying out provisions contained therein.
- Knowledge of ecological and toxicological effects of air and water pollution and their interaction.
- Knowledge of uses and potentialities of instrumentation and computer technology.
- Knowledge of the organizational structure and functions of local government in New Jersey.
- Ability to supervise assigned staff and plan, organize, and implement projects within the unit.
- Ability to organize and assign technical and scientific work for the protection of the health of the general population from environmental pollutants.
- Ability to analyze epidemiological, analytical, and toxicological data on environmental health topics such as air pollution, food additives, heavy metals, pesticides, trace organics in water, carcinogens, mutagens, and teratogens.
- Ability to develop educational and training programs for upgrading sanitarians and other staff relative to the evaluation, analysis, and interpretation of environmental health toxicology problems.
- Ability to apply local, state, and federal law and judicial policies and practices.
- Ability to organize and assign technical and scientific work in the protection of the environment and its relationship to health.
- Ability to organize work programs and oversee their accomplishment.
- Ability to assign, supervise, and coordinate activities of highly qualified specialists in a variety of scientific and engineering disciplines.
- Ability to analyze and interpret highly technical reports and scientific documents related to the environment and to ecosystems within the environment.
- Ability to analyze environmental health problems from an ecological point of view and to devise alternative solutions to complex problems.
- Ability to coordinate specific disciplines with specialists in conservation, ecology, medical, and other fields.
- Ability to analyze air and water pollution problems and other environmental protection problems and organize and develop appropriate program interventions.
- Ability to analyze, interpret, and apply basic law, rules, and regulations.
- Ability to analyze and interpret engineering specifications, reports, and other scientific documents relating to environmental pollution and health.
- Ability to prepare scientifically sound and workable treatises, papers, and proposals.
- Ability to compose detailed technical correspondence.
- Ability to prepare clear, sound, accurate, and informative scientific reports containing findings, conclusions, and formal recommendations.
- Ability to direct the maintenance of essential records and files.
- Ability to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
- Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
- Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.
Note
The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.
A Doctorate degree in one of the indicated fields may be substituted for two (2) years of experience.