About the position
BlackFish Federal is seeking CURRENT employees of any State, Territory, or political subdivision thereof who are health/food inspectors, drug officers, law enforcement officers, or firefighters for Part-Time-On-Call (PTOC) VAPE Manufacturer Inspector positions. This role provides the flexibility to conduct inspections during your off-duty hours. The inspectors hired will perform non-confrontational inspections on local Vape Manufacturers to inspect establishments engaged in the manufacture, assembly, preparation, compounding, processing, packing or repacking, labeling or relabeling, or holding of regulated tobacco products to document compliance with certain legislative provisions. This position requires a great deal of travel to various cities and states within the local region. Suitable candidates must be willing to travel at regular intervals in order to complete required inspections. The role demands that candidates maintain current employment as a health/food inspector, drug officer, law enforcement officer, or firefighter. Inspectors will be responsible for performing regular inspections of tobacco (VAPE) retailers and completing compliance check inspection forms. They will identify and document relevant facts and findings needed to complete inspections assigned, perform interviews and inspections with key business officials in a professional manner, and capture high-quality photographs of evidence pertaining to the requested information from the inspection form to submit to the FDA. Additionally, inspectors will provide accurate, high-quality, and timely reports on all inspections, prepare narrative reports revealing potential compliance issues or violations, and adhere to strict regulations regarding the performance of inspections. Inspectors may also be called upon to testify as witnesses, if and when requested by the FDA, in administrative hearings and court proceedings related to inspections they conducted.
Responsibilities
• Travel to assigned locations according to schedule to complete compliance checks.
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• Perform regular inspections of tobacco (VAPE) retailers and complete compliance check inspection forms.
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• Identify and document relevant facts and findings needed to complete inspections assigned.
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• Perform interviews and inspections with key business officials in a professional manner.
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• Capture and collect high quality photographs of evidence pertaining to the requested information from the inspection form to submit to FDA.
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• Provide accurate highly quality and timely reports on all inspections.
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• Prepare narrative report revealing potential compliance issues or violations.
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• Adhere to strict regulations regarding the performance of inspections.
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• Testify as witnesses in administrative hearings and court proceedings related to inspections conducted.
Requirements
• Must be a CURRENT employee of any State, Territory, or political subdivision thereof as a health/food inspector, drug officer, law enforcement officer, or firefighter.
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• Associates of Arts (AA) degree is required preferably with 24 hours in criminology coursework OR 2 years of related experience in lieu of the education requirement.
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• Must maintain current employment as a health/food inspector, drug officer, law enforcement officer, or firefighter.
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• Able to obtain/maintain a Level 5 Public Trust clearance.
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• Able to obtain/maintain a commission.
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• Must possess excellent written and oral communication skills.
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• Skilled in observing places of business.
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• Experience in gathering and analyzing data.
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• Possess great attention to detail.
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• Skillful at using tools, equipment and systems to accomplish work.
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• Possess exceptional time management and organizational skills.
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• Must successfully complete a training session.
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• Must not have a conflict of interest with the assigned manufacturers.
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• Must be able to complete a minimum of ten inspections per month.
Nice-to-haves
• Experience performing inspections and compliance checks preferred.
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• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
Benefits
• Flexible schedule