Agency: Department of Agriculture
Closing Date/Time: 07/14/2023
Salary: $3,057-$5,368/anticipated monthly starting salary ($3,057 in-hire rate)
Job Type: Salaried Full Time
County: Lake
Number of Vacancies: 1
Plan/BU:
This position serves in a regional capacity. Persons serving in this role are required to assume residency in Lake County and will be required to work from their home location as a base of daily operational headquarters to service their designated worksites.
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Posting Identification # 27833
About the Position
Weights and Measures inspectors protect both the buyer’s and seller’s interests by providing equity in the marketplace. Being part of a team of 34 inspectors, you would be performing the various inspections throughout the state of Illinois. In addition, you would investigate consumer complaints about shortages or unfair practices and educate the buyer and seller generally as to their rights provided by the Weights and Measures Act. The Products and Standards team inspects 145,000 devices annually. This position offers an excellent beginning salary and benefits. We invite all qualified applicants to apply.
Job Responsibilities
1. Serves as an apprentice in the field under the guidance of experienced Products and Standards Inspectors.
2. Travels to participate in on-the-job training and orientation using test standards and associated equipment on inspection techniques.
3. Travels to participate in on-the-job training and orientation on maintaining records, such as accounts of daily activities.
4. Travels to attend meetings and workshops to obtain knowledge of proper inspection procedures and administrative policies.
5. Operates and Maintains vehicle, testing, and office equipment.
6. Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.
Minimum Qualifications
- Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to the completion of two years of college, preferably with coursework in fields relating to business, management, or communications.
Preferred Qualifications
- Prefers experience testing commercially used weighing & measuring devices.
- Prefers working knowledge of mathematics, including multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction.
- Prefers experience enforcing regulations based on established procedures/guidelines.
- Prefers experience accurately filling out forms and reports.
- Prefers experience following instructions and established policy.
- Prefers experience communicating with associates, businesses, and the general public.
- Prefers experience testifying in a court of law or administrative hearings regarding inspections or investigations.
Conditions of Employment
- Requires the ability to successfully pass a name-based background check.
- Requires a valid driver’s license.
- Requires the ability to successfully pass a pre-employment physical, including a drug and alcohol screening.
- Requires the ability to climb, work in an environment with dust, chemicals, motor fuel, refrigerated areas and work outside during all seasons.
- Requires the ability to lift at least 50 lbs.
- Requires the ability to sustain long periods of city and highway driving.
- Requires the ability to travel with periodic overnight stays. (Employee must pay for lodging and personal expenses while on travel status until being reimbursed).
- Required to assume residency in Lake County and will be required to work from their home location as a base of daily operational headquarters to service their designated worksites.
About the Bureau
The Bureau of Weights and Measures’ primary responsibility is to protect the citizens and merchants of Illinois through numerous and varied enforcement activities. The delivery of full weights and measures and the elimination of fraud and misrepresentation in commercial transactions have been objectives of this program since its inception.
Work Hours: 8:00 am – 4:30 pm / Monday – Friday (hours may vary)
Work Location: 801 E Sangamon Ave Springfield, IL 62702-1813
Agency Contact:
Bureau of Human Resources
Email: AGR.HumanResources@illinois.gov
Phone #:217-785-5099
Job Function: Legal, Audit & Compliance
Certain provisions of the revolving door restrictions contained in 5 ILCS 430/5-45 apply to this
position. As a result, the employee should be aware that if offered non-State employment during
State employment or within one year immediately after ending State employment, the employee shall,
prior to accepting any such non-State employment offer, notify the Office of the Executive
Inspector General for the Agencies of the Illinois Governor (“OEIG”) or may be subject to a fine.
AGR offers a robust benefit package including:
- Monday – Friday work schedule
- Flexible work schedules in many program areas
- Health, life, vision, and dental insurance
- Ten (10) weeks paid maternity/paternity leave
- Pension plan
- Deferred compensation, and other pre-tax benefit programs
- Employees earn twelve (12) paid sick days annually
- Ten to twenty-five (10-25) paid vacation days (based on years of service)
- Employees earn three (3) paid personal days (pro-rated based on start date)
- Thirteen – fourteen (13-14) paid state holidays annually
If this opportunity appeals to you, please apply today!