Posted : 08/05/2026
Environmental Health Officer - Queenstown Lakes District Council
Environmental Health Officer
Live, work and play in Aotearoa New Zealand’s most spectacular setting.
No two days at Queenstown Lakes District Council are the same. Every day we provide services, facilities and programmes essential to the health and wellbeing of our people and environment, while stepping up to the challenges and opportunities that come with being New Zealand’s fastest growing territorial authority.
We’re proud to be QLDC. Our people are motivated by a shared purpose driven by care, connection and community. All our roles are at the heart of a dynamic and diverse set of communities where you willbe making a genuine difference every day. Join us.
We’re recruiting an Environmental Health Officer, who holds a tertiary qualification recognised by the New Zealand Environmental Health Officers Qualifications Regulations 1993, to join our busy and highly motivated team, and we also welcome applications from experienced candidates at the Senior level.
This is a permanent, full-time role (40 hours per week) based in Queenstown.
What you’ll be doing / He aha te mahi
As an Environmental Health Officer, you will be responsible for ensuring the health and wellbeing of our community by monitoring compliance and enforcing Environmental Health related legislation.
This role covers a wide range of responsibilities, including registration and verification of food business, Food Safety Officer duties, inspection of premises registered under the Health Act 1956, noise monitoring, providing advice on drinking water and event consents, investigating general health nuisances and a range of other environmental health related functions. This role certainly offers a good balance of both office and field-based work.