Weights Measures Inspector - Region 7

Do you want a career where your strong attention to detail keeps the marketplace safe and fair? Become a Weights Measures Inspector for Region 7 with the Department of Agriculture and play a key role in processing commercial transactions. Here, you will inspect devices, review products, and investigate complaints involving weight, measure, or price accuracy. Apply today to join a team that works daily to uphold integrity and public trust!

This position ensures that weighing and measuring devices, packaged goods, and pricing systems follow state laws and protect consumers from inaccurate or fraudulent practices. As a Weights Measures Inspector, you will perform the following duties:

• Device Testing: Inspect and test commercial weighing and measuring devices for accuracy and compliance
• Package Inspection: Check packaged goods and scanned items to confirm correct weights, measures, and prices
• Fraud Investigation: Investigate complaints, identify violations, and prepare documentation for enforcement actions
• Sample Collection: Collect fuel and biofuel samples and prepare chain of custody forms for quality testing
• Report Completion: Prepare inspection reports, audits, and related documentation in an accurate and timely manner
• Professional Representation: Work respectfully with businesses, customers, and partner agencies while enforcing regulations

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

• Full-time employment
• Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
• This position will be home-headquartered if the applicant lives in Chester County. If the applicant does not live in Chester County, the assigned state vehicle must be parked in Chester County and the work day will start at 8:00 AM at the location of the assigned state vehicle.
• Travel may be required to cover counties in Region 7, which includes Chester, Schuylkill, Berks, Lehigh, Northampton, Bucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia, and Delaware counties.
• This position is home headquartered. In order to be home headquartered, you must have a securely configured high-speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania.
• Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• Four years of public contact work, including one year of experience in weights and measures inspections; and graduation from high school; or
• Any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the applicant with the requisite knowledge and skills and abilities with weights and measures inspections.

Additional Requirements:

• This position requires possession of a valid PA Class C non-commercial driver's license.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

Preferred Qualifications (not required):

• Experience with towing trailers.
• Experience climbing up and down ladders.

How to Apply:

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
• If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.
• All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant's own experience, qualifications, and work. Applicants may use generative AI tools for preparation purposes only. Use of AI to misrepresent or falsify information, or to assist during interviews, is not permitted. Review the Guidance for Generative AI Tools & Job Seekers for additional information.

Veterans:

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. *7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.pa.gov/agencies/employment/how-to-apply.html and click on Veterans.

Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS):

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.