Environmental Technician

Job Description

Job DescriptionThe successful candidate will operate, maintain, and monitor performance of groundwater and soil remediation systems, perform sampling of environmental media including soil vapor, soil, and groundwater, and other field tasks in support of environmental remediation projects. Work will include completing daily reports and logs and may draft simple or standard reports and may have some direct contact with clients. Works under general supervision of engineers, geologists, and other professionals.Key Responsibilities

• Perform construction work including piping and structural components
• Perform mechanical maintenance of pumps and treatment equipment; changes process unit filters
• Collect field measurements and readings from operating equipment and field instruments, record those data on field reports, and submit those reports to others
• Evaluate field measurements and readings, and in consultation with others, make needed adjustments to operating equipment
• Assist professional staff in procurement and installation of spare parts
• Collect soil vapor, soil, and groundwater samples, prepare samples for testing, record data, and prepare summary reports
• Use specialized equipment and apparatus to prepare analyses, reports, and/or technical drawings
• Maintain results logs
• Enter data and use analytical and design software applications
• Confer with Engineer and Scientific staff on remediation system operations
• Set up, maintain, and calibrate equipment and train others to do so
• Provide some training in basic methods and procedures to lower level technical personnel
• Operate computer systems and peripheral equipment

Keyskills :
project engineering managementfield instrumentssoilspecialized equipmentequipmentsetpumpsmechanical maintenancefilterssamplingsummary reportssystem operationsdaily reportsenvironmental remediationservice center operationstrainingbasictest