Environmental Field Technician

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Tetra Tech Solid Waste West (SWW) is seeking an Environmental Field Technician.

Tetra Tech is expanding our team and looking for hardworking and capable individuals. Our technicians receive hands on practical experience and have a direct impact on our environmental projects.

Tetra Tech specializes in a wide variety of consulting, testing, monitoring, and maintenance in the solid waste field. Our project sites offer a unique working environment that allows our technicians to gain experience both on an operational and a regulatory level. The pay scale for this position is $22-$25 an hour, based on qualifications and experience. 

Your Role:

• Ensuring all regulatory objectives and due dates are being met, including the proper collection and documentation of environmental data.
• The Operation & Maintenance of Gas Collection & Control System’s (GCCS) on our projects. Including performing Routine & Non-Routine maintenance on GCCS components to ensure or restore proper operation and compliance.
• Monitoring and analyzing landfill gas (LFG) and liquids.
• Monitoring and maintaining the liquids extraction systems within the GCCS.
• Critical thinking and problem solving of complex GCCS issues.
• Respond to GCCS call-out devices.
• Walk long distances, up and down steeply sloped landfills and outdoor terrain.
• Work in extreme (hot and cold) weather conditions safely.

Qualifications:

• At minimum, High School Diploma and 1 year of general working experience.
• A.S or B.S Degree in environmental, or other natural science (geology, biology, ecology etc.) is preferred.
• Proficient in the use of a PC, specifically Microsoft Office suite of products (Word, Excel, and Outlook).
• Ability to lift a minimum of 50 pounds on a non-consistent basis.
• Pass a company paid, baseline health physical and drug screening, as required.
• Ability to obtain, and keep in good standing, a valid driver’s license and ability to drive to job sites.
• Complete the OSHA HAZWOPER, 40-hour, environmental health and safety class, and annual 8-hour refresher classes.
• Ability to troubleshoot mechanical and electrical systems failures.
• Ability to develop a good working knowledge of flame-ionization detectors, photo-ionization detectors, explosive gas detectors, water level detectors, PH/temperature/conductivity meters, and other typical environmental monitoring equipment.
• Light equipment operation, HDPE pipe fusion experience is a plus.
• Ability to learn general gas, soil, and air sampling techniques including applicable environmental and health & safety regulations and regulatory requirements.
• Ability to be familiar with operation and maintenance techniques for landfill gas and landfill fluids collection systems as well as landfill gas data, data processing techniques, and databases.
• Ability to create professional business documents (letters, reports, memoranda, etc.)