Field Technologist/Senior Field Technologist

Company Description

Join us and make YOUR mark on the World!

Are you interested in joining some of the brightest talent in the world to strengthen the United States’ security? Come join Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) where our employees apply their expertise to create solutions for BIG ideas that make our world a better place.

We are dedicated to fostering a culture that values individuals, talents, partnerships, ideas, experiences, and different perspectives, recognizing their importance to the continued success of the Laboratory’s mission.

Pay Range

$41.93 - $51.33 Hourly at the 504.2 level

$50.28 - $61.57 Hourly at the 504.3 level

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting; pay will not be below any applicable local minimum wage.  An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

Job Description

We have an opening for a Field Technologist/Senior Field Technologist to provide technical support and customer services in the management of hazardous, including explosive, and radioactive waste.  Under general supervision you will perform a variety of technical functions in collecting, packaging, labeling, identifying, documenting, segregating, consolidating, treating, and storing hazardous, explosive and radioactive waste generated by various LLNL programs. This position is in the Radioactive and Hazardous Waste Management (RHWM) Program and part of the Waste Generator Services Group supporting Site 300 within the Strategic Deterrence Directorate.

This position requires full-time on-site presence due to the nature of the work.

This position will be filled at either level based on knowledge and related experience as assessed by the hiring team. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if hired at the higher level.

In this role you will 

• Perform a wide variety of waste management activities, often wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) such as anti-C’s, respirator, hearing protection, etc., to collect, package, label, identify, segregate, consolidate, treat, store, and verify hazardous, and low level radioactive waste.
• Operate wastewater retention tanks and/or systems, perform pump-outs, perform lab packing of waste chemicals and maintain detailed and accurate records.
• Perform field testing (pH, visual etc.) and sampling of waste to verify characterization and/or treatment results and operate radiation survey instruments to obtain radiological data.
• Operate a variety of vehicles up to and including 5-ton trucks, use material handling equipment (fork trucks, drum handling equipment, mechanical pump systems, etc.), and use hand and power tools.
• Respond to environmental emergencies at LLNL, and work with cross-organizational personnel performing decontamination of facility infrastructure and equipment.
• Provide general technical support for all permitted facilities ensuring all waste, including explosive wastes, are safely and compliantly stored, transported and disposed of.
• Complete and maintain training requirements per Federal, State, and LLNL requirements.
• Provide high-end customer service to a wide range of waste generators as the front-line interface between RHWM and waste generators.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Additional job responsibilities, at the 504.3 level 

• Solve complex radioactive and hazardous waste management problems using established guidelines and routine techniques and procedures.
• Plan and execute small waste management projects including directing the activities of other technicians.
• Conduct On-the-Job-Training and provide mentoring and leadership for less experienced technicians.

Qualifications

• Ability to secure and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship. 
• Associate degree in environmental technology or related scientific field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Elementary understanding and knowledge of State and Federal regulations as they apply to hazardous and radioactive waste management, with emphasis on managing waste in satellite accumulation areas (SAAs), consolidated accumulation areas (CAAs) and permitted facilities, or experience working within nuclear or other high-hazard facilities.
• Intermediate skills and knowledge of field instrumentation, such as radiation survey instruments, pH meters, etc., with an emphasis on their application t