Environmental Technician 03540 NWSS

Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
Title: Environmental Technician
Schedule (FT/PT): Regular Full Time
Travel Required: No
Clearance: Ability to Obtain

North Wind Site Services is focused on providing engineering, program management, environmental remediation services including investigation and characterization, environmental restoration, unexploded ordnance/military munitions response (MMRP), regulatory public involvement services, environmental compliance, logistics, and records and facility management.

POSITION PURPOSE:
The Environmental Field Technician will be working on projects at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. This role will conduct remediation, conduct waste management, collect samples of soil, sludge, concrete, groundwater, wastewater, etc. This role will require activities such as hand digging, hand auger, heavy equipment operation and concrete cutting using hand tools, power tools, and special equipment to find areas with hazardous contamination and help clean them up.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Operation of heavy equipment for waste management, excavation, and remediation.
• Conducts tests and field investigations to obtain data for use by environmental, engineering and scientific personnel.
• Conducts chemical and physical laboratory and field tests according to prescribed standards to determine characteristics or composition of solid, liquid, or gaseous materials and substances.
• Collects water samples from streams and lakes, or groundwater, wastewater, or water from other sources to assess potential contamination.
• Collects soil, silt, or mud to determine chemical composition and nature of contaminates.
• Prepares sample for testing, records data, and prepares summaries and charts for review, sets monitoring equipment to provide flow of information, installs, operates, and performs routine maintenance on gas and fluid flow systems, chemical reaction systems, mechanical equipment, and other test instrumentation.

ADDITIONAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• May operate fixed or mobile monitoring or data collection station.
• May conduct field testing related to environmental remediation and potential contamination sampling activity.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education and Experience:

• High school diploma or equivalency and at least four (4) years of any full-time work experience; OR
• Equivalent combination of education and experience will be accepted.

Skills and Abilities:

• Must be able to operate heavy equipment.
• Must be able to perform physically demanding work such as digging in hard ground, auguring deep holes by hand, running power tools, and moving heavy waste containers.
• Must be able to work while wearing respirator or hazmat suit.
• Must complete specialized training and be able to closely follow safety procedures.
• Must accurately collect and record data on forms and in logbooks.
• Must be able to physically handle environmental equipment such as 55-gallon drums, up to 50 lbs.
• Must be able to work safely and independently outdoors for extended periods under inclement weather conditions.

Special Requirements:

• Must pass pre-employment background check.
• Must pass pre-employment drug testing.
• Must have a valid driver license.
• Ability to pass U.S. Government employment background check and acquire U.S. Government Personal Identity Verification (PIV) credential card.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Previous experience as an Environmental Field Technician or equivalent.
• Previous experience operating heavy equipment

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, squat, climb and talk or hear. The employee is often required to use hands or fingers to handle or feel and reach with hands and arms.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT:
The work is conducted primarily outdoors. While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is normally mild to moderate. The employee will be exposed to moving mechanical equipment, machinery, and vehicles. The employee must be able to stand for long periods and walk across uneven terrain.

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