Environmental Field Operations Lead

Are you passionate about environmental and safety protection programs and ready to join a growing company committed to leading new ideas and pathways, and to delivering value? If the answer is, “Yes!” then we have an exciting Full-time career opportunity for you in Pittsburgh, PA.

Who are we? We are Montrose, a global environmental services provider offering environmental planning and permitting, measurement and analytical services, and environmental resiliency and sustainability solutions. Our qualified engineers, scientists, technicians, associates, and policy experts are proud of our collective expertise and the collaborative nature of our approach to helping clients. We strive to optimize environmental resiliency in a way that effectively complements our clients’ decision-making and operations and efficiently fulfills their project requirements.

We have over 135 offices across the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia and are approaching 3500 employees – all ready to provide solutions for environmental needs.

The Montrose team in Pittsburgh is responsible for installing, calibrating, maintaining and operating field monitoring devices at various types of facilities in the Oil and Gas Industry.

A DAY IN THE LIFE

The Environmental Field Operations Lead position is responsible for scheduling all daily field assessments and ensuring operational and safety aspects of environmental monitoring programs, specifically associated with upstream oil and gas operations.  They will work closely with the program manager and project technical directors to execute environmental data collection, ensure field quality control, and will assume roles in both field and office. Utilizing their knowledge of various scientific disciplines, they may collect, synthesize, study, report, and act based on data derived from measurements or other field observations.

The following list of duties are responsibilities of the Field Operations Lead.

• Participate and be engaged in the safety culture

• Conduct safety assessments

• Conduct QA/QC assessments

• Conduct Operational assessments

• Manage scheduling and daily assignments for a team of environmental field technicians, which may include 24/7 operations during certain project phases

• Manage and maintain all required PPE, supplies and equipment for field personnel

• Review monitoring data each day to ensure compliance

• Manage, perform and review documentation of calibrations checks of monitoring instrument

• Perform all required quality programs written in site and regional quality plans

• Provide updates and reports to manager(s)

• Provide data and or reports for client per requests

• Build and maintain trusted client relationships through responsive communication and high-quality field support

• Demonstrate strong knowledge of safety procedures and safe work practices, and adhere to all company and client safety training, policies, and regulatory requirements (including OSHA)

• Represent the company in a professional manner

• Maintain knowledge of applicable environmental regulations and standards

• Maintain and protect company and client confidentiality

• Participate in career development, safety and maintaining required certifications

• Perform any other duties assigned by client or manager(s)

Ideal candidates will have prior field team management experience and a strong understanding of oil and gas field operations with demonstrated experience conducting field-based environmental sampling and monitoring activities.  This position offers a unique opportunity to join a successful Environmental Engineering firm and will report to our office in Pittsburgh, PA. This opportunity is approximately field-based position at sites in southwestern PA and northern WV.  The successful candidate will complete several safety training courses prior to initiating any field activities and participate in a comprehensive safety and technical training program that includes both field and office-based components.

YOUR EXPERTISE AND SKILLS

To perform this job successfully, individuals must be able to perform each duty and responsibility satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. 

• Understanding of environmental sampling and monitoring including, but not limited to air, water, waste, soil, and radiation. 

• Effective computer skills (Excel and Microsoft Office are essential) and proficiency with Android OS

• Ability to work 12-hour shifts that may require overtime and weekends as necessary

• Ability to pe