Environmental Air Scientist

Weston Solutions•Edison, NJ

15h•Onsite

About The Position

At Weston Solutions, Inc. you will do meaningful work and make valuable contributions. Employee ownership at Weston is a path to professional growth and access to diverse opportunities in a highly connected community that works together across key service areas to make a difference in the environment. Weston has continued to evolve and adapt to our changing world as a premier provider of environmental and infrastructure services for over sixty years. In both the public and private sectors our teams help identify, solve, mitigate, and manage critical environmental issues to help clients achieve a more sustainable future. Weston is seeking an Environmental Air Scientist for scheduled, and time-critical responses to site-related environmental issues, including disaster/emergency response, environmental investigations and remedial alternative analysis. The Scientist is expected to be knowledgeable of the calibration, maintenance, deployment, use and data collection for handheld, portable and transportable air sampling and monitoring devices. With senior level oversight, he/she will develop and implement sampling/monitoring and data collection plans. Experience in the implementation of multi-media, multi-matrix sampling techniques is also required.

Requirements

Minimum of a B.S. Degree.
5 years of recent and relevant experience with air sampling/monitoring protocols.
Knowledge of the calibration, maintenance, deployment, use and data collection for handheld, portable and transportable air sampling and monitoring devices.
Experience in the implementation of multimedia, multi-matrix sampling techniques.
Able to work in Levels C/B PPE.

Nice To Haves

Knowledgeable in field instrumentation, i.e., the use of various air monitoring and multi-media sampling instruments.
Abilities include calibration of field instruments, implementation in field, and interpretation of results.
Experience with Geoprobe sampling; various drilling methods including HSA, ARCH, mud rotary and multimedia sampling.
Familiarity with the Incident Command System (ICS) 100-800.
Completion of ICS courses.
40-Hour HAZWOPER certification.

Responsibilities

Develop and implement sampling/monitoring and data collection plans with senior level oversight.
Perform calibration, maintenance, deployment, use, and data collection for air sampling and monitoring devices.
Implement multi-media, multi-matrix sampling techniques.
Collect samples for field screening and/or laboratory analysis (soil, groundwater, and surface water).
Respond to releases of oil and hazardous materials, providing assessment and contractor oversight.
Assist in environmental site assessments consistent with US EPA standards.
Provide oversight and sampling during the installation of soil boring and well monitoring.
Oversee remedial excavation activities.
Install and operate remediation systems and conduct in-situ remediation.
Manage analytical data, including tabulation, QA/QC, and evaluation.
Prepare plans, maps, and boring logs.
Assist with writing technical reports and work plans.
Be readily available to respond at a moment’s notice and undertake periodic field assignments nationwide.
Calibrate and maintain multi-media monitoring and sampling equipment.
Document field activities and prepare daily and final reports.
Perform in-field multimedia sampling.
Write technical documents and plans.
Use level D-A PPE to make entries into potentially hazardous areas.
Exercise judgment on the applicability of methods and approaches and determine best approaches to problem-solving when standard procedures are inadequate.
Determine the best method of data gathering, database management, and analysis of data to achieve goals.
Consult with outside specialists to obtain the most accurate and timely data possible while meeting project specifications and timetables.
Prepare reports on methods and procedures as part of overall projects.
Maintain preparedness for immediate mobilization.
Produce quality samples and sampling techniques from which sound scientific data can be drawn into relevant and pertinent evaluation reports to the client's satisfaction.
Provide completed projects, including draft and final reports, within the established budget and schedule.
Provide accurate identification of specimens and/or sound ecological assessment and evaluations.