Environmental Quality Technician

City of Grand Prairie • Grand Prairie, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Environmental Quality Division is seeking applicants for a position that protects public health & the environment by conducting sampling and surveillance activities to ensure compliance with federal, state and local environmental regulations. Duties include drinking water sampling, wastewater sampling, storm water sampling, and other environmental sampling, data entry, and participating in public education activities.

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED required.
• Ability to swim and to work outside in adverse weather conditions.
• Valid Texas Class C Driver's License.
• Ability to obtain Class D Water License within 6 months.
• Ability to read papers, periodicals, journals, manuals, dictionaries, thesauruses, and encyclopedias.
• Ability to deal with system of real numbers; practical application of fractions, percentages, ratios/proportions and measurement.
• Ability to write reports, prepare business letters, expositions, and summaries with proper format, punctuation, spelling, and grammar, using all parts of speech.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in environmental sampling skills and mosquito control highly preferred.
• Possessing a Class D Water and/or Wastewater License from the TCEQ is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Completes environmental sampling by collecting drinking water, wastewater, stream water, and soil samples; and analyzing for field parameters such as temperature, PH, chlorine, and ammonia.
• Prepares reports and maintains records by creating and maintaining chain of custody; entering samples into log books; and entering information onto water log sheet.
• Assists with environmental investigations by assisting specialists with complaints; monitoring of environmental pollution; and assisting in the collection of household hazardous waste.
• Inspects swimming pools by inspecting commercial swimming pools to ascertain compliance with the Texas Pool Rules.
• Performs vector control activities by completing surveillance on mosquitoes with light traps; collecting mosquitoes; investigating complaints; spraying adulticide; and putting out larvicide.
• Completes cross connection inspections by using gauges; and inspecting backflow devices to determine compliance with Rules for Public Drinking Water Systems.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED