Technician (Part-Time)

GHD • St. Louis, MO

5d • Onsite

About The Position

GHD has an excellent opportunity for an Environmental Technician to join our team on a part-time, 24-hour/week basis, based out of our Joplin, MO location. This position offers great variety of projects within our contamination, assessment, and remediation (CAR) group! This role is a “hands on” field position. In an ever changing world, it requires creativity and innovation to stay ahead. We’re seeking the curious, those who are stimulated by fresh thinking and a desire to shape our communities in new, positive ways. As part of a truly global team, working on complex and rewarding projects, you'll be at the forefront of driving change. See what the power of commitment can do for you.

Requirements

• Ability to perform field work
• Commitment to safety applying a behavior-based safety culture in all aspects of the job
• Strong mechanical, electrical, and computer proficiency
• Physically capable of working in non-ideal conditions, such as hot/cold temperatures, wet weather, outside, and around loud equipment and traversing rough terrains
• Ability to be a self-starter, flexible, great teammate, willing and able to work on a wide variety of tasks with minimal direction
• Ability to analyze field readings, data, and operating parameters to optimize system operations
• 0-3 years of previous environmental sampling field experience.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and a clean driving record

Nice To Haves

• OSHA 40-hour HAZWOPER is a plus

Responsibilities

• Inspection, maintenance, monitoring, and sampling of environmental groundwater wells
• Ensure work is completed in a safe and compliant manner with respect to applicable OSHA, GHD and client standards
• Generate quality field notes and enter collected field data electronically to database programs
• Correspondence with certified laboratory and shipping of collected samples
• Perform site inspections and collection of assessment field data including soil, surface water and air
• Operations and maintenance, troubleshooting and oversight of remedial equipment including groundwater extraction systems, soil vapor extraction, dual phase extraction and related environmental remediation equipment
• Work directly with clients and contractors
• Conduct vegetation maintenance using heavy equipment (i.e. tractor with bushhog attachment)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed