Sr Water Quality & Environmental Compliance Technician

American Water•Urbana, IL

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Illinois American Water is seeking a Sr. Water Quality & Environmental Compliance Technician to join our team in Champaign, IL. Ensuring our product is safe, healthy, and reliable for our customers and the community is our constant priority. As the Sr. Water Quality & Environmental Compliance Technician, you will play a critical role in executing critical sampling and testing practices. The winning candidate will have lab experience and good lab practices in order to demonstrate knowledge of regulatory requirements. The Sr. Water Quality & Environmental Compliance Technician is responsible for collecting samples from various treatment plants and distribution system, performing routine water and wastewater analyses, sample custody, data entry, recordkeeping, and ordering supplies. You will interpret water quality results and initiate chemical dosage changes to treatment process. In addition, you will troubleshoot lab equipment and basic lab equipment maintenance. In this role, you will be responsible for organizing functions and activities related to environmental management and water quality for assigned facilities. The Sr. Water Quality & Environmental Compliance Technician investigates water quality complaints in the field and determines course of action needed. You will help maintain all applicable lab certifications, accreditations, or approvals to conduct compliance and process quality control work. You will help us adhere to policies, practices, and programs to ensure environmental compliance.

Requirements

Knowledge of basic chemistry and laboratory techniques and QA/QC programs
Knowledge of Good Laboratory Practices (GLP)
Knowledge of regulatory requirements.
Working knowledge of Word, Excel, and Access
Knowledge of federal and state environmental standards and regulations and understanding of current environmental legislation and regulations
Regulatory knowledge of proper lab analytical testing methods
Must understand principles of water and/or wastewater treatment and be able to troubleshoot systems
Muti-tasking, utilize a variety of software and apps, computer skills
Associate's degree preferred, High School diploma or GED required
Minimum two (2) to four (4) years experience in water, wastewater, laboratory, or environmental compliance preferred
Lab experience is highly preferred
Ability to sit, stand, and walk for long periods of time
Ability to lift 35 lbs
Stairs required
Must be able to distinguish colors to conduct testing using normal colorimetric methods

Responsibilities

Conduct sampling, shipping, and/or analysis, as required, to ensure compliance with federal and state drinking water and wastewater regulations, company approved water quality standards, and special projects
Continuously evaluate water/wastewater treatment processes/analytical results, and recommend modifications to maintain or improve water quality
Identify potential issues and problems and initiate responsive actions and mitigate environmental violations
Monitor/calibrate and troubleshoot analyzers, equipment, etc. to ensure established standards of performance and accuracy are maintained
Monitor and order lab and sample collection supplies (10%)
Assist in training of other employees with regards to water quality and environmental concepts (5%)