Environmental Technician Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED preferred, and/or 1 to 2 years of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Waste Water Level 1 Certification.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees.
• Ability to provide leadership through example and sharing knowledge and skills.
• Ability to solve practical problems and handle a variety of concrete variables where standardization is limited.
• Ability to prioritize tasks, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and delegate assignments.
• Ability to comply with safety policies, practices, and procedures and report unsafe activities.
• Ability to participate in proactive team efforts to achieve departmental and company goals.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts, including proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.

Responsibilities

• Attend monthly safety meetings and quarterly quality meetings; attend the Morning Meeting when the Environmental Manager is absent.
• Perform safety audits of the WWTP.
• Take accurate daily readings from flow meters and other analytical equipment and legibly record the data.
• Collect daily samples, reset samplers, and accurately perform assigned laboratory sample analyses.
• Enter test data into the computer and email the daily zones report in a timely manner.
• Assist the Team Leader and Assistant Team Leader with troubleshooting WWTP maintenance issues, and notify the Environmental Manager of major equipment issues that cannot be resolved independently.
• Safely operate the Belt Press when assigned and learn and safely operate new equipment as needed.
• Collect and send Final Effluent samples for weekly analysis and Leak Detect samples for quarterly analysis.
• Assist other operators with quarterly sludge-judge work.
• Perform biogas testing.
• Restore all diffusers to working condition each spring or summer.
• Perform a monthly lagoon berm check.
• Assist with annual WWTP winterization.
• During adverse weather, use the loader tractor to keep snow cleared from paved areas.
• Safely unload incoming chemicals used in WWTP operations.
• Learn and assist with other environmental requirements, including air-emission visual assessments and waste-oil-area audits.
• Use GPS processes, drive zero losses, and uphold the culture of Southwest Cheese non-negotiables.
• Comply with applicable occupational safety and health standards, rules, regulations, and orders.
• Comply with applicable food safety regulations and mandates, including FSMA, Safe Quality Foods, FDA, and the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance.
• Research issues and incidents collaboratively, communicating professionally, honestly, and transparently with internal teams, business partners, and customers.
• Work with internal and external teams to implement process improvements or procedural changes that eliminate non-value-added activities and create business value.
• Assist with training new team members and facilitate or oversee training and standard operating procedure reviews.
• Proactively support customer needs, take ownership of customer requests, engage internal teams as needed, and meet or exceed service-level timelines.
• Meet or exceed role metrics and continually update knowledge of products, product changes, processes, and services.
• Serve on committees as needed and perform other duties as assigned.
• Comply with safety policies and procedures, report unsafe activities to a supervisor or Human Resources, and participate in team efforts to achieve departmental and company goals.
• Prioritize tasks, handle multiple projects simultaneously, and delegate assignments to others.
• Perform essential duties efficiently and accurately, with or without reasonable accommodation, without creating a significant safety threat to self or others.