City : OTTAWA

Category :

Industry : Materials & Construction

Employer : Stantec

Environmental Technician - ( 230000C4 )

Description

At our core, we’re a community. Together, we exercise creative thought, developing engineering and designs as individual as the people and projects we touch. From approval and permitting to design, construction and monitoring services, we put the goals of our clients and their communities at the center of everything we create.

Your Opportunity

Stantec is currently searching for an Environmental Technician on a full-time basis contract for a Project located in Bathurst, New Brunswick. This is a non-exempt position; any overtime hours worked will be remunerated based on provincial employment regulations. This position will work independently in the field with support from their Field Supervisor and Project Manager.

This is a field position, work schedules will be based on project specific requirements and will require travel to remote field locations. Travel costs incurred while travelling to and from the project will be covered from approved locations (Bathurst).

Your Key Responsibilities and Capabilities

• Participating in daily tailgate meetings
• Identifying and reporting hazards and unsafe conditions and seek to improve safety
• Documenting significant events or observations related to the job (i.e. Environmental, Hazard ID, Job Observations, etc.).
• Operating light vehicles (4x4 pickups) and/or all-terrain vehicles (snow mobile/ATV) to gain access to areas located throughout remote sites
• Taking readings from vibrating wire piezometers, pneumatic piezometers, standpipes, transducers, flow meters and pumping wells
• Maintaining observation instruments as appropriate.
• Programming, installing, and downloading information from data loggers
• Performing maintenance and troubleshooting on cables, data loggers, and automated data acquisition system
• Performing visual inspection of geotechnical structures and informing the client of any concerns or abnormalities
• Collecting water samples from monitoring wells, pumping wells, and surface infrastructure.
• Working knowledge of environmental water quality testing equipment and sampling
• Working knowledge of assay laboratory testing equipment and procedures for water quality tests
• Ensuring tests are completed in accordance with relevant standards. The testing scope completed at the lab encompasses:

+ Total Suspended Solids (TSS)

+ Metals (Zn, Cu, Pb, Ca, Mg etc)

+ Hardness

+ pH

+ Conductivity

+ Temperature

+ Dissolved Oxygen

+ ORP

+ Others as needed

• Maintaining, cleaning and adding to or replacing lab equipment
• Completing Chain of Custody forms and filing appropriately for samples
• Logging and uploading sampling results
• Receiving samples, scheduling tests, and completing tests.
• Reporting: Complete detailed field and laboratory reports and submit them to Supervisor / Project Manager as required.

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

All roles require the following qualifications:

• Working knowledge of the Microsoft office suite of programs
• Valid Class 5 Drivers License with current Driver’s Abstract
• You must have Standard First Aid Level C with AED.
• Additional qualification requirements depending on project

Education and Experience

• A minimum 10 years of relevant industry experience

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with local, state and federal laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans

Primary Location : Canada-Ontario-Ottawa

Organization : BC-1216 Environmental Services-GE-Canada East

Employee Status : Temporary

Job Level : Individual Contributor

Travel : No

Schedule : Full-time

Job Posting : Jan 27, 2023, 6:35:28 AM

Req ID: 230000C4

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with local, state and federal laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans