Environmental Field Technician - Kitchener, Canada - Jacobs

Jacobs

Verified Company

Kitchener, Canada

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

beBee Recruiter

Description

Our People & Places Solutions business - reinforces our drive to improve the lives of people everywhere and epitomizes the "why" of what we do - the tremendous positive impact and value our solutions bring to our communities and society as a whole.

From facilities delivering life-saving therapies and ensuring clean water to enabling the connection of people through all modes of transportation and providing access to technology - we're integrating a multitude of these solution elements to build the smart environments of tomorrow.

Start your Jacobs career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed today and into tomorrow._

Your Impact:

Key Responsibilities

Lead and support safety operations at the site.
Oversee or perform field work tasks under mínimal to no supervision such as subcontractor oversight, inspections, groundwater sampling, surface water sampling, soil sampling, soil vapour sampling, monitoring, and routine O&M of remediation systems.
May include routine setup, assembly, installation, and/or minor troubleshooting or simple repairs of remediation equipment as directed.
Act as onsite lead in maintaining compliance with permit conditions.
Perform environmental contaminated sites assignments including compilation of field and analytical data.
Learn Quality Management and Enterprise Management Systems and use the processes in the conduct of work.
Complete rigorous and clear field documentation and participate in planning, organizing, and reporting related to field tasks.
Knowledgeable of Federal and Provincial/Territorial Environmental Acts and Regulations in Canada preferred.

Here's What You'll Need:

Experience participating in field health and safety programs.
Ability to work and communicate within a team structure is critical; must have strong communication skills.
Ability to work in a dynamic, fastpaced and challenging environment with a positive attitude and dedication.
Experience planning and executing field work programs including preordering equipment and materials required to complete the work.
Experience working on active construction/remediation project sites and interacting with subcontractors.
Requires schedule flexibility, including occasional weekend and night work.
Requires ability to learn new client

- and Jacobs-specific data entry software and information management systems.

Excellent computer skills including the use of excel and Microsoft suite of products.
Ability to lift up to 30 pounds unassisted.
Ability to bend, twist, crouch, kneel, walk on uneven surfaces.
Ability to operate light landscaping equipment (weed whacker, backpack sprayer, shovel, rake).
Ability to climb ladder/work from ladder.
Ability to walk long distances on steep, uneven slopes.
Must be willing to travel for occasional short term assignments.

Ideally, You'll Also Have:

2 year college diploma in Environmental Sciences, Engineering or Geology.
At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, missioncritical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cuttingedge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good. With $13 billion in revenue and a talent force of more than 55,000, Jacobs provides a full spectrum of professional services including consulting, technical, scientific and project delivery for the government and private sector._