Senior Environmental Technician

There’s no pledge more important than the one we make to look after our environment, and we’re committed to helping you do exactly that. 

Join us as we strive to ensure a sustainable future for our communities and the world we live in.  

Become part of our global network of skilled engineers, scientists, auditors, planners and environmental specialists, all working together to leave this world better than we found it.

Who are we looking for?   

GHD has a great opportunity for a Senior Environmental Field Technician to join our team in Houston, TX office. This position is an integral part of our contamination, assessment, and remediation (CAR) business group and requires a diverse array of responsibilities. Working on a diverse range of projects, this role is a “hands on” field position requiring travel and occasional overnight work throughout the region.

In the problem solving business, it helps to be restlessly curious to deliver community change. 

Our vision is to ensure energy, water and urbanization are made sustainable for generations to come. You can lead the way into a new future for our industry, inspiring the next generation of driven and committed people in the process. 

Learn about leadership opportunities with GHD. 

Working with an energetic and high performing team, this position offers a variety of work and will see you involved in: 

• Support both large and small projects throughout the region
• 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. Majority of work will be performed in bulk storage terminals and refineries environments.
• Generate litigation 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

What you will bring to the team:

• Annual up to date OSHA 8-hour HAZWOPER refresher training 
• Must have a valid driver’s license and a clean driving record
• Ability to perform field work wearing a respirator (medically cleared) 
• Commitment to safety utilizing a behavior-based safety culture in all aspects of the job 
• Strong mechanical, electrical and computer aptitude 
• Ability to work extended hours and travel out of town
• 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, team player, willing and able to work on a wide variety of tasks with minimal supervision in a drug-free workplace
• Ability to analyze field readings, data, and operating parameters to optimize system operations 

Responsibilities

• Data Collection and Analysis: Collate and analyze data using preset tools, methods, and formats. Involves working independently.
• Solutions Analysis: Interpret data and identify possible answers. Involves navigating a wide variety of processes, procedures, and precedents.
• Engineering Drawings: Create engineering drawings to support the communication, evaluation, and implementation of engineering solutions.
• Engineering Solutions Design: Contribute to the development of, and implement feasibility testing of, proposed engineering solutions to provide feedback and data to validate the design.
• Health, Safety, and Environment: Follow the organization's health, safety, and environment (HSE) policies, procedures, and mandatory instructions to identify and mitigate environmental risks and risks to the well-being of self and others in the workplace; instruct the team in safe working methods; identify instances of risky behaviors within the team and take appropriate action, escalating serious issues as appropriate.
• Personal Capability Building: Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation, where relevant, to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.
• Operational Compliance: Identify, within the team, instances of noncompliance with the organization's policies and procedures and/or relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct, reporting these instances and escalating issues as appropriate.
• Testing: Use product specifications to design test procedures and standards.
• Waste Management: Support waste management efforts, aiding in waste reduction programs, waste segregation, storage, transportation, and disposal.
• Technical Troubleshooting: Support technical troubleshooting efforts, aiding in the quick and accurate identification, analysis, and resolution of technical issues with equipment and experiments.

  Experience

• Greater than 10-years environmental media remediation system(s) operation and maintenance, and sampling field experience.  

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As a multicultural organization, we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce. GHD is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race; color; religion; genetic information; national origin; sex (including same sex); sexual orientation; gender identity; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; age; disability or handicap; citizenship status; service member status; or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.