Environmental Field Technician - (Stack)

Environmental Field Technician - Stack

As an Environmental Field Technician - Stack, you'll be responsible for collecting data and spending most of your time outdoors in a hard hat rather than in a cubicle. In simple terms, stack testing involves measuring what is coming out of an industrial exhaust stack to make sure emissions meet environmental regulations. This role offers a strong path toward long-term career growth and advancement opportunities. Overtime opportunities can provide meaningful additional income. Competitive paid time off and comprehensive benefits package available.

The compensation range for this role is $23.50 to $28.00 per hour.

To thrive in this role, you'll be comfortable taking ownership of the following responsibilities:

• Follow established testing methods, procedures, and processes to help support consistent and reliable source testing
• Perform field source tests at customer locations with professionalism
• Record test data ensuring information on datasheets is complete and accurate
• Project preparation: glassware preparation, cleaning procedures, repair, calibration, and fabrication
• Set up monitoring equipment on a smokestack

These requirements reflect the knowledge, skills and abilities that help you do your best work here:

• Capacity for overnight and local travel for multi-weekday projects up to 75% of the time or more
• No experience necessary
• High School diploma or equivalent
• Ability to work independently and with minimal supervision
• Capability to pass background checks and initial and random drug screening
• Valid driver's license
• Ability to obtain a DOT medical certification and OSHA Respiratory Protection Medical Evaluation
• Flexibility is a must as the position may require weekend travel or work for a few projects during the year
• Transferable experience: laborer, construction, industrial maintenance, mechanical, laboratory, environmental, field science, etc.

The physical and environmental requirements below reflect what's typically needed to perform the essential functions of this role safely and effectively. We may provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities, consistent with applicable law, to support performance of the essential functions.

• Ability to work in outdoor industrial settings, including climbing to and working on elevated platforms (50ft - 300ft) in accordance with OSHA/ANSI and other applicable safety standards
• Must be able to exert moderate physical effort, including lifting heavy materials up to 50 pounds
• Often works outdoors and may be exposed to hot and cold environments and extreme weather conditions, including sunlit, rainy and windy conditions
• Sitting, standing, and walking