Environmental Technician

Job Description

Job Title:

Environmental Technician

Department:
Environmental

Reports to:

Mark Severson

Location:

Florence AZ

Florence Copper is in the historic Copper Corridor of Arizona – a region steeped in copper mining history.

The project offers a unique opportunity to provide strong economic benefits to the community of Florence and the State of Arizona with minimal environmental impact using the in-situ copper recovery process. During its lifetime, Florence Copper is estimated to create close to 500 jobs for Pinal County and generate $3.4 billion in economic activity for the State of Arizona.

Florence Copper is expected to have the lowest energy and greenhouse gas-intensity (GHG) of any copper producer in North America and will reduce the United States’ reliance on foreign producers for a metal considered to be critical for the transition to a low-carbon economy.

Florence Copper is a wholly owned subsidiary of Taseko Mines Limited which is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. Taseko is also the operator and the owner of the Gibraltar copper/molybdenum mine in Canada and various other development projects.

The Environmental Technician is a safety sensitive position and is responsible for assisting the Environmental Department with various tasks that ensure permit compliance. This person completes the collection, recording, maintenance, interpretation, and presentation of sampling/monitoring data; performing routine environmental audits of facilities; timely preparation of reports; promotion of environmental policies and procedures; presenting environmental compliance training; and instrumentation maintenance and calibration.

• Collect, preserve, and transport samples (water, soil, air) for analyses, adhering to appropriate sampling techniques and procedures.
• Conduct in-field (and limited laboratory) analyses on water samples in accordance with established procedures.
• Calibrate, operate, and maintain sampling and laboratory equipment and instruments in an accurate and appropriate manner.
• Maintain programs that monitor water quality, water use, and regulatory compliance.
• Conduct periodic audits of facilities and operations to ensure environmentally protective practices are followed.
• Respond to potentially non-compliant conditions in a safe and appropriate manner.
• Maintain solid and hazardous waste management protocols.
• On occasion, meet with regulatory representatives during inspections, document any findings.
• Assist facility management and personnel with environmental compliance.
• Identify, develop, and promote pollution prevention, waste minimization, and recycling efforts including audits.
• Provide assistance to any emergency response involving environmental issues.
• Maintain the environmental department’s filing system.
• Reporting and report writing, environmental inspections and general laboratory work as required.
• Conducts manual depth-to-water measurements across a network of operational monitoring wells, collecting readings daily with a full network sweep performed weekly. Operates and manages water level measurement equipment. Records and uploads water level data to tracking worksheets to support gradient analysis and cone of depression determinations.

• Schedules and implements the elements of the Monitoring Program as outlined under the UIC permit including calibration and maintenance of sampling equipment such as pH/conductivity meter and low-flow bladder pump controls. Collection of water quality samples includes field collection and preparation for sample bottles to be sent to offsite laboratory.

• Installation and maintenance of water quality sampling equipment in the monitoring wells. Monitor and calibrate data…