Environmental Equipment Manager

Tetra Tech is looking for a full-time Environmental Equipment Manager based in Kansas City, MO.

This position will assist with maintenance, tracking, and accountability of field equipment, materials, vehicles and supplies. The work location is the Environmental Protection Agency Training and Logistics Center (TLC) located within the Hunt-Midwest Sub Tropolis complex in northeast Kansas City. The Equipment Manager may be tasked by EPA to conduct any number of miscellaneous duties in support of the TLC's mission to provide appropriate equipment and supplies for response actions at hazardous waste sites.

The following daily duties are considered essential to the role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions:

Maintenance and/or calibration of field instrumentation used during emergency response and investigation of hazardous materials releases, in accordance with manufacturer's recommendations.

Maintain maintenance and calibration logs for all equipment.

24/7 on-call duties to manage and support equipment needs for emergency responses reported via EPA's Spill Line.

Request written quotes from vendors for new equipment or maintenance services for existing equipment.

Receive and inspect incoming equipment and supplies.

Ensure equipment brought back from the field is cleaned prior to re-inventory and future use.

Develop and modify Equipment Operation Guides and Quick Start Guides.

Ensure all equipment tracking, maintenance, check-in, and check-out is managed through the EPA's Sunflower database.

Other responsibilities may include:

• Preparation for, or participation in, training and exercises designed to enhance EPA's emergency response capabilities.
• Onsite field support anywhere within EPA Region 7 (Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa).
• Arrange for service, repair or replacement of parts to maintain readiness of EPA's vehicle fleet. Vehicles include cars, boats, all-terrain vehicles and mobile command posts.
• Preparing monthly summary reports describing work duties completed each month.

This is not a complete list of responsibilities associated with this position.

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Bachelor’s degree in scientific field and minimum 3 years of experience operating and maintaining field equipment and instrumentation used for environmental response and investigation preferred. In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 7 years of experience is required.

Completion of 40-Hour Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) training and current 8-hour HAZWOPER refresher training. If the successful candidate does not already possess this training, Tetra Tech will provide training prior to initiating regular work duties in the field.

Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills (both written and verbal).

Highly motivated, customer focused, and work…