On-Call Construction Quality Assurance; CQA), Landfill & CCR Technician

On-Call Solid Waste (landfill) and Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) Construction Quality Assurance (CQA) Engineering Technician to join our Civil, Ground Engineering & Materials team in Michigan
. The preferred home office locations are Holland, Lansing, Bay City, or Novi
.

The successful candidate will conduct landfill and CCR CQA observation, monitoring, and testing services for earthen and geosynthetic containment systems for local and national energy, industrial, municipal and/or private containment facilities. Additional duties and responsibilities may include supporting environmental or geotechnical investigations and other field-related activities.

• Field monitoring, testing, and sampling of soil and aggregate materials
• Use of a nuclear gauge and drive cylinder for soil density testing
• Geosynthetics monitoring and testing
• General construction observation and documentation
• Interpreting construction documents (construction drawings, technical specifications, and CQA Plans) to confirm projects are completed in accordance with approved plans
• Interaction with contractors and owners in a positive and constructive manner to resolve construction issues
• Generating complete, accurate, and concise documentation using electronic systems and field/work site notebook
• Assisting with other field activities as needed including but not limited to conducting field characterization (drilling), stormwater sampling, and groundwater sampling
• Participating and contributing to daily safety meetings
• Legal and safe vehicle operations on behalf of the company
• Maintaining quality control standards and procedures for accurate and precise measurement and documentation
• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• 5+ years of related experience
• Geosynthetics Certification Institute-Inspector Certification Program (GCI-ICP) certification for compacted soil liner and geosynthetics (or the ability to obtain certification)
• MDOT Construction Materials Testing
  - Soils or ability to obtain certification
• MDOT Construction Materials Testing
  - Concrete or ACI Concrete Field-Testing Technician—Grade I (or the ability to obtain certification)
• This role is subject to a client-mandated drug/alcohol testing policy. As such, employee may be subject to random drug/alcohol tests. A copy of this policy will be provided during employee onboarding and is available upon applicant request.
• The ability to perform duties within established deadlines while maintaining a high level of accuracy
• Travel, including travel for extended assignments is required
• Daily report writing and construction documentation is required
• The ability to communicate constructively with contractors, owners and Project Managers is essential
• Ability to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals, compute rate, ratio, percent, and draw and interpret bar graphs
• Analytical mindset to exercise sound judgement in evaluating situations and making decisions
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies
• Ability to work schedules conducive to project-specific requirements that may extend beyond the typical workweek
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team, self-motivation, and strong work ethic
• Ability to regularly lift and/or move up to 49 pounds unaided and 50-100 pounds with assistance and/or proper engineering controls
• Ability to speak and hear, stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and…