Environmental Technician; NWS

Environmental Technician (NWS 00911)

North Wind Services is actively seeking individuals who can contribute to national security within the science, technology, and engineering fields as part of our supplemental labor team at vital federal research and development installations supporting the Department of Energy. NWS has an established history of contributing to the success of their customer’s mission. Available employment opportunities may range from administrative and logistical support to advanced technical positions.

Qualified applicants must be a US citizen, at least 18 years of age, and able to meet pre-employment requirements including any required physicals, drug screen, and/or background investigation to satisfy clearance requirements from the Department of Energy.

Successful candidates will be employees of NWS, a premier government contractor charged with employing highly motivated and well-qualified personnel who can advance the missions of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, CA. Though employed by NWS, the employee will take day-to-day direction from technical personnel employed directly by the research laboratories. Pay, benefits, Human Resource, and Employment Management functions are provided by NWS.

The Waste Generator Services Group within the Radioactive and Hazardous Waste Management (RHWM) Program has an opening for an Environmental Technician to provide technical support and customer services in the management of hazardous and radioactive waste. Under general supervision, the successful candidate will perform a variety of technical functions in collecting, packaging, labeling, identifying, documenting, segregating, consolidating, treating, and storing hazardous, and radioactive waste generated by various LLNL programs.

This position may require the employee to have the flexibility to work overtime, shift and/or weekends to accomplish goals. The successful candidate will be required to pass various on-site training modules to pursue work assignments.

• Perform a wide variety of waste management activities, often wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) such as anti-C’s, respirator, hearing protection, etc., to collect, package, label, identify, segregate, consolidate, treat, store, and verify hazardous, low level radioactive, mixed and/or transuranic waste.
• Operate wastewater retention tanks and/or systems, perform pump-outs, perform lab packing of waste chemicals and manage waste container storage areas.
• Perform testing (pH, visual etc.) and sampling of waste to verify characterization and/or treatment results and operate radiation survey instruments to obtain radiological data.
• Operate a variety of vehicles up to and including 5-ton trucks, use material handling equipment (fork trucks, drum handling equipment, mechanical pump systems, etc.), and use hand and power tools.
• Respond to environmental emergencies at LLNL, and work with cross-organizational personnel performing decontamination of facility infrastructure and equipment.
• Gather, analyze, and record basic pertinent data and maintain detailed and accurate records associated with radioactive and hazardous waste to properly characterize and manage the waste.
• Complete and maintain training requirements per Federal, State, and LLNL requirements.
• Provide customer service to LLNL waste generators as the front-line interface between RHWM and waste generators.
• Perform all assignments in accordance with ES&H, security, and business practice requirements and policies.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Associate degree in environmental or related scientific field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Basic knowledge of State and Federal regulations as they apply to hazardous and radioactive waste management, with emphasis on managing waste in satellite accumulation areas (SAAs) and 90-day consolidated accumulation areas (CAAs) or experience working within nuclear or high-hazard facilities.
• Basic knowledge of field instrumentation, such as radiation survey instruments, pH meters, etc., with an emphasis on their application to radioactive and hazardous waste processes.
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