Environmental Technician; NWS

Location: Livermore, CA

Title: Environmental Technician (NWS 00911)

North Wind Services (NWS) is a high performing, low risk company with a successful history of contributing to their client’s missions. NWS executes and manages a wide range of technical services such as environmental investigation and restoration, construction, demolition, radioactive and hazardous waste management, public communication/involvement, information management, health and safety, industrial hygiene, and emergency response/HAZMAT services.

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. Qualified applicants must be a U.S. 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 supporting the missions of their federal client, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in Livermore, CA. Pay, benefits, Human Resources, and employment management functions are all provided by NWS. As an NWS employee working at LLNL, within the client’s environment, you will complete day‑to‑day tasks, with direction from technical personnel directly employed by LLNL.

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…