Environmental System Technician

Role Description

Arcadis is seeking an Environmental System Technician to join our team in Novi, MI. While this position requires both field and office work, the candidate should expect to spend 95‑100% of their time in the field.

• Perform remedial system O&M, troubleshooting, optimization, and monitoring/sampling.
• Ensure Health and Safety compliance by adhering to all safe work practices, policies, and processes.
• Maintain integrity, cleanliness, and security of system buildings/enclosures and equipment.
• Provide prompt communication to the project management team when equipment is not safe or functioning at optimal performance to meet project objectives.
• Operate, monitor, troubleshoot, repair, and adjust treatment plant machinery and equipment including pumps, valves, motors, meters, tanks, reservoirs, feeders, and other equipment to ensure system operation meets established metrics and environmental protection codes.
• Perform system preventative maintenance procedures and checks in accordance with the Quality Management System.
• Implement immediate corrective actions when an alarm is triggered or system data indicates a potential safety, operational, or compliance issue.
• Review and evaluate operational data and provide recommendations to improve system performance.
• Collect system samples according to established permit and operational requirements.
• Calibrate and maintain controllers, electrodes, flow and control equipment; determine and prepare appropriate ratios of chemical mixes for batch treatments where applicable.
• Install, maintain, and perform data download from smart telemetry devices (IoT).
• Oversee subcontractors to perform selected operation, maintenance/repair of systems, preventative maintenance, and monitoring in accordance with Health and Safety requirements.
• Record all project observations, readings, and activities as required for regulatory, client, and safety record-keeping requirements in a timely manner using electronic, field books, tablets, or paper forms.

Required Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 2 years of mechanical system O&M experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Trade School Certificate/Diploma, associate’s degree, or bachelor’s degree.
• Wastewater or environmental water treatment system experience.
• Wastewater or water license certification.
• 40‑Hour HAZWOPER training.
• Confined Space Entry training.
• Behavioral‑Based Safety training.
• Knowledge of programmable logic controllers.
• RCRA hazardous waste and DOT waste handling training.
• Fluent in Microsoft suite of software (Word, Excel, Teams, SharePoint) and familiar with PowerBI, MSAccess, and PowerPoint.

Arcadis offers benefits for full‑time and part‑time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401(k), STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward and recognition program, and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $55,200 – $82,800.

Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project, and location.

We are an equal‑opportunity employer. We are dedicated to a policy of non‑discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.