Field Lab Tech

Job Description

Pay: $23.00- $26.00 per hour DOE

• Prefer candidates with an associate’s or bachelor’s degree in a science field, or 4 years of Wastewater operations or Industrial Pretreatment experience.
• Candidates must have an interest in working outdoors.
• Highly independent and organized individual able to troubleshoot and problem solve.

• Analyze wastewater and industrial waters for field parameters including pH, dissolved oxygen, sulfite, nitrogen compounds and others as necessary for industrial pretreatment monitoring.
• Maintain sampling equipment and sampling inventory.
• Collect Industrial wastewater discharges from various businesses in the Vancouver area.
• Follow laboratory and field work safety protocol and use necessary PPE at all times.
• Properly dispose of environmental samples.
• Maintain a positive attitude and contribute to a team environment.
• Maintain a good driving record and navigate unfamiliar areas.
• Take monitoring recordings and make adjustments to the treatment process at a pretreatment lagoon, including addition of nutrients and balance of oxygen.
• Handle samples properly, including chain of custody procedures.
• Create accurate sample fractions from parent samples.
• Coordinate with industries to schedule sample collection.
• Maintain laboratory field equipment such as dissolved oxygen probes, pH probes, and TDS sensors.
• Use a boat to take field analysis of lagoon processes, collecting samples and taking readings of sludge depth and dissolved oxygen.
• Use a microscope to properly identify bacteria in wastewater samples.
• Create, update, and maintain standard operating procedures and safety documentation.
• Organize sampling events.
• Work with preserved collection bottles in a safe and acceptable manner.
• Coordinate with subcontract laboratories for sample bottle orders and courier pickups.
• Maintain equipment for the successful operation of the IPP Lagoon.
• Work schedule will be day shift Monday through Friday; some holiday work required.

• Must be able to stand for approximately 80% of an 8-hour work day.
• Must be able to regularly lift items between 1–15 pounds.
• Must be able to occasionally lift items between 15–50 pounds.

HKA is an EEO Employer who participates in the US Citizenship and Immigration Services E-Verify Program.