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Tetra Tech Solid Waste West (SWW) is seeking a full-time Field Technician.

Tetra Tech is expanding our team and looking for hardworking and capable individuals. Our technicians receive hands on practical experience and have a direct impact on our environmental projects.

Tetra Tech specializes in a wide variety of consulting, testing, monitoring, and maintenance in the solid waste field. Our project sites offer a unique working environment that allows our technicians to gain experience both on an operational and a regulatory level. The pay scale for this position is $24-$32 an hour, based on qualifications and experience. 

Your Role:

• Confirm all regulatory objectives and due dates are being met, including the proper collection and documentation of environmental monitoring data
• The Operation & Maintenance (O&M) of Gas Collection & Control Systems (GCCS) on our projects, including performing Routine & Non-Routine maintenance on GCCS components to ensure or restore proper operation and compliance
• Monitoring and sampling Landfill Gas (LFG) and liquids
• Monitoring and maintaining the liquids extraction systems within the GCCS
• Problem solving of GCCS issues

Qualifications:

• Ideally live on Maui and commute/travel to various sites in the County of Maui (sites/landfills), County of Kauai landfills, potentially California landfills
• Respond to GCCS call-out devices
• Walk long distances, up and down steeply sloped landfills and outdoor terrain
• Work in extreme (hot and cold) weather conditions safely
• Lift a minimum of 50 pounds on a non-consistent basis
• Pass a company paid, baseline health physical and drug screening, as required
• Ability to obtain, and keep in good standing, a valid driver’s license and ability to drive to job sites
• Complete the OSHA HAZWOPER, 40-hour, environmental health and safety class, and annual 8-hour refresher classes
• Ability to troubleshoot mechanical and electrical systems failures
• Ability to develop a good working knowledge of environmental monitoring equipment
• Light equipment operation
• Ability to learn general gas, soil, and air sampling techniques
• Ability to be familiar with operation and maintenance techniques for LFG and landfill fluids collection systems
• At minimum, a High School Diploma and 1 year of general working experience
• Proficient in or ability to learn the use of a PC, specifically Microsoft Office suite of products (Word, Excel, and Outlook)

At Tetra Tech, health and safety play a vital role in our success. Tetra Tech’s employees work together to comply with all applicable health & safety practices and protocols, including health orders and regulations that are mandated by local, state, and federal authorities as well as project requirements.