Description
Monitor and document environmental cleanup at contaminated properties to verify compliance with work plans, permits, and safety standards, and report progress toward reuse. Does not include properties sufficiently contaminated to qualify as Superfund sites.
- • Review remediation work plans, sampling plans, and contractor submittals for field compliance.
- • Observe and document cleanup activities to verify adherence to permits, work plans, and specifications.
- • Inspect sites to monitor cleanup progress and assess residual environmental impacts.
- • Perform air, dust, noise, and vibration monitoring; compare results to action levels.
- • Collect soil, groundwater, and surface water samples; manage chain of custody.
- • Verify erosion, sediment, and stormwater controls and dewatering practices.
- • Monitor operation of treatment and disposal systems for permit compliance.
- • Track hazardous waste characterization, labeling, storage, manifests, and disposal receipts.
- • Verify contractor compliance with health and safety plans; initiate stop-work when necessary.
- • Maintain daily field logs, photos, GPS data, and progress metrics.
- • Prepare daily, weekly, and final monitoring reports and presentations for stakeholders.
- • Coordinate on-site activities and regulatory inspections to ensure compliance with laws and standards.
- • Document exceedances and nonconformances; recommend and verify corrective actions.
- • Audit data QA/QC, instrument calibrations, and sample preservation.
- • Witness demolition, tank removals, and debris handling to confirm controls and specifications.
- • Verify revegetation and site stabilization performance and maintenance.
- • Identify potential contamination sources encountered during field work and report findings.
- • Support permit compliance reporting (e.g., NPDES, air, waste shipment).
- • Maintain project records and as-built documentation.
- • Engage with community representatives and property owners regarding site activities and impacts.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
