Description
Apply practical environmental engineering methods to install, operate, and troubleshoot monitoring and treatment equipment; collect and analyze samples; and document results to support pollution prevention, waste treatment, and site remediation, under the direction of engineers or scientists. May assist with field investigations, bench-scale testing, and compliance activities.
- • Provide data and vendor research to support technology evaluations for site cleanup.
- • Operate and document bench-scale or pilot tests of treatment processes.
- • Prepare and package environmental samples for shipment or laboratory testing.
- • Compile data and documentation for permit applications and compliance reports.
- • Record field and laboratory data, photographs, and observations.
- • Collect and analyze air, water, wastewater, soil, or groundwater samples.
- • Receive, set up, test, and decontaminate environmental equipment.
- • Maintain field logs, lab records, and electronic data files.
- • Perform environmental monitoring in field and office settings.
- • Review checklists and forms for completeness and conformance.
- • Follow work plans and schedules for field and laboratory activities.
- • Order supplies and parts and track inventory of sampling and safety equipment.
- • Coordinate proper disposal of hazardous materials per procedures.
- • Assist with facility inspections for compliance with asbestos, lead, wastewater, or stormwater rules.
- • Provide technical support for wastewater, stormwater, and remediation projects to meet regulations.
- • Collect process data to support emission and waste reduction efforts.
- • Assist in training junior staff on sampling, calibration, and safety practices.
- • Assist in the cleanup of hazardous material spills.
- • Compile environmental data and prepare tables, charts, and brief summaries.
- • Monitor process parameters and report anomalies.
- • Support assessments of construction impacts and pollution prevention programs by collecting data and documentation.
- • Perform basic QA/QC and simple statistical checks on air and water data.
- • Contribute input to work plans and material and equipment needs.
- • Collect field measurements to support natural attenuation evaluations.
- • Prepare input datasets for contaminant transport or dispersion models.
- • Decontaminate and test field instruments used for soil, air, and water sampling.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
