Environmental Air Scientist

At Weston Solutions, Inc. you will do meaningful work and make valuable contributions. Employee ownership at Weston is a path to professional growth and access to diverse opportunities in a highly connected community that works together across key service areas to make a difference in the environment. Weston has continued to evolve and adapt to our changing world as a premier provider of environmental and infrastructure services for over sixty years. In both the public and private sectors our teams help identify, solve, mitigate, and manage critical environmental issues to help clients achieve a more sustainable future.
Weston is seeking an Environmental Air Scientist for scheduled, and time-critical responses to site-related environmental issues, including disaster/emergency response, environmental investigations and remedial alternative analysis. The Scientist is expected to be knowledgeable of the calibration, maintenance, deployment, use and data collection for handheld, portable and transportable air sampling and monitoring devices. With senior level oversight, he/she will develop and implement sampling/monitoring and data collection plans. Experience in the implementation of multi-media, multi-matrix sampling techniques is also required.
Location: Edison, NJ
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
This position requires a minimum of a B.S. Degree and 5 years of recent and relevant experience with air sampling/monitoring protocols.
Knowledge of the calibration, maintenance, deployment, use and data collection for handheld, portable and transportable air sampling and monitoring devices.
With senior level oversight, develop and implement sampling/monitoring and data collection plans.
Experience in the implementation of multimedia, multi-matrix sampling techniques.
Collecting samples for field screening and/or laboratory analysis (soil, groundwater, and surface water).
Responding to releases of oil and hazardous materials and providing assessment and contractor oversight services.
Assist in environmental site assessments consistent with US EPA standards.
Providing oversight and sampling during the installation of soil boring and well monitoring.
Overseeing remedial excavation activities.
Installing and operating remediation systems and conducting in-situ remediation.
Manage analytical data (tabulation, QA/QC and evaluation of data).
Preparing plans/maps/boring logs; and assisting with writing technical reports, work plans, etc.
Preferred Skills:
Knowledgeable in field instrumentation i.e. the use of various air monitoring and multi-media sampling instruments. Abilities include calibration of field instruments, implementation in field, and interpretation of results.
Experience with Geoprobe sampling; various drilling methods including HSA, ARCH, mud rotary and multimedia sampling.
Familiarity with the Incident Command System (ICS) 100-800. Completion of ICS courses a plus.
40-Hour HAZWOPER
Able to work in Levels C/B
Expected Outcomes:
Duties will include being readily available to respond at a moment’s notice, and periodic field assignments nationwide.
Calibration and maintenance of a variety of multi-media monitoring and sampling equipment.
Document field activities and prepared daily and final reports.
In-field multimedia sampling.
Proficient in the writing of technical documents and plans.
Use level D-A PPE to make entries into potentially hazardous areas.
Technical and Operational Scope:
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