Laboratory Assistant Ii

6 days ago

Burnaby, Canada Metro Vancouver Full time

**Department**: Water Services
**Employee Group**:Teamsters Local 31
**Location**: Lake City Operations Centre, Burnaby
**Salary Range/ Wage Rate**:PG 17 $2,070.60 - $2,433.10 bi-weekly

**Our Water Services Department is seeking a Laboratory Assistant II (Field Water Sampler) who will be responsible for collecting drinking water, source water and environmental samples throughout the Metro Vancouver region as part of a team of Water Samplers.**

**You are a flexible team-player with a good driving record and valid Class 5 BC Driver’s License. You are able to comfortably and safely work independently in all weather conditions and find solutions to challenges that may arise in the field. You are available to work full shifts from 6:30 AM to 2:30 PM, Sunday through Thursday. You have a background and education in sciences and are able to follow specific safety and sampling procedures.**

**This role**:

- Collects drinking water or receiving and source water samples on a daily basis from a variety of stations throughout the Metro Vancouver Regional District; visits sample sites according to schedule and aseptically fills pre-labeled bottles according to prescribed sampling routines;
- Drives a Metro Vancouver corporate vehicle throughout the Greater Vancouver area to the sample stations and locations; performs routine vehicle maintenance such as, washing vehicle, and taking vehicle for scheduled servicing.
- Uses a chlorine kit, dissolved oxygen and turbidity meters and other equipment; calibrates same and takes and records related measures in the field; fixes samples with chemicals and delivers them to the laboratory for analysis and measures turbidity levels.
- Maintains records of chlorine residual and other meter readings, time samples taken, and temperature
- Delivers samples to Metro Vancouver laboratory to meet prescribed deadlines, makes periodic assigned trips to deliver samples to other laboratories, and prepares bottles, work sheets and other related items for collection trips.
- Maintains cleanliness and orderly arrangement of laboratories and field equipment and supplies related to the work;
- May provide training to new or temporary staff as required.
- Performs related work as required.

**To be successful, you have**:

- Completion of Grade 12 with courses in science; related laboratory work experience would be an asset; or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
- Sound knowledge of various routines, schedules, procedures, apparatus and safety precautions related to the field sampling and collection of water samples.
- Familiarity with traffic routes and patterns in the Greater Vancouver area.
- Ability to use and calibrate specific fragile field test kits and equipment such as a turbidity meter and colorimeter, and to exercise care in handling collection bottles and additive chemicals required for certain tests.
- Ability to drive a corporate vehicle (light SUV) throughout the Metro Vancouver area to sample stations, to modify routes and sampling areas to accommodate temporary changes to the work of the unit, and to follow directions, routes and schedules and to perform routine maintenance of the vehicle.
- Ability to walk over distances, to lift and carry cases of bottles and coolers, to exert sufficient physical effort to remove and replace obstructions to sample points, to exercise agility to collect water samples, and to perform these activities in all weather conditions.
- Ability to maintain records and to follow aseptic procedures for the collection of water samples.
- Ability to adhere to schedules and procedures, to deliver samples on time, to prepare bottles, work sheets and other related items for collection trips, to follow safety procedures, and to maintain cleanliness and orderliness of laboratory and field equipment related to the work.
- Good mechanical aptitude and manual dexterity.
- Skill in the operation of a light vehicle and in driving in all weather, on any road surface and in variable traffic conditions.
- Driver's Licence for the Province of British Columbia.

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