Environmental Technician Ii

**Department**: Liquid Waste Services
**Employee Group**:Teamsters Local 31
**Location**:4515 Central Boulevard, Burnaby
**Salary Range/ Wage Rate**: PG 25 $2,863.75 - $3,381.40 bi-weekly

**Our Liquid Waste Services Department is seeking an Environmental Technician II who will facilitate the beneficial use of residuals produced from the Metro Vancouver region such as biosolids and water treatment residuals. This position involves a diversity of tasks including developing and executing sampling programs for environmental assessments and regulatory compliance, managing research projects, leading the administration of small to medium-sized construction and beneficial use projects and the management and analysis of large databases.**

**You are: knowledgeable of the regulations for the beneficial use of residuals in British Columbia, an analytical thinker, skilled in the use of Microsoft office and a team player.**

**This role**:

- Develops environmental projects for agriculture, forests and reclamation to meet the needs of clients and ensure compliance with environmental protection guidelines and recycling objectives; conducts preliminary and detailed field assessments of sites, including global positioning system assessment where appropriate; identifies and resolves operational hindrances such as seasonal constraints and legal complications; develops environmental monitoring plans; calculates soil quality indices to meet reclamation or fertilization objectives.
- Conducts technical and economic research and analysis of innovative technologies and/or expands the customer base for use of an existing biosolid product; evaluates options and prepares business cases, reports, studies, correspondence and requests for funding; recommends projects; initiates and develops partnerships; implements demonstration trials, pilot trials and/or research trials of innovative technologies; monitors and provides progress reports of trials.
- Defines project specifications; prepares requests for proposal and project tenders; evaluates tenders and recommends contractors; monitors contracts; ensures contractor compliance with project specifications and safety requirements and addresses problems in the field.
- Prepares project schedules and budget estimates of project costs; tracks progress and costs and approves invoices for payment; initiates cost-saving methods or other efficiencies as appropriate; coordinates required support; ensures for sample collection.
- Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with staff and external contacts such as clients, stakeholders, partners, government agencies, contractors and consultants; conducts public meetings to address concerns and obtain support for projects; as required, prepares and presents project proposals; coordinates with provincial and federal agencies to obtain required permits and approvals; prepares a variety of correspondence, reports, and presentations related to the work.
- As required, directs and/or coordinates the work of consultants and staff engaged in project work.
- Performs related work as required.

**To be successful, you have**:

- Diploma in Environmental Technology or a related program and sound related experience or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
- Considerable knowledge of environmental management principles related to the work.
- Considerable knowledge of the principles, practices, methods and techniques of researching, evaluating and analyzing data related to issues under review.
- Good knowledge of MVRD policies, procedures and strategies and of government regulations related to the work.
- Good knowledge of inspection and quality control methods and procedures, sampling methods and statistical analysis.
- Ability to collect, analyze and interpret statistical and narrative data and to prepare clear and concise studies, business cases, reports and correspondence.
- Ability to conduct field assessments, identify and resolve operational hindrances, and define project specifications.
- Ability to prepare a variety of specifications, schedules, estimates, correspondence, reports and presentations related to the work.
- Ability to monitor contracts, ensure compliance with specifications and safety requirements, and address related problems.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a variety of external and internal contacts.
- Ability to collect samples in rough terrain and inclement weather.
- Ability to assign and review the work of others.
- Ability to carry out duties with mínimal supervision.
- Skill in the use of equipment used in the work.
- Driver’s Licence for the Province of British Columbia.