Job Information
Element Materials Technology Environmental Technician in Houston, Texas
Overview
Element has an opportunity for a 1st shift Environmental Technician whose prime responsibility is to assist the regional environmental field services department in environmental testing and reporting at project sites.
Pay : $22-26/hr
Responsibilities
Physical Requirements:
-Routinely perform tasks in an outdoor, industrial environment, typically at heights ranging from 10 to 200 feet above ground.-Significant out of town travel is required.
-Typical field projects consist of daily work activities ranging from eight up to but not exceeding sixteen hours.
-While performing field tasks, the individual will be asked to perform his work while wearing the required personal protective equipment including but not limited to hard hat, safety glasses, mono-goggles, gloves, steel-toed safety shoes, flame retardant clothing and respiratory protection as necessary.
-Field assignments routinely require climbing a ladder and hoisting equipment weighing up to forty pounds to the appropriate sampling platform elevation.
Skills / Qualifications
Education - high school graduate
Experience - minimum experience level: 0-2 years of work experience
Within three months of date of hire, the individual should possess "Transportation Worker Identification Card" (TWIC) credentials.
Demonstrate confidence, competence and an ability to work safely at heights in an industrial environment.
Within two months of the date of hire, the individual should have received training and passed written examinations to show proficiency in the use and aerial lifts, the ability to work safely on a scaffold and the use of supplied air respiratory protection (including fit testing, a physical and pulmonary function test).
Within six months of hire date, the AES environmental technician may should attend and successfully complete both the lecture and field certification portions of an EPA Method 9 visible emissions evaluator course.
Company Overview
Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9,000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to ‘Make tomorrow safer than today’.
When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access.
While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.
Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.
Diversity Statement
At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming “the world’s most trusted testing partner”.
All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.
Job Locations US-TX-Houston
ID 2024-13913