Industrial Hygiene Field Technician, Asbestos and Lead

Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36000 people in over 70 countries dedicated toimproving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds together we can solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Arcadis has an immediate need for an Asbestos and Lead Inspector/Monitor on our Regulated Building Material and Industrial Hygiene team in the Los Angeles role includes performing field work for asbestos and lead-related projects such as inspections abatement monitoring/oversight air sampling and onsite analysis. Additional tasks may also include indoor air quality (IAQ)/mold investigations building characterization assessments and report writing.

The position requires candidate to have a valid state of California Certified Site Surveillance Technician (CSST) asbestos credential and a valid state of California Lead Sampling Technician credential. The location will be based out of either our Los Angeles or Irvine offices with project sites throughout the greater Southern California area. Project specific training will be provided by Arcadis as needed.

Role accountabilities:

• Routinely interact/communicate with Arcadis project managers and leaders; abatement contractors; consultants; and client personnel to ensure on time and satisfactory performance on projects.
• Manage and self-perform tasks associated with inspections/surveys and abatement monitoring for asbestos lead mold (water intrusion) IAQ and other regulated building materials at a variety of facilities including but not limited to: commercial public schools financial retail industrial chemical manufacturing oil/gas electrical etc.
• Provide detailed written and/or electronic project field notes sampling summaries for work conducted.
• Travel to project locations in the greater Southern California area on a daily basis. Also travel longer distances with the potential for overnight stays as required.
• Employees are expected to be flexible as work hours may include nights and weekends or extended work beyond 8 hours depending on the project.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Problem-solving skills: able to identify problems and implement corrective processes.
• Strong communication skills both written and verbal
• Ability to take ownership of assigned work and contribute to the success of the team. This includes the ability self-perform work prioritize schedule communicate with project team as needed produce on time high quality documentation and be responsive to phone and email requests
• The willingness to learn new digital technologies for field services
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 30 lbs. of equipment over the duration of a work shift
• Must be able to climb and descend a ladder
• A valid drivers license clean driving record is required.
• Must be able to clear background check pass medical exam and be medically cleared to wear negative pressure respirator
• Ability to work on teams as well as independently with minimal direct supervision

Position benefits include:

• Full medical dental and vision benefits - effective your first day of work!
• All travel expenses paid/ flexible working hours
• Paid holidays and 3 weeks of paid time off (PTO)

Qualifications & Experience:

Required:

• Experience in consulting environment with lead-paint hazardous building materials management indoor air quality mold evaluations and ventilation system assessments.
• State of California Certified Site Surveillance Technician
• State of California Lead Sampling Technician preferred
• High School Diploma or GED

Preferred:

• AS or BS in physical sciences or industrial hygiene safety environmental sciences or related science or engineering fields not required
• General understanding of HVAC systems building mechanical systems building construction
• General understanding of building renovation and demolition
• CDPH Lead Inspector Assessor or Project Monitor
• NIOSH 582 certification or equivalent certification
• OSHA 40-hour HAZWOPER
• OSHA 30-hour Construction
• Experience with Microsoft products such as Word Excel Outlook

Why Arcadis

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. Its why we are pioneering a skills-based approach where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

Youll do meaningful work and no matter what role youll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark on your career your colleagues your clients your life and the world around you.

Together we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality Diversity Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women minorities people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race creed color religion national origin sex age disability marital status sexual orientation gender identity citizenship status disability veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical dental and vision EAP 401K STD LTD AD&D life insurance paid parental leave reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $.

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