Environmental Technician - Orange County Sanitation District

What do you value in your next job?

At the Orange County Sanitation District our Core Values form the framework of our organization and reinforce our professional work ethic. If the following values ring true with you, we'd love to invite you to explore our career opportunities further.

Integrity, Inclusion, Honesty, and Respect
We aspire to the highest degree of integrity, inclusion, honesty, and respect in our interaction with each other, our suppliers, our customers, and our community. We strive to demonstrate these values in our actions, commitments, and service.
  
Leadership, Teamwork, and Problem Solving
We lead by example, acknowledging the value of our resources and using them wisely to achieve our mission. We strive to reach OC San goals through cooperative efforts and collaboration with each other and our constituencies. We work to solve problems in a creative, cost-effective, and safe manner, and we acknowledge team and individual efforts.
  
Customer Service, Transparency, and Accountability
We are committed to acting in a timely, accurate, accessible, and transparent manner through excellent customer service. We are committed to act in the best interest of our internal and external stakeholders.
  
Resiliency, Innovation, and Learning
We continuously develop ourselves, enhancing our talents, skills, and abilities. We recognize that only through personal growth and development will we progress as an agency and as individuals.
  
Safety
We are committed to providing a safe work environment. We will demonstrate leadership, promote individual accountability, and participate actively in the advancement of our health and safety practices. 

OC San is currently looking to fill the role of an Environmental Technician in the General Chemistry, Microbiology, and Sampling Section within the Environmental Laboratory and Ocean Monitoring Division.

Under general supervision, the Environmental Technician performs a wide variety of routine duties in support of OC San’s discharge permit. Specifically, the Environmental Technician will:

• Establish, maintain, and foster positive and harmonious working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
• Conduct wastewater stream, digester gas, potable water, ocean water and urban runoff sampling activities; perform field testing as needed.
• Organize and label sample bottles on a regular basis.
• Operate and maintain refrigerated auto-samplers. 
• Record laboratory equipment temperatures and maintenance performed.
• Log and/or receive samples into a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS).
• Aliquot samples into appropriate containers and disseminate to designated laboratory work areas.
• Clean, maintain, repair, and calibrate sampling equipment following established procedures and maintenance schedules or when needed.
• Clean and maintain assigned vehicles including washing and fueling.
• Report needed truck and cart mechanical repairs to the fleet services.
• Inspect sampling facilities.
• Respond, troubleshoot, and correct routine and unexpected problems.
• Participate in both internal and external audits.
• Maintain stock for sampling activities including cups, cuvettes, bottles, buckets, tape, gloves, safety glasses and sampler tubing.
• Receive samples and interact with contract lab couriers.
• Create and maintain chain-of-custodies.
• Wash and clean glassware on a routine basis or when instructed.
• Perform general housekeeping tasks throughout the workday.
• Perform laboratory analyses.
• Perform related duties when assigned to Microbiology or General Chemistry.