Environmental Technician

GHD; Borger (TX); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading environmental services firm is seeking an Environmental Field Technician in Borger, TX. This role involves inspecting and maintaining groundwater wells, ensuring compliance with safety standards, and conducting environmental field sampling. Candidates should have at least three years of relevant experience and a commitment to safety practices. The position requires adaptability and the ability to work in diverse conditions, including refinery environments.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in environmental media sampling.
• OSHA 40-hour HAZWOPER certification is a plus.
• Valid driver’s license with a clean record required.

Responsibilities

• Inspect, maintain, and monitor environmental groundwater wells.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA and client standards.
• Generate litigation quality field notes and data entry.

Skills

Environmental media sampling

Safety commitment

Mechanical aptitude

Data analysis

Teamwork

Flexibility

Job description

Environmental Field Technician – Borger, TX

We’re committed to helping you look after our environment and to ensuring a sustainable future for communities and the world. Join our team in Borger, TX as part of our contamination, assessment, and remediation (CAR) business group in a hands‑on field role that requires travel and occasional overnight work throughout the area.

Responsibilities

• Inspection, maintenance, monitoring and sampling of environmental groundwater wells
• Ensure work is completed in a safe and compliant manner with respect to applicable OSHA, GHD and client standards. Majority of work will be performed in a refinery environment.
• Generate litigation quality field notes and enter collected field data electronically to database programs
• Correspondence with certified laboratory and shipping of collected samples
• Perform site inspections and collection of assessment field data including soil, surface water and air
• Operations and maintenance, troubleshooting and oversight of remedial equipment including groundwater extraction systems, soil vapor extraction, dual phase extraction and related environmental remediation equipment
• Work directly with clients and contractors

Qualifications

• Previous three years of environmental media sampling field experience.
• Candidate must live within one‑hour drive time from the City of Borger, TX or be willing to relocate to Borger, TX.
• OSHA 40‑hour HAZWOPER is a plus.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and a clean driving record.
• Ability to perform field work in a refinery environment (i.e., wear respirator).
• Commitment to safety utilizing a behavior‑based safety culture in all aspects of the job.
• Strong mechanical, electrical and computer aptitude.
• Ability to work extended hours and travel out of town.
• Physically capable of working in non‑ideal conditions, such as hot/cold temperatures, wet weather, outside, and around loud equipment and traversing rough terrains.
• Ability to be a self‑starter, flexible, team player, willing and able to work on a wide variety of tasks with minimal supervision in a drug‑free workplace.
• Ability to analyze field readings, data, and operating parameters to optimize system operations.

GHD is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, genetic information, national origin, sex (including same sex), sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, age, disability or handicap, citizenship status, service member status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.