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CITY OF ST JOSEPH Environmental Technician in SAINT JOSEPH, Missouri
Job Summary/Scope Manages the operation and maintenance of a landfill gas extraction system that provides fuel for a waste to energy facility. Performs duties for other environmental monitoring systems at the landfill. Maintains records necessary for compliance with permits or systems. Assists the Superintendent with reporting and correspondence to state and federal regulatory agencies. No supervisory or budgetary responsibilities.
Essential Duties and Responsibilites
- Manages a gas extraction system that balances wells to optimize gas collection and protect against offsite migration and fires
- Maintains well fields
- Operates a gas analyzer to record and balance well field
- Calibrates meters daily to ensure accurate readings
- Downloads testing information into computer system to document findings
- Performs gas testing in buildings with a combustible gas indicator in compliance with Part 70 Air Permit
- Develops specifications for specific work items and equipment purchases
- Collects and transports storm water samples
- Performs evacuation of groundwater wells and assists with groundwater sampling
- Performs and documents waste sorts
- Maintains records necessary for compliance with permits or systems
- Performs random waste screening
- Prepares correspondence to state and federal regulatory agencies regarding the environmental monitoring operations at the landfill
Other Duties and Responsibilities Performs all other related duties as assigned
Employee Behavior and Conduct City employees shall conduct themselves in a professional manner and shall exhibit and extend such professional conduct appropriate for the circumstances to those with whom they come into contact both internally and externally during the performance of their duties.
Employee Behavior and Conduct (Cont.) Examples of professional conduct include, but are not limited to, being communicative, informative, fair, honest, and respectful.