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Environmental Technician
Location:
Bellingham, WA
Description:
We are Herrera Envision yourself at a growing, employee-owned company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best performance while making a difference in the world. We are Herrera, a science, planning, and design consulting firm dedicated to working with clients to develop holistic solutions that provide social and environmental benefit. We protect the environment every day by providing a diverse range of consulting services to cities, counties, state and federal agencies, and private clients throughout Washington, Oregon, California, Montana, Wyoming, Alaska, and western Canada. For over 40 years, Herrera has cultivated a collaborative, caring, and values-driven culture that empowers our employee-owners to achieve excellence while ensuring we have fun along the way. By providing our employee-owners with the autonomy to pursue their professional interests and through encouraging them to grow, we benefit from high employee-owner retention that contributes to our longstanding partnerships with clients. Our Values Treat everyone with respect and dignity, always. Insist on integrity, objectivity, and social and environmental ethics in our work. Act as stewards of the environment upon which we depend. Research and outreach, learn and teach. Employee owners, employee leaders. Your Opportunity Are you interested in using your software and hardware technology experience to problem solve and conduct scientific experiments in the field under challenging conditions? As a temporary, part-time Environmental Technician you will be in an hourly role to support the development and implementation of a sediment incubation study of Lake Campbell in Skagit County, WA from approximately July 2024 - January 2025. In this role we will count on you to: Support the development of a sampling and analysis design for a sediment incubation study Set up sediment incubation champers under direction of Western Washington University professors Provide field support to Herrera limnologist for sediment core collections Carefully and precisely record activities and measurements in the lab and in the field Implement the sediment incubation as designed, including dosing some sediment cores with alum, elevating the pH of some cores, and bubbling some cores with nitrogen gas (anaerobic incubation) and with ambient air (aerobic incubation) Collect water quality samples from the overlying water of the sediment cores and conduct laboratory evaluation for total and soluble reactive phosphorus Complete miscellaneous tasks to complete lab studies and field monitoring Manage collected data using spreadsheets (Microsoft Excel) Conduct data analysis in R Support writing the final finding and report Minimum Qualifications Education, Experience, & Licensure/Certifications Currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in environmental science or related discipline at Western Washington University Attention to detail and ability to organize and compile observations and data Ability to carry out detailed instructions as well as think creatively to carry out lab and field monitoring assignments Valid driver's license Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities High attention to detail Excellent problem-solving, verbal and written communication, design, development, and debugging skills Carrying and lifting materials and equipment up to 40 pounds typical in the lab or field This is a temporary, part-time position for up to 24 hours per week, and it is not eligible for benefits unless where required by law. The anticipated duration of this position is June 2024 - January 2025. The hourly rate for this position is $22.02. Application Deadline: May 3, 2024 We Are Committed to Equal Opportunity, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion At Herrera, we celebrate our differences as much as our similarities. We know the best outcomes come from interdisciplinary, diverse, and inclusive teams. Our values are ever-present in the people, culture, and work we do, they are not just a few sentences on our website. We treat people with respect and act with integrity and objectivity. Our employment decisions are based on knowledge, skills, and abilities, and have nothing to do with your race, color, gender, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, medical history, reproductive health decisions, political ideology, veteran status, or physical appearance. As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, we encourage women, minorities, veterans, disabled veterans, and individuals with disabilities to apply for our open positions. We are also a member of E-Verify. To learn more about E-Verify, read the E-Verify Notice and the Right to Work Notice .Powered by JazzHR
Company:
Herrera Environmental Consultants
Posted:
April 17 on The Resumator
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