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Posted Date
10/17/2024
Description
INSTRUMENTATION TECHNICIAN
- Field: LA, Orange, San Bernardino & Riverside Counties
- Contract: 1 year
- Salary: $35 - $47 per hour
DESCRIPTION:
This field job requires driving your personal vehicle to various locations in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties, to operate and maintain a variety of electromechanical equipment and instrumentation used in monitoring air pollutants, such as gaseous and particulate air contaminants, and atmospheric conditions. Mileage will be reimbursed. The individual will retrieve and replace filters, canisters, and other sampling media; and deliver these samples to the laboratory (located in Diamond Bar, CA) following prescribed chain-of-custody procedures along with complete logs and reports as required, and perform other related duties, as needed.
Job Requirements
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Completion of significant college coursework in electronics, engineering, physics, chemistry or related fields OR directly transferable experience. Education claimed will be verified - original transcripts required. (Foreign degrees MUST have been formally evaluated for equivalency.)
Ability to: Operate electronic and mechanical instrumentation; maintain, service and perform routine preventive maintenance of instruments and equipment at air monitoring and meteorological stations; manipulate and climb ladders; communicate clearly in English and understand/follow oral and written instructions; respond to emergency service calls in a timely manner; prepare and maintain logs, records, and reports; and perform related duties.
License: California Class C Driver License and auto insurance that meets California requirements.
Work Schedule: Four 10-hour days, Tuesday - Friday. There will be daily sample media setup and/or collection depending on the how the sampling schedule matches up for that specific week. The individual selected for this assignment may start as early as 6:00 a.m. It is necessary for samples to be collected as early as possible and delivered to the laboratory in Diamond Bar, CA for analysis. Sample collection is critical and frequent absences are grounds for dismissal. Flexibility and dependability are critical in this assignment.
Work Location: This assignment will require travel to various locations throughout the four-County metropolitan area (Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties). Assignments may require driving to Mecca near the Salton Sea.
This agency takes affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified employees and applicants who are special disabled veterans, veterans of the Vietnam era, and other eligible veterans.
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