Qualifications:

- Prefer candidates with an associate's or bachelor's degree in a science field, or 4 years of Wastewater operations or Industrial Pretreatment experience
- Candidates must have an interest in working outdoors.
- Highly independent and organized individual able to troubleshoot and problem-solve.

Responsibilities:

- Analyze wastewater and industrial waters for field parameters, including pH, dissolved oxygen, sulfite, nitrogen compounds and others as necessary for industrial pretreatment monitoring
- Maintain sampling equipment and sampling inventory
- Collecting Industrial wastewater discharges from various businesses in the Vancouver area
- Following laboratory and fieldwork safety protocol and using necessary PPE at all times
- Proper disposal of environmental samples
- Accurate data entry in LIMS
- Maintaining a positive attitude and contributing to a team setting
- Maintain good driving record and navigate unfamiliar areas
- Take monitoring recordings and make adjustments to treatment process at a pretreatment lagoon, including addition of nutrients and balance of oxygen
- Proper sample handling, including chain of custody procedures




- Creating accurate sample fractions from parent samples
- Proper laboratory/operational documentation
- Coordinate with industries to schedule sample collection
- Maintaining laboratory field equipment, including dissolved oxygen probes, pH probes, TDS sensors, etc.
- Using a boat to take field analysis of lagoon process collecting samples and taking readings of sludge depth and dissolved oxygen
- Using microscope to properly identify bacteria in wastewater samples
- Creating, updating and maintaining standard operating procedures and safety documentation
- Organize sampling events
- Work with preserved collection bottles in a safe and acceptable manner
- Coordinate with subcontract laboratory for sample bottle orders and courier pickups
- Maintain equipment for successful operation of the IPP Lagoon
- Work schedule will be day shift Monday through Friday
- Some holiday work required
- Must be able to stand for approximately 80% of an 8-hour workday.
- Must be able to regularly lift items between 1 and 15 pounds
- Must be able to occasionally lift items between 15 and 50 pounds

📌 Field Scientist (Vancouver)
🏢 Solvenow
📍 Vancouver