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Discover your full potential. At Tetra Tech, we are collaborating with industry-leading experts for a sustainable future for our world. We combine consulting and engineering with advanced analytics and technology to solve the world's most complex challenges. Our innovation hubs across the globe will enable you to share ideas and best practices while growing your professional network. Wherever you are in your career journey, you will benefit from working with world-class engineers, scientists, and technical specialists.
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Tetra Tech SWW has three openings for on-call field data collectors to support our Diamond Bar, California office. The position offers opportunities to work within a large international firm on many exciting projects with an environmental focus. Our business unit focuses primarily on strategic planning, design, construction, permitting, regulatory compliance, and program implementation for solid waste management programs and projects. This position will provide opportunities to work on projects that focus on waste reduction, reuse and reduction planning, circularity and sustainability in waste management, alternative technologies to landfilling, green renewable energy projects, food waste prevention and reduction, waste characterization, and solid waste facility and collection program development. The successful candidate will become part of a team that will execute projects locally and internationally that make a difference in the communities served and the environment.
Tetra Tech is looking to hire on-call field data collectors to assist with waste characterization (sorting) studies locally in Los Angeles County with the possibility of out-of-state characterizations in Colorado and Hawaii. The pay scale for this position is $25-$28 an hour, based on qualifications and experience.
Your Role:
- Collecting waste samples at a solid waste facility or at the point of generation
- Sorting through waste and categorizing the material into specific categories
- Conducting visual assessments of waste samples
- Weighing each sorted sample and recording the sample data and photos into a laptop/tablet
- Set up, tear down, and cleanup of sorting area, including tables, scales, canopies, and other sorting equipment
Qualifications:
- Ability to walk for multiple hours and work outdoors in variable weather conditions
- Ability to work independently and with a team
- Ability to exercise flexibility, good judgment, and discretion
- Ability to lift and move up to 50 pounds
- Ability to operate a tablet
- Valid driver's license and clean driving record
- Excellent communication skills
- Experience specific to waste reduction and recycling is a plus
- Ability and willingness to perform visual inspections and characterization of trash
- Experience with solid waste planning including waste characterization, landfill diversion planning, and food waste prevention programs is a plus
- Urban Planning, Sustainability, Environmental Science, or a related degree from a 4-year university is required
Life at Tetra Tech:
The perks of working at Tetra Tech include:
- Comprehensive and market-competitive benefits.
- Merit-based financial rewards.
- Flexibility and company-wide commitment to work/life balance.
- Collaborative team atmosphere that values the contributions of all employees.
- Learning and development opportunities for ongoing professional growth.
About Tetra Tech:
Tetra Tech is the leader in water, environment, and sustainable infrastructure, providing high-end consulting and engineering services for projects worldwide. With 30,000 employees working together, Tetra Tech provides clear solutions to complex problems by Leading with Science® to address the entire water cycle, protect and restore the environment, design sustainable and resilient infrastructure, and support the clean energy transition.
Tetra Tech is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law. Tetra Tech is a VEVRAA federal contractor and we request priority referral of veterans.
We invite applications from all interested parties.
Explore our open positions at https://www.tetratech.com/careers. Follow us on social media to learn more about our people, culture, and opportunities:
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We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.
Please no phone calls or agencies.
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