Job Description
Job Description
Blastek Engineering Group is looking for a motivated Environmental Field Technician to join our growing team in our Eastern Ontario office located in Ottawa, Ontario.
Since our establishment, Blastek Engineering Group has experienced consistent growth year after year. This success is a direct result of our dedicated team and their unwavering commitment to excellence. By joining Blastek, you become part of a team that takes pride in delivering high-quality, efficient service to our clients.
At Blastek, we care deeply about the work we do, but more importantly, we are committed to fostering a supportive work environment where our employees can grow, thrive, and build successful futures. Our core values—Safety, Honesty, Quality, Integrity, Accountability, and being People-Focused—are deeply rooted in our culture and set us apart from other firms.
Success starts with you. Take the first step toward a fulfilling career by joining a firm that is dedicated to your growth and long-term success.
Why Join Blastek?
The ideal candidate :
If you are passionate about environmental work and thrive in a dynamic, hands-on role, we encourage you to apply!
We offer :
Your role within the team :
As a Field Technician, you will play a vital role in supporting our environmental and engineering projects. This position offers an excellent opportunity to develop your skills, contribute to meaningful work, and grow within a company that values your personal and professional development. Your role and responsibilities will include conducting field work on a wide range of environmental investigations, remediation, and construction projects. you will be part of our environmental site assessment, hydrogeological investigation, excess soil management, dewatering management, and remediation teams. your primary responsibilities will include conducting fieldwork related to collecting soil and groundwater samples, monitoring, investigating, and remediating contaminated sites.
Safely and accurately conducting field work is the cornerstone of all our projects, so your role carries a great deal of importance, responsibility and opportunity. Your responsibilities may also include oversight of project staff and subcontractors, project coordination, contributing to proposals and project reports, quality management, and regulatory understanding and compliance. Your manager will review your performance and progress with you regularly and will work with you to create professional development plans to foster your career growth.
To perform this role successfully, the candidate will be responsible for but not limited to the following :
Simultaneously support several projects and working with different project teams, each with their own objectives and challenges. Implement project-specific environmental work plans, including monitoring and / or sampling of soil, groundwater, surface water, sediment, plants, soil vapour, air, building materials and / or other media. Operate and maintain typical field equipment including water level meters, combustible gas indicators, water quality monitors, GPS, and elevation survey equipment. Prepare and submit environmental samples under Chain of Custody procedures for chemical analysis at third party laboratories. Document your work and interactions in field notes and logs, photographs, and electronic data collection systems. Contribute to other project life-cycle activities including proposal preparation, project planning and coordination, Health and Safety Plan development, subcontractor supervision, project quality, and reporting. Participate in technical and operational training.