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Job Title: Environmental Technician

Job Description

As an Environmental Technician, you will assist with a variety of tasks including environmental assessment, monitoring, sampling, inspection, research, data management, reporting, and design support services. These projects span across municipal solid waste landfill, electric utility, brownfield redevelopment, and petroleum tank projects. Depending on your technical group, your focus may vary within specific areas of the environmental field, although cross-training for multiple disciplines may be required. You will work closely with your supervisor and Project/Task Managers for both ongoing and new assignments, ensuring all work aligns with project schedules. This role involves both field and office settings, and you should be eager to learn all aspects of environmental consulting, completing assigned training to advance your knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Assist in environmental assessment, monitoring, and sampling.
• Conduct inspections and research to support environmental projects.
• Manage data and reporting tasks related to environmental projects.
• Provide design support services for various environmental projects.
• Collaborate with supervisors and Project/Task Managers for assignments.
• Conduct assignments in both field and office settings.
• Complete training to advance knowledge in environmental consulting.

Essential Skills

• Bachelor's degree in environmental science or a related field preferred.
• Intermediate skills in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Basic understanding of scientific concepts including physics, statistics, chemistry, mathematics, and geosciences.
• Ability to travel and work in varied weather conditions.
• Completion of or willingness to complete 40-hour Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) training.
• Valid driver’s license with a clean driving record.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• No experience required, but environmental fieldwork is preferred.

Work Environment

The role requires preparation of short-form site-specific health and safety plans as needed. Participation in health and safety training is mandatory. The position involves local and overnight travel, ranging from 50% to 90% of the time, depending on project requirements.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of West Des Moines, IA.

The pay range for this position is $20.00 - $24.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully onsite position in West Des Moines,IA.

This position is anticipated to close on Sep 7, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications withoutregard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability,sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protectedby law.

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