**Company Description**

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**Job Description**

Are you interested in a career working in the environmental field? This entry-level position in the Environment Business Line of **AECOM** offers a learning opportunity with a great team of Field Technicians, Geologists, Scientists, and Environmental Engineers.

The responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Youll primarily be performing environmental field sampling duties for a long-term established chemical manufacturing client in Southern New Jersey.

Your work will also support other clients in the region and occasional travel may be required.

Youll apply your mechanical and problem-solving skills to an assortment of sampling and remediation projects.

You will perform routine fieldwork as a trainee which includes a sampling of groundwater, soil, sediment, or surface water as part of environmental investigation and remediation projects as well as assisting in maintaining field equipment (vehicles, generators, pumps, field instruments).

Youll document and report on your findings. You will receive hands-on training on the use of a variety of techniques and tools so that you can be effective in this independent field role.

Youll also learn proper documentation techniques for data collection, field logs, and safety practices.

This is an entry-level position in a large, multi-disciplined environmental department.

The candidate will be given the opportunity to cross-train and expand his/her skills on additional project assignments based on performance and experience background.

**Qualifications**

**Minimum Requirements:**

High School Diploma or GED equivalent

Must possess a valid driver's license and clean driving record.

Must pass a State and Federal criminal history/security background check.

Must pass pre-employment drug screen.

Must attend and pass 40-hour OSHA training and physical.

Physically able, with or without an accommodation, to work in indoor and outdoor environments with uneven terrain, variable environmental conditions include heat, cold, noise, and chemicals.

Frequent lifting equipment or objects weighing 45 pounds or less without assistance.

Occasional repetitive bending & stooping to take ground measurements and other record reading as assigned.

Frequently moving to numerous locations on the site to conduct environment sampling tasks.

Occasional power gripping/squeezing hand tools and levers to perform maintenance, inspection or reading such as removing nuts and bolts on filters or well covers.

Occasionally working with arms above shoulder level, climbing stairs, and using portable ladders to perform maintenance, inspection, or readings.

Position requires wearing associated personal protective equipment, including, but not limited to safety glasses/goggles, gloves, safety shoes/boots, hard hat, face shield, fall protection and hearing respiratory protection.

**Preferred Qualifications**

Proficient and knowledgeable with all types of groundwater sampling and gauging techniques (low flow purge, no purge, conventional).

Proficient and knowledgeable with all types of groundwater and LNAPL treatment systems (pump and treat, soil vapor extraction, LNAPL skimming, dual phase extraction, etc.)

Experience using Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Adobe

Experience communicating professionally and politely with coworkers and customers.

Previous experience working in outdoor environments without climate control.

**Additional Information**

Additional Information

Sponsorship opportunities for US Employment Authorization are not available for this position

Relocation assistance is not available for this position

In order to receive a security badge at the client worksite for which you are being hired to perform services, you will be required to pass the client's background, medical and drug screening requirements, which will be done after you have commenced employment and is a condition of your continued employment.

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Offered compensation will be based on location and individual qualifications. The expected range is $20.00/hour - $33.00/hour.

**About AECOM**

AECOM is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits program to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absence, voluntary benefits, perks, U.S. and global well-being programs, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.

AECOM is the worlds trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

**Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity**

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether youre working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. Were the worlds trusted global infrastructure firm, and were in this together your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and youll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each persons potential, and well help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

**ReqID:** J10102497

**Business Line:** Environment

**Business Group:** DCS

**Strategic Business Unit:** West

**Career Area:** Science

**Work Location Model:** On-Site