Lab Pack Chemist - Clean Earth
Hatfield, PA 19440
About the Job
Job Description
Primary Responsibilities (Essential Functions):
- Handles hazardous materials including inventorying, identifying, segregating, and packaging waste material in accordance with Lab Pack policies, procedures, and practices and all applicable regulations.
- Occasionally performs onsite services which may include waste collection, consolidation (i.e., bulking, repackaging), sampling, safety/compliance inspections, and other related activities required by the customer/contract.
- Assists other business groups, i.e., Depack, Retail, and HHW, for both internally and onsite as needed.
- Preparing shipment of packaged waste by inspecting, labeling, marking, and loading into the transport vehicle
- Properly completes documentation including shipping papers, Land Disposal Restrictions (LDRs), evaluations/certifications, and other required documentation in accordance with appropriate regulations and procedures.
- May maintain/require a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) with Hazmat Endorsement to legally operate Clean Earth vehicles necessary for transporting personnel and waste to and from customers’ job locations.
- Follows, understands, and promotes by example, all Health & Safety /Job Safety Analysis (JSA’s) procedures including the development of on-site Health &Safety plans/JSAs as outlined in the procedures and policies.
- Submit Lab Packs for approval to third-party outlets.
- Perform unknown field testing for classification and packaging for transportation and disposal.
- Mentor and assist new employees in lab pack work duties.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Associate College degree in area of General Science or equivalent experience.
- Clean driving record.
- Occasional travel.
- Physical ability to lift and move material of various weights frequently exceeding 55 lbs.
- Basic understanding of chemistry through general chemistry or biology.
- Advanced knowledge of EPA and DOT.
- Minimum one (1) year lab pack experience.
- 40-hour OSHA HAZWOPER (29 CFR 1910.120).
- 40 hours Depack Experience.
- 8 hours DOT Training.
- PPE Training which includes Respirators.
- BS/BA in science-related field.
Additional Information
Clean Earth is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not intended to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this position.
About Clean Earth:
Clean Earth is one of the largest specialty waste companies in the United States providing remediation, disposal, recycling, and beneficial reuse solutions for contaminated soil, dredged material, and hazardous and non-hazardous waste. Our vast portfolio of technologies and services touches nearly every industry that generates waste including energy, infrastructure, commercial, industrial, retail, and healthcare markets.With the largest TSDF network in the country, it is our unique capability of providing a one-source, full-service solution to handle multiple waste streams from a single customer. Our processes are detailed, our due diligence is tireless, and our results provide unmatched recycling and disposal solutions for our customers with the utmost in customer service. Everyday Clean Earth takes a hands-on, dedicated approach to recycling and beneficially reusing waste that would otherwise go into landfills. Allow our team of experts to provide a customized waste disposal and recycling solution for your company, tailored to your needs, and your goals.