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Recology · 2 weeks ago

Hazardous Waste Technician

Oregon, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

3+ years exp

Recology is an ecologically innovative company committed to protecting the environment and sustaining communities. The Hazardous Waste Technician will perform waste inspections to ensure compliance with hazardous waste regulations and manage the handling and storage of hazardous materials.

RecyclingSustainabilityWaste Management

Responsibilities

Performs waste inspection to ensure hazardous waste compliance. Demonstrates understanding of a wide range of hazardous waste processes and procedures, including emergency situations, hospital loads, testing, categorizing, removal of hazardous material from the waste stream and storing of all hazardous waste, assisting H2W, processing oil, antifreeze, and batteries

Provides reports on the amount of waste-oil, anti-freeze and car batteries that accumulate in the temporary storage bins. Transfers to appropriate storage area daily on an as-needed basis

Answers a range of questions from customers, other employees, and Hazardous Materials Technicians about identifying and properly disposing varying types of hazardous waste

Starts Emergency Response Team (ERT) standard operating procedure and stays within the confines of all written/applicable safety rules and procedures for each type of incident response

Reviews all required paperwork (i.e., load inspection forms, Site Incident log)

Manages inventory and the contents of the Hazardous Material skids, including pressure cylinders, by transferring to the hazardous waste facility

Provides operations support as needed

Must be able to wear a full-face respirator and class “C” PPE

Driving a Company vehicle will be required from time to time

Other duties as assigned

Qualification

Hazardous waste certificationCompliance experienceJob site safetyBasic computer programs

Required

Three years related compliance experience, including 40-hour hazardous waste certification, and 8 hours of additional training in the hazardous waste facility

Principles and practices of job site safety, potential job hazards, and state and local regulations, including working knowledge of regulation and procedures and/or company services

Basic Computer programs

Valid driver's license