Distillation Operator I

Veolia Environnement SA • West Carrollton, OH

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About The Position

Position Purpose: Responsible for processing a variety of bulk and liquid waste through the operation of thin film evaporators and pot stills resulting in the best possible recovery of customers’ hazardous and non-hazardous materials in accordance with regulatory and company requirements.

Requirements

• High School diploma or General Educational Development (GED) preferred
• Prior work experience in the hazardous waste/related industry required
• Strong team player
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Time management: the ability to organize and manage multiple deadlines
• Computer proficiency
• OSHA HAZWOPER training

Responsibilities

• Run distillation units by connecting feed, product, and sludge tanks and apply proper amount of heat from boilers and maintain operating hourly logs to insure that unit is operating at peak efficiency
• Charge and discharge pot stills with appropriate gallon amounts of liquid to run product to specifications.
• Perform compatibility testing on a variety of hazardous materials to be mixed for recovery to insure that mixtures are in compliance with recovery specifications.
• Retrieve clean tank recovery samples and route to laboratory along with appropriate paperwork to ascertain the quality of recovery.
• Load, unload, and sample bulk tankers and/or drums to ascertain accuracy of hazardous materials contents prior to applying the recovery process.
• Operate and maintain all equipment in a professional manner to insure optimum efficiency and effectiveness to completion of project(s) in a timely manner.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Veolia’s comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental, vision, life insurance, savings accounts, tuition reimbursement, paid volunteering and more.
• In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement.
• Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees