Environmental & Facilities Technician
About The Position
The Environmental & Facilities Technician is a hands-on role supporting environmental compliance and maintaining clean, safe conditions across multiple company yards and operating locations. The work focuses on cleaning, waste handling, spill cleanup, facility upkeep, environmental housekeeping, and routine maintenance. The technician performs daily housekeeping, environmental waste management, and general facilities maintenance activities. The position works closely with team members to ensure tasks are completed safely. It involves outdoor work in appropriate personal protective equipment in rain, cold, and heat, and travel to other locations. The workplace is drug- and alcohol-free.
Requirements
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience in environmental services, facilities maintenance, and general building repairs.
- Ability to perform hands-on cleaning, environmental, and facility maintenance tasks.
- Ability to take initiative and recognize tasks that need to be completed.
- Ability to communicate effectively with management, employees, and contractors.
- Ability to safely use basic hand tools, cleaning equipment, and facility maintenance equipment.
- Ability to follow written procedures and instructions.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals; write routine reports and correspondence; and speak effectively before groups of customers or employees.
- Ability to perform basic arithmetic and compute rates, ratios, and percentages, and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
- Ability to apply common sense to written, oral, or diagrammed instructions and solve problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
- Valid driver’s license with a clean driving record.
- Ability to meet the physical demands of the job, including frequently standing, walking, sitting, handling objects, reaching, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling; regularly lifting and/or moving up to 25 pounds; and having close vision, distance vision, and depth perception.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with hazardous waste handling, spill cleanup, and environmental housekeeping.
- HAZWOPER certification.
- High school diploma or GED.
- Bilingual ability.
Responsibilities
- Perform routine environmental housekeeping and cleanup throughout the facility.
- Ensure hazardous waste is labeled, segregated, and disposed of according to established procedures.
- Monitor facility areas for leaks, spills, waste accumulation, and other environmental concerns, and report issues to the Environmental Compliance Specialist.
- Perform spill cleanup and environmental response according to established procedures.
- Perform routine facility maintenance and general upkeep.
- Assist with minor repairs and maintenance of facility fixtures, doors, walls, drains, and plumbing.
- Assist with maintaining lighting, plumbing fixtures, drains, and other facility systems.
- Maintain and repair the misting system in the recycle yard.
- Keep roofs and gutters clean.
- Identify items to be discarded or scrapped.
- Follow safe work practices and use proper personal protective equipment.
- Comply with OSHA regulations when using hazardous chemicals on company premises and follow company safety regulations.
- Complete special projects assigned and prioritized by the on-site manager.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
High school or GED
