Traveling Field Service Technician I
About The Position
Clean Harbors is seeking a Field Service Technician I in Stockton, California, to join its safety-conscious team. This field-based role performs tasks associated with hazardous-waste cleanup, site remediation, equipment decontamination, and handling hazardous materials. The position involves physical labor, use of equipment and tools, and work in a variety of indoor and outdoor settings, including locations with potential exposure to hazardous substances, elevated noise, confined spaces, and heights. The technician supports safe and compliant field operations, including sampling, drum inspection, waste loading and unloading, and vehicle operation. Emergency response is part of the role; employees must agree to be on call, with rotating on-call duties every other week by position. Work may include weekends and holidays, and emergency response periods may last 12–24 hours. Clean Harbors describes itself as an environmental, energy, and industrial services provider operating in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico.
Requirements
- Reliable transportation.
- Ability to perform the physical functions described in the key responsibilities and job requirements.
- Agree to on-call availability as a continuing condition of employment; occasional weekend and holiday work is required, and emergency-response situations may last 12–24 hours.
- Successfully complete a background check, drug test, and physical, where applicable.
- Meet facial-hair standards for roles requiring respirators, in accordance with OSHA's Respiratory Protection standard, 29 CFR 1910.34.
Nice To Haves
- Valid driver's license.
- Previous relevant labor experience.
Responsibilities
- Follow health and safety policies, processes, and procedures, and act safely at all times.
- Perform strenuous physical labor, including lifting and pulling heavy objects.
- Operate light and heavy equipment and use hand tools and powered industrial tools, including vibration-producing tools.
- Wear and properly use required personal protective equipment, including respiratory, skin, face, hand, and foot protection.
- Work indoors and outdoors in varying temperatures and weather conditions, and in locations where hazardous, toxic, or corrosive chemical or physical agents may be present.
- Work in potentially elevated noise levels and confined spaces, including areas with low clearance.
- Work at elevations, including from ladders and scaffolding; climb into and out of trucks, tanks, and other containers.
- Assist with field sampling activities and meter calibration.
- Work extended periods exceeding eight hours.
- Attend compliance and safety update meetings.
- Inspect drums for container integrity and regulatory compliance.
- Safely load and unload hazardous and non-hazardous waste.
- Conduct waste-stream sampling and profiling as necessary.
- Follow applicable local, state or provincial, and federal compliance regulations and rules.
- Safely operate vehicles in accordance with U.S. DOT and applicable local, state or provincial, and federal requirements.
- Observe corporate operating procedures and environmental health and safety guidelines.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- By position, participate in rotating emergency-response on-call coverage every other week.
- By position, perform site remediation, equipment decontamination, and hazardous-material handling.
Benefits
- Competitive pay.
- Comprehensive health benefits coverage after 30 days of full-time employment.
- 401(k) with company match.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- Opportunities for growth and development.
- Company-paid training.
- Tuition reimbursement.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
