HSE Yard Technician

Jacam Catalyst•Gardendale, TX

About The Position

The HSE Yard Technician supports the Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) department by keeping the yard, shops, and surrounding facilities clean, organized, safe, and compliant. The role includes daily housekeeping, safety equipment inspections, chemical container consolidation, and general grounds and facility upkeep, as well as weekly support for waste handling, manifests, spill response, and training logistics. The position is performed primarily outdoors in the yard and in shop areas, in all weather conditions, including heat, cold, rain, wind, and dust. Work involves frequent walking, standing, bending, stooping, kneeling, and climbing; use of hand tools and equipment; and exposure to chemicals, waste materials, and spill response activities. Appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) is required at all times. Occasional overtime or weekend work may be required based on operational needs and weather events. Employees must comply with applicable laws and company policies, fluently read, write, and speak English, and agree to random drug testing as a condition of employment. The company may modify or apply this job description as it desires. It is not an employment contract, and the company remains an at-will employer.

Requirements

High school graduate or GED required.
Must be able to speak, read, and write English.
Must possess a valid driver’s license.
Basic computer skills, including navigating a web browser, following online instructions, typing, and using a mouse.
Able to meet internal and external commitments, respond promptly to customer needs, and solicit customer feedback.
Dependable, trustworthy, truthful, and credible; able to follow instructions, take responsibility for own actions, and demonstrate a commitment to doing the best job possible.
Able to lift and carry 50 pounds in various packaging.
Able to tip and move 55-gallon drums weighing up to 600 pounds using a drum dolly.
Able to read product and chemical names.
Detail-oriented and able to proofread documents.
Able to work outdoors and in shops in all weather conditions and perform frequent walking, standing, bending, stooping, kneeling, and climbing.
Must use appropriate PPE at all times when exposed to chemicals, waste materials, and spill response activities.
Must agree to random drug testing as a condition of employment.

Nice To Haves

Hands-on and classroom training experience is helpful.
Equipment experience, such as operating a forklift and skid steer, is preferred.

Responsibilities

Walk the yard and pick up trash.
Maintain housekeeping in the shops, including cleaning the ground below tanks, disposing of plant trash, and organizing shelving.
Inspect eyewash stations and fire extinguishers.
Help combine partial chemical totes and drums into full containers.
Spray wash bay water on the grounds to control dust.
Assist with cutting unusable plastic totes and containments for plastic roll-off bins.
Support groundskeeping, including weed control, shoveling and salting sidewalks in winter, pumping accumulated groundwater into totes during rainfall, filling potholes, grading the yard as needed, and performing minor facility repairs.
Identify and correct container labeling issues as necessary.
Clean out the wash bay weekly.
Assist with charging SDS tablets.
Assist HSE with hazardous and non-hazardous waste pickups and sign manifests when needed.
Load the soil roll-off bin when applicable.
Assist with spill cleanup when applicable.
Order caliche and dirt as needed for spill response.
Help maintain a minimum 20-foot fire lane from the main gate to the back.
Perform other duties as assigned by the HSE Director.
Comply with federal, state, and local laws and company policies and procedures.
Submit to random drug testing as a condition of employment.