Hydroblast Technician

Clean Harbors•Woods Cross, UT

About The Position

HPC Industrial, powered by Clean Harbors, is hiring a Hydro Blaster/Field Technician to safely and properly execute HPC-Industrial jobs across its service lines. The role may involve serving as a safety representative, operating hydro-blasting and related equipment, examining cleaned surfaces, and maintaining company equipment. Personnel in a supervisor capacity also coordinate with customer representatives and report to a branch manager or designee. The position requires specific vocational preparation through classroom safety training, on-the-job training, and relevant experience. Candidates must understand English well enough to comprehend safety training and respond to emergency instructions, hold a valid driver’s license when driving for company business, know how to operate emergency equipment such as fire extinguishers, and provide a Federal Transportation Workers Identification Credential (TWIC). The work can involve demanding physical activities and conditions, including work at heights and in confined spaces, exposure to extreme temperatures, noise, dust, fumes, and pressurized fluids, and shifts of up to 16 hours. Required protective equipment and respirators are used as applicable.

Requirements

Specific vocational preparation, including classroom safety training, on-the-job training, and essential experience gained on other jobs.
Understand English sufficiently to comprehend safety training and respond to instructions in emergency situations.
Valid driver’s license and compliance with company driving-policy requirements when driving a company vehicle or using a personal vehicle for company business.
Knowledge of operating emergency equipment, such as fire extinguishers.
Provide a Federal Transportation Workers Identification Credential (TWIC).
Ability to see, read, distinguish, and understand signs in the work area and hear and distinguish emergency signals while on duty.
Ability to perform the described physical demands, including bending, stooping, squatting, kneeling, reaching, crawling, climbing, working at heights and in confined spaces, and holding the back thrust of 50 pounds on a straight 66-inch pipe for at least one hour.
Ability to work up to 16 hours per shift and tolerate being wet for unlimited periods.
Physical capability to use negative-pressure and air-supplied respirators and wear required protective clothing and equipment.
Ability to work in extreme heat, high humidity, and sub-zero weather; tolerate exposure to dust, fumes, exhaust, highly pressurized fluids, and noise exceeding 85 dBA; and lift and maintain a minimum of 40 pounds.

Responsibilities

Act as a safety representative for company and customer safety policies and procedures, providing hands-on information about operations, safety, equipment, emergency response, and administrative functions.
Operate manual and automated hydro-blasting equipment when required.
Operate special equipment, including ultra-high-pressure pumps.
Energize and operate pumping equipment and specialized hydro-blasting, chemical-cleaning, vacuum-truck, and cutting equipment used on the job.
Examine cleaned surfaces as needed to ensure they meet company and customer specifications.
Perform routine maintenance on company equipment used on the job.
When serving in a supervisor capacity, coordinate with customer representatives on job setup and scope, ensure performance and customer requirements are met or exceeded, implement company policies and procedures at the job site, report to the branch manager or designee, and implement procedures to achieve specified results.