Lab Pack Chemist - Plant

About the position

Clean Earth is a leading provider of environmental services in the United States providing remediation, disposal, recycling, and beneficial reuse solutions for hazardous and non-hazardous waste, contaminated soil, and dredged material. Our vast portfolio of technologies and services touches nearly every industry that generates waste including energy, infrastructure, commercial, industrial, retail, and healthcare markets. Every day our teams across the country take a hands-on, dedicated approach to recycling and beneficially reusing waste that would otherwise go into landfills. We value our employees as our most important asset, and this is reflected in many areas across our company including recently being named a 2024 Most Loved Workplace ®. We are committed to creating a positive work culture that fosters growth and development while ensuring the health and safety of our employees.

Responsibilities

• Handles hazardous materials including inventorying, identifying, segregating, and packaging waste material in accordance with Lab Pack policies, procedures and practices and all applicable regulations.
• Occasionally performs onsite services which may include waste collection, consolidation (i.e., bulking, repackaging), sampling, safety/compliance inspections, and other related activities required by the customer/contract.
• Assists other business groups, i.e., Depack, Retail and HHW, for both internally and onsite as needed.
• Preparing shipment of packaged waste by inspecting, labeling, marking, and loading into the transport vehicle.
• Properly completes documentation including shipping papers, Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR’s), evaluations/certifications and other required documentation in accordance with appropriate regulations and procedures.
• Follows, understands, and promotes by example, all Health & Safety /Job Safety Analysis (JSA’s) procedures including development of on-site Health & Safety plans/JSA’s as outlined in the procedures and policies.
• Submits Lab Packs for approval to third party outlets.
• Performs unknown field testing for classification and packaging for transportation and disposal.
• Mentors and assists new employees in lab pack work duties.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Associate College degree in area of General Science or equivalent experience.
• Clean driving record.
• Occasional travel.
• Physical ability to lift and move material of various weights frequently exceeding 55 lbs.
• Basic understanding of chemistry through general chemistry or biology.
• Advanced knowledge of EPA and DOT.
• Minimum one (1) year lab pack experience.
• 40-hour OSHA HAZWOPER (29 CFR 1910.120).
• 40 hours Depack Experience.
• 8 hours DOT Training.
• PPE Training which includes Respirators.

Nice-to-haves

• BS/BA in science related field.

Benefits

• Health benefits available Day 1.
• 401k available Day 1.
• 10+ paid holidays/year.
• Free HAZWOPER training and certification.
• Overtime opportunities.
• Ability to be cross-trained into different roles.