Rail Technician I

Clean Harbors•Tulsa, OK

9d•$19 - $22

About The Position

EnviroServe, a Clean Harbors company, is seeking a Rail Technician I to join its safety-conscious team in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The role involves daily confined-space entry into maintenance holes, tanks, rail cars, and other restricted areas to perform cleaning, oil-spill cleanup, drum handling, decontamination, sweeping, shoveling, high-pressure washing, and other remedial activities. The technician also supports emergency response and remediation work involving chemical releases, natural disasters, derailments, transloading activities, transformer leaks, and spills affecting soil or water. This is a physically demanding position involving hazardous-material handling, equipment operation and maintenance, site cleanup, and documentation. Employees must follow applicable safety requirements and site-specific safety plans, wear required personal protective equipment, and be available for on-call emergency response. Emergency assignments may last 12–24 hours, and work on weekends and holidays may occasionally be required.

Requirements

Reliable transportation.
Ability to perform the physical functions described in the key responsibilities.
Agree to be on-call as a continuing condition of employment.
Ability to work weekends and holidays occasionally and to work emergency-response assignments that may extend beyond eight hours, up to 12–24 hours.
Successfully complete a background check, drug test, and position-related physical.
Meet facial-hair requirements for positions requiring respirators, in accordance with OSHA's Respiratory Protection standard, 29 CFR 1910.34.
Ability to routinely lift more than 50 pounds and wear personal protective equipment when necessary.

Nice To Haves

Valid driver's license.
Previous relevant labor experience.

Responsibilities

Respond to emergency and time-critical incidents, including chemical releases, natural disasters, derailments, transloading activities, transformer leaks, and spills affecting soil or water.
Perform physical cleanup work, collect samples, remove waste, and provide other remediation services.
Safely handle and package hazardous materials and waste; load and unload materials and ensure piece and drum counts match shipping documents.
Inspect and perform preventive maintenance on assigned equipment, report defects electronically through Geotab and WhipAround, and communicate issues to Dispatch and the Supervisor.
Assist with equipment setup, teardown, and decontamination.
Follow safety rules, regulations, guidelines, policies, and site-specific safety plans, including requirements for protective gear.
Load and unload equipment from vehicles, trailers, and watercraft.
Use hand tools and cleanup supplies, including squeegees, shovels, brooms, wipes, absorbent boom, and pads, to contain and remediate impacted soil and water.
Operate routinely used power and pneumatic tools and equipment, including air compressors, saws, drills, grinders, jackhammers, rivet busters, air scrapers, and pumps.
Participate in departmental performance initiatives focused on team-member experience and cleanliness metrics (5S).
Participate in communication meetings and Job Hazard Analyses with assigned teams, or complete required analyses when working individually.
Wear required personal protective equipment, including at minimum a flame-resistant uniform, hard hat, safety glasses, steel-toe boots, and leather gloves; wear a respirator and protective clothing as directed for designated tasks.
Maintain supplies and equipment by stocking and restocking them neatly and in an orderly fashion.
Perform warehouse, supply-stock, building, and grounds maintenance.
Complete and submit daily timesheets, Job Hazard Analyses, spill reports, labels, and manifests to the Operations Team.
Perform other duties as assigned.