Technical Waste Specialist III

World Oil•Compton, CA

1d•$80,000 - $90,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Technical Waste Specialist III profiles hazardous and non-hazardous waste, using independent judgment to assess chemicals and compounds and determine appropriate treatment and disposal. The role works with the Technical Manager to create approved waste profiles and prepare appropriate shipping documents in a timely manner for customers, management, sales staff, and operations. It reports directly to the Technical Manager and performs essential duties in the technical department. The position is full-time and based in Compton, California.

Responsibilities

Protect confidential company proprietary information.
Ensure compliance and timeliness across assigned activities.
Work with the Technical Manager to complete waste profiling and identify alternate disposal facilities, including pricing for all terminals.
Train sales staff to provide technical support to customers.
Gather information from salespeople and/or generators to profile hazardous and non-hazardous waste.
Ensure WOES has an updated, signed Profile Release Form from the customer authorizing profiling on the customer's behalf.
Verify generator information and status using the DTSC website.
Classify waste based on its physical and chemical characteristics and determine an appropriate disposal facility.
Provide field-service support by applying knowledge of chemical compatibility and reactivity to segregate and pack waste based on written chemical inventories provided by Field Services and/or Sales staff.
Review sample analyses and/or safety data sheets (SDS), as appropriate, when profiling waste.
Profile waste in accordance with the waste-generating process, SDS, and/or sample results.
Generate appropriate shipping documents, Land Disposal Restrictions forms, labels, and packing lists for approved waste profiles.
Liaise with disposal facilities and generators to address questions during profile review.
Maintain communication with disposal facilities to support prompt profile approval.
Communicate disposal and transportation pricing to the WOES Technical Manager, Operations, and Sales Managers.
Provide profile-approval status and updates to salespeople, the Sales Manager, and/or the TSDF.
Ensure profiling is approved or submitted before preparing shipping documents for Operations to schedule and complete the job.
Manage customers' approved profile information in the WOES database.
Inform the Technical Manager of discrepancies encountered during profiling.