Treatment Technician

PERMA FIX ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC•Gainesville, FL

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for performing waste processing and treatment activities for the nuclear waste segment at Perma-Fix of Florida treatment, storage, and disposal Facility (TSDF).

Requirements

College, vocational or job training in chemistry or chemical engineering.
Ability to successfully complete training and certification provided by Perma-Fix
40-hour OSHA Hazwoper Certification with current 8-hr refresher.
16-hour radiation safety training with current 4-hour refresher.
Facility equipment operations level training
Facility waste operations training
Facility quality assurance program operations level training
Attention to detail and organizational skills.
Personality conducive to teamwork.
Ability to follow written and oral directives.
Annual respirator fit test qualified and ability to function in all levels of personal protective equipment (PPE).
Written and verbal communication skills.
Displays professionalism.
Ability to multitask.
Capacity to apply analytical evaluations to assigned work.
Ability to obtain Sit down, Counter-Balanced Lift Truck operator’s license.

Responsibilities

Regulatory compliance.
Waste processing and/or treatment in accordance established procedures.
Initiation and maintenance of daily process logs.
Verification of materials stored and processed for QA/QC.
Container handling (palletizing; ringing, stacking and labeling).
Daily processing activities may include working with the following: o Hazardous/non-hazardous organic and aqueous radioactive matrices o Hazardous and non- hazardous radioactive solids/sludge o Decommissioning of hazardous and non-hazardous radioactive lab packs o Mercury and other elemental heavy metals, asbestos, potential blood-borne pathogens, etc. o Various chemical reagents (organic, aqueous, oxidizers, acids, bases, etc.) o Industrial processing type equipment
Recommend management action to improve standard operating procedures.
Initiation of non-conformance, incident and near miss reporting.
Identify and requisition processing supplies and reagents.
Interacts with facility personnel to achieve departmental objectives.
Department level quality assurance.
Other duties as assigned.