Treatment Technician
PERMA FIX ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC•Gainesville, FL
•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 including: 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 hazardous/non-hazardous organic and aqueous radioactive matrices, hazardous and non- hazardous radioactive solids/sludge, decommissioning of hazardous and non-hazardous radioactive lab packs, mercury and other elemental heavy metals, asbestos, potential blood-borne pathogens, etc., various chemical reagents (organic, aqueous, oxidizers, acids, bases, etc.), and 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
