Waste Specialist

Argonne National Laboratory•Lemont, IL

1d•$86,299 - $134,626•Onsite

About The Position

Argonne is seeking a Specialist who will work with minimal supervision to plan and assist with radioactive, hazardous, chemical, and abatement materials management, characterization, and packaging. In addition, works with onsite waste generators to ensure they remain compliant with DOE, EPA, and Laboratory policies, procedures, and guidelines.

Requirements

Proof of U.S. citizenship, which is required to comply with federal regulations and contract.
Bachelor’s degree in science or engineering, or equivalent experience.
Three-Five years of experience in the field of waste management and/or transportation.
Experience must demonstrate technical competence in managing and shipping hazardous and radioactive waste in compliance with applicable standards and regulations including CERCLA, RCRA, TSCA, DOT and in accordance with common TSDF Waste Acceptance Criteria requirements.

Nice To Haves

DOT shipper certification
Radiation Worker I
OSHA 40-hour HAZWOPER plus the annual 8-hour refresher

Responsibilities

Provide technical support to generators and projects for accurate and complete characterization of their wastes.
Develop waste sampling plans, and interpret the analytical results to determine radiological, hazardous and Department of Transportation (DOT) classifications.
Comprehensive training and understanding of regulations and standards applicable to waste management and transportation (e.g., CERCLA, RCRA, TSCA, DOT, NRC, EPA, TSDF Waste Acceptance Criteria).
Extensive knowledge of waste management processes and requirements.
Working knowledge of radioactive and hazardous waste characterization and management.
Efficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
Assisting the waste shipper in conducting shipments to various TSDF’s (EnergySolutions, NNSS, Clean Harbors, Stericycle, etc.).
Write detailed work instruction documents to help facilitate processing and packaging operations to field personnel.
Identifies waste streams for segregation by waste profile.
Ensures Waste Acceptance Criteria requirements are met for various TSDF’s.
Ensure waste packages contain no prohibited items per waste profile and TSDF requirements.
Ability to model Argonne’s core values of impact, safety, respect, integrity, and teamwork.