Job Title: Environmental Compliance and Approvals Specialist
Reports To: Technical Manager/Branch Manager
Description: Responsible for handling customer requests to properly manage wastes to third party disposal sites in accordance with all regulations.
Responsibilities:
- Ensure that Health and Safety is number one priority by complying with all safe work practices, policies, and processes and acting in a safe manner at all times.
- Directly interfaces with clients to ensure customer satisfaction by understanding each customer’s specific disposal and packaging requirements.
- Administrative tasks and paperwork as it relates to transportation of hazardous and non-hazardous wastes (Packing lists, waste characterization forms, land disposal restriction forms, manifests, etc.).
- Research customer inventory: profile and characterize hazardous and non-hazardous waste according to RCRA and DOT regulations; obtain MSDSs and samples as necessary to facilitate appropriate disposal approval.
- Coordinate with outside laboratories for sample analysis.
- Prepare manifests and supporting documents for waste transportation and disposal in accordance with RCRA, State, and DOT regulations.
- Maintain database to track disposal information including customer, generator, job number, type and amount of waste, disposal facility, manifest number, ID number, and approval number.
- Provide technical assistance and pricing to Sales staff and customers as necessary; assist in coordinating truck scheduling for pick-ups and deliveries with Sales, Dispatch, and Field Services.
- Maintain stock of manifests, labels, DOT boxes, and any other supplies necessary for the disposal process.
- Be able to do “field” work up to 20% of the time. Characterize, segregate, pack, label, and prepare waste drums for pick up and transportation from customer locations.
- Maintain database to track disposal information including customer, generator, job number, type and amount of waste, disposal facility, manifest number, ID number, approval number, and delivery dates.
- Provide technical assistance and pricing to Sales staff and customers as necessary; assist in coordinating truck scheduling for pick-ups and deliveries with Sales, Dispatch, and Field Services.
- Miscellaneous tasks required by the Technical Manager.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in chemistry or related field,
- Professional attitude, organizational skills, and effective communication skills
- Willingness to research, learn, and develop skills to keep customers in compliance with environmental disposal regulations.
- Advanced computer knowledge and skills, ability to multi-task effectively
- Experience with EPA, DOT and/or waste profiling preferred.
- Must pass respirator qualification test.
- Ability to lift 40 pounds and move 300-pound drums using a drum cart.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Application Question(s):
- You must pass a respirator qualifications test, are you able to lift 40 lbs. and move 300 lb drums using a drum cart?
Education:
Experience:
- EPA: 1 year (Required)
- DOT/ Waste Profiling: 1 year (Required)
License/Certification:
- Driver's License (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Wysox, PA: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
