Environmental Technician
Kearny, New Jersey
Job Description
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
Uses a forklift to load and off-load trailers and to move, stack, store, overpack and process containers of hazardous and non-hazardous waste. May also use a drum truck to manually move drums.
Verifies load count. Applies labels to containers and samples drums, totes, cubic yard boxes, roll-off containers, sludge boxes, vac trucks, and tankers of hazardous and non-hazardous waste.
Completes QA/QC paperwork including visual sample description and submits paperwork and samples to in-house laboratory and logs them into the lab’s sample log.
Consolidates various hazardous materials, which includes but is not limited to flammable liquids, flammable solids, flammable sludges, acidic materials, caustic materials, and polychlorinated biphenyls. May use the forklift with rotator, shovels, and/or scoops to perform this task.
Must be clean shaven at all times and is required to wear an air purifying respirator to perform this job.
Strictly adheres to facility safety rules, SOP’s, THA’s, safe work practices, and code of ethics.
Performs related work and additional duties as requested or assigned by supervisor/manager.