What are the responsibilities and job description for the TSDF - Lab-Pack Chemist position at Advanced Chemical Transport LLC?
Summary
The TSDF Lab-Pack Chemist supports the TSDF lab-pack, loose-pack, and special materials programs under the direction of the TSDF Technical Manager.
Accountabilities
- Understand, accept, and support ACT’s core values and safety/compliance programs
- Ensure SOPs and safety protocols are adhered to for all plant and waste transportation activities
- Safe work practices for hazardous and non-hazardous waste management and chemical guidance
- Consolidation of chemical waste for storage, transportation and disposal
- Lab-Pack chemical segregation based on compliance, final TSDF approval and economic efficiency
- Ability to chemically segregate and pack Loose-Packs for bulk consolidation
- Resolve off-spec material re-classification, consolidation, and billing
- Sorting, staging and labelling containers for outbound loads based on final disposition
- Ensure TSDF is always audit ready
- Safe and efficient operation of a forklift
- Receiving of all waste materials (inspecting, offloading, weighing, labeling, and storing for Regulatory and TSDF Compliance)
- Ensure inbound waste meets approved profile specifications (QA/QC).
- Always maintain an accurate “operating record” of wastes on-hand
- Ensure good housekeeping practices
- Attends and maintains all required training necessary to perform job
- Responds to emergency situations when called upon
- Other duties as assigned by Management
Knowledge, Skills and Ability
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
- Strong leadership, and organizational skills to direct and achieve goals with limited supervision
- Excellent verbal, written, listening, persuasion and interpersonal skills
- Proficiency in MS Office
- Chemical nomenclature, properties and hazard classification knowledgeable a must
- Documentation and reporting skills
- A strong work ethic and positive, supportive attitude
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and manage details and be consistently present at work
- Ability to work extended hours when needed
- Ability to work in Level B PPE (respirator) for extended periods
- Ability to lift 50 pounds and other physical job tasks throughout the day
Education/Experience
- 2 plus years of technical lab-packing experience
- Associates or higher college degree in environmental, chemical and/or life sciences or additional equivalent lab-packing experience with a high emphasis on chemical properties
Other Information
- ACTenviro is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/vets
- This job description is a general description of essential job functions. It is not intended as an employment contract, nor is it intended to describe all duties of someone in this position would perform. All employees of ACTenviro are expected to perform tasks assigned by ACTenviro management/supervisory personnel regardless of job title or routine job duties
ACTenviro is a nationally recognized, employee-owned company involved in all facets of hazardous waste management. As a single-source provider of hazardous and biological waste management, recycling, disposal, treatment, health and safety, and compliance services, ACT is at the forefront of the renewable energy revolution.
ACTenviro is a Forward-Thinking, Professional Organization with Family Values and Customer Commitment.
Please visit www.actenviro.com to learn more about ACT.
