What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nuclear, Waste, and Site Services Waste Specialist III position at Argonne National Laboratory?
This position under minimal supervision plans and assists with radioactive, hazardous, chemical, and abatement materials management, characterization, packaging and shipment. In addition, works with onsite waste generators to ensure they remain compliant with DOE, EPA, and Laboratory policies, procedures, and guidelines.
Roles and 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 and hazardous classifications.
- Comprehensive training and understanding of regulations and standards applicable to waste management and transportation (e.g., CERCLA, RCRA, TSCA, DOT, FMCSA, NRC, EPA, DOE Orders, 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).
- Ability to complete Department of Transportation (DOT) and radiological waste class determinations.
- Acts as the waste shipper of record when completing and conducting waste shipments to various TSDF's (e.g., EnergySolutions, NNSS, etc.) following an established procedural process.
- Acts as the liaison between Argonne to a contracted broker service when waste shipments are conducted and completed by the contracted broker service
- Write detailed inventory release documents to help facilitate processing 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 : Impact, Safety, Respect, Integrity, and Teamwork.
Position Requirements
Job Family
Professional Technical (PT)
Job Profile
Waste Management 3
Worker Type
Regular
Time Type
Full time
The expected hiring range for this position is $83,264.00 - $131,343.03.
Please note that the pay range information is a general guideline only. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as, but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, business considerations, internal equity, and external market pay for comparable jobs. Additionally, comprehensive benefits are part of the total rewards package.
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Salary : $83,264 - $131,343
