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InSite Chemist- Hazardous Waste Tech (Floater-multiple L.A. sites)

Company: Clean Harbors
Location: Los Angeles
Posted on: March 1, 2025

Job Description:

  • Insite hazmat tech- floating multiple sites throughout L.A.
  • $25-$28 p/hr
  • Working on site in LA at customer sites packing haz waste
  • Monday-Friday 5AM - 1:30PM occasional OT; steady 8 hrs of work a day
  • Floaters start time 5AM could start on client site of from CH office
  • Customer service experience
  • Floaters might drive company vehicles- Light duty is required- must have clean driving record.
  • Day in a life- between 1-3 sites a day. All in LA.
  • Sunset, Baldwin Park Medical Center, West LA Medical Center, Panorama City.
  • Typically, on one site all day.
  • Day in a life: collection, segregation of haz hospital waste-needles, expired meds, chemo drugs, IV bags, arsenic, solvents
  • Respirator- shaved facial hair.
  • Shipment days- assist the truck drivers' w/ identification.
  • Packing on site- then one of our Clean Harbors drivers collects packed haz waste
  • Vaccines required on sites: Hep B, MMR, varicella vaccine, flu shot
  • Must pass a physical/drug test

    Responsibilities

    Essential Functions/Responsibilities

    Tasks

    --- Make waste pickups at labs as needed.

    --- Prepare computer-generated packing lists, labels, manifests, and land disposal restrictions notifications.

    --- Identify unknown laboratory chemicals when they are encountered.

    --- Perform inspections of staging, accumulating and storage areas to ensure proper housekeeping procedures and compliance.

    --- Inspect storage area for leaks or spills.

    --- Inspect drums for compliance with labeling regulations.

    --- Collect, segregate, and properly package waste chemicals for disposal to maximize efficiency and maintain compliance.

    --- Sampling and profiling of new waste streams or any wastes needing analytical testing.

    --- Prepare all necessary tracking paperwork.

    --- Utilize CHOICE waste management software to efficiently and accurately manage waste program.

    --- Assign proper waste codes to all materials that are designated for disposal.

    --- Maintain and manage waste profile data.

    --- Evaluate specialty waste materials such as gas cylinders and potentially explosive compounds and determine disposal options.

    Other Duties as Assigned

    Qualifications

    Education/Experience: Minimum Requirement

    Required/Preferred Education Description Major/Specialization

    Required 2 years college or specialized training Chemistry/Biology/Environmental Science/Related

    Alternative: Alternative combinations of education and experience may be accepted in lieu of degree.

    Required/Preferred Certificate or License

    Required 40 Hour OSHA Training.

    Required Forklift Training and certification.

    Required Reactive Materials certification.

    Required DOT Training.

    Required CleanPack Chemist Training Course.

    Required LICENSES: Valid drivers license with clean driving record (*see definition below) Commercial drivers license-Class "B/C" with hazardous materials (preferred)

    Required Clean Driving record, for the purposes of CHESI employment, includes: No more than 2 moving violations in the past 3 years No DUI/DWI in past 3 years No preventable accidents in the past year No more than 2 preventable accidents in the last 3 years No serious moving violations in past 3 years, i.e., Reckless driving, Driving to endanger, Open alcohol containers, etc.

    Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities/Competencies

    --- Organizational skills

    --- Health and Safety conscious.

    --- Attention to detail.

    --- Able to perform multiple tasks.

    --- Excellent interpersonal skills

    --- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

    --- Knowledge of RCRA requirements/regulations.

    --- Knowledge of chemicals and background

    --- Knowledge of Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations, Environmental Protection.

    --- Agency (EPA) waste codes, manifesting and Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR)

    --- Proficiency in Windows based applications.

    Travel

    10% - 25%-paid travel time

    Respirator Requirement- no facial hair- must wear respirators on some sites.

    Other Physical Demands Instructions

    --- Requires lifting, carrying, grasping, speaking and listening.

    --- Requires sitting, standing, walking, puling and/or pushing, stooping and crouching.

    --- Requires climbing, determining color and smelling.

Keywords: Clean Harbors, Los Angeles , InSite Chemist- Hazardous Waste Tech (Floater-multiple L.A. sites), Other , Los Angeles, California

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