Company Description

About Veolia North America 

A subsidiary of Veolia Group, Veolia North America (VNA) offers a full spectrum of water, waste and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. VNA helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Mass., Veolia North America has approximately 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across the continent. Please visit our website www.veolianorthamerica.com 

Job Description

Targeted hourly pay range: Minimum of $23 to a maximum of $25

BENEFITS 

Veolia's comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental and vision insurance. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement.  Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement.   

Position Purpose:  
Performs duties required to prepare hazardous waste materials for incineration in a safe and efficient manner; breaks down and extracts material from various containers and repackages per process plan for feeding into incinerator.

Primary Duties/responsibilities: 

Assemble boxes and stage all necessary materials for processing and repackaging waste into charge boxes for incinerator.Suit up with proper personal protection equipment and other necessary equipment for environmental protection.Break down and extract waste materials (including hard solids that may require jackhammer) from various vendor containers and dumps into mixing pan.Process materials into various combinations of solids, mixes and/or slurries and repackages into charge boxes per process/plan; weighs all charges to meet, process, plan specifications.Record all material processed to maintain in-process inventory data using electronic scanning devices.Shrink-wrap charges; move to incinerator dock for burning.Consolidate material from drums into roll-off containers for incineration.Reclaim vendor drums for recycling and crush drums that are not re-usable.Dump waste hoppers and clean process area and maintain cleanliness around department.Change out air supply banks (provides clean air source for personal protective suits) as required.Maintain a complete inventory of personal protection equipment and other department supplies.Communicate with all leadmen and on-coming shift crews as required.Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education / Experience / Background: 

High School diploma or GED requiredAdd, subtract, multiply and divide decimals and fractions, simple use of formulas, charts, use adjustable measuring instruments where interpretation is required.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities: 

Ability to communicate through reading and writingTrained in the use of material handling equipment

Required Certification / Licenses / Training: 

40-Hour HAZWOPER training preferred

Additional Information

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. 

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.