Under the guidance of the Waste Processing Supervisor, the Waste Processing Team Lead helps to oversee a team of environmental technicians that perform routine and frequent manual and heavy labor tasks to properly consolidate, treat, store, pack, transport and/or dispose of hazardous waste in accordance with environmentally responsible and cost-effective practices and Clean Earth policies, practices and procedures. The Waste Processing Team Lead will maintain records with accuracy and attention to detail and will need to be able to follow instruction and to work independently. The Waste Processing Team Lead will help to train the environmental technicians to ensure they work compliantly and safely.
Primary Responsibilities (Essential Functions):
- Segregate and package material for transport along with the completion of required paperwork in a legible, accurate, and time manner in accordance with appropriate regulations and Customer/Clean Earth policies, practices and procedures.
- Oversee large projects and jobs with ability to manage a team of technicians.
- Communicate schedule, distributes work to team, and assists team in performance of job duties to complete work in accordance with requirements and Clean Earth policies, practices and procedures.
- Trains technicians and operators on-the-job in equipment operation, service line processes and necessary paperwork. Provide training and coaching to employees as needed.
- Follow all Health & Safety and Job Safety Analysis procedures as outlined in Clean Earth鈥檚 procedures and policies.
- Operate fork trucks and other heavy equipment when properly training to move materials for storage, loading and offloading.
- Collect samples of inbound waste for laboratory analysis.
- Perform onsite testing of unknown materials according to Clean Earth鈥檚 policies, practices and procedures.
- Maintain records for DOT and State Officials as assigned.
- Assist in other areas of the location as directed including but not limited to occasional travel to customer sites; assistance with production scheduling; and support of staff training.
- Perform other reasonably related tasks as assigned by management.
Work Environment:
- Required to wear company-provided personal protective equipment including eye protection, foot protection, hard hat, Tyvek coveralls, and respirator.
- Must be able to pass a DEA background check when relevant.
- Must be willing and able to abide by Clean Earth鈥檚 Core Values and Code of Conduct.