Lab Pack Team Lead

Job Description

Job Description

Waste Processing Team Lead.

• 2869 Sandstone Dr, Hatfield, PA 19440, USA.
• Full-time.

Veolia has acquired Clean Earth. As Clean Earth completes its integration into Veolia, recruiting and hiring for this role is being managed in partnership with the Clean Earth talent acquisition team.

Veolia in North America is the top-ranked environmental company in the United States for three consecutive years, and the country’s largest private water operator and technology provider as well as hazardous waste and pollution treatment leader. It 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.

Veolia helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Veolia has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across North America.

Under the guidance of the Waste Processing Supervisor, the Waste Processing Team Lead helps 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. This is not a supervisory role and does not have direct reports.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Segregate and package material for transport and complete required paperwork in a legible, accurate,
• and timely manner in accordance with appropriate regulations and Customer/Clean Earth policies, practices, and procedures.

• Oversee a team of technicians and oversee large projects and orders from receipt to settlement.
• Collect samples of inbound waste and perform onsite testing for unknown materials.
• Ensure compliance with all federal, state and local permit requirements.
• Communicate to management facility needs, difficulties, and changes in operations.
• Provide training and coaching to technicians and operators on-the-job in equipment operation, service.
• line processes, and necessary paperwork.
• Operate fork trucks and other heavy equipment when properly trained to move materials for storage/
• loading and off-loading.
• Maintain operational documentation including but not limited to reports, licenses, procedures, DOT.
• requirements, and order requirements.
• Promptly report any incidents, injuries or safety concerns to management.
• Adhere to and abide by Clean Earth safety and security policies and procedures (e.g.Cardinal Rules, Job
• Safety Analyses (JSAs), etc.) Perform other reasonably related duties as assigned by management.
• Responsibilities may vary based on site level and/or location.

Work Environment:

• Ability to stand, walk, bend, and perform physically demanding tasks for extended periods.
• Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds regularly without assistance and up to 75 pounds unassisted on occasion.

• Ability to push and pull up to 500 pounds using a pallet jack, hand truck, or other device to assist.
• Ability to work outdoors in various weather conditions and indoors in non-climate-controlled environments.

• Visual acuity to read labels and documentation and sufficient depth perception to safely operate forklifts.
• Ability to hear vehicle warning chimes, alarms, and other audible safety signals.
• Ability and willingness to wear company-issued personal protection equipment (PPE), including, but not
• limited to, safety glasses, hard hat, steel-toed boots, gloves, Tyvek coveralls, and respirator.
• Ability to work overtime hours as needed based on business needs.
• Occasional travel to customer sites may be required based on business needs.

• Education:
• High school diploma or GED Required
• Associate’s degree in Chemistry or Environmental Science-related field (preferred)

Experience:

• Must be 18 years of age or older in accordance with federal and state labor laws
• 2+ years of experience working with hazardous waste (preferred)
• Completion of 40 hours OSHA training with 8-hour refresher course (preferred)

Skills:

• May be required to pass a DEA background check based on site
• Forklift certified with possession of safe driving record (preferred)
• Knowledge of RCRA, DOT, EPA, and state waste regulations
• Ability to operate manual equipment such as a pallet jack to load and unload trucks
• Ability to use a computer for web-based training and inventory tracking purposes
• Ability to understand and respond to written and verbal English
• Ability to deal politely with customers and team members
• Ability to oversee large projects and lead a team

Benefits:

Comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental, vision, life insurance, tuition reimbursement, paid volunteering and more.

In addition, commencing no later than January 1, 2027, benefits package will include participation 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.