Hazardous Waste Coordinator

Hazardous Waste Coordinator

BB&E is seeking a dynamic and detail-oriented Hazardous Waste Coordinator for on-site support located in Cleveland, Ohio, with a secondary facility in Sandusky, Ohio to provide overall coordination and implementation of a comprehensive hazardous waste program including regulated and hazardous waste management for waste streams including hazardous waste, other regulated waste, used tires, and TSCA waste generated including waste construction and demolition in accordance with 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 61, 260 through 279, and 761. Waste quantities include but are not limited to lab packs, drum waste, bulk solids and liquid wastes. The position provides comprehensive support for hazardous and regulated waste management, including but not limited to, hazardous waste labeling and markings, hazardous waste pick-up, on-site transportation, waste characterization profiles, sampling, classification, packaging, manifesting, and tracking of all waste management data from cradle-to-grave.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• This position requires experience with 40 CFR Parts 260 – 268 and Part 279 requirements including but not limited to Use Oil, Hazardous Waste Management System, Standards Applicable to Waste Generators, Transportation and Land Disposal Restrictions.
• The job requires ability to remotely manage waste generation activities at multiple geographically separate sites, experience performing "self lab pack" operations, waste profile approvals and coordinating off site waste shipments with multiple generators.
• This individual must have experience evaluating real and personal property identifying environmental liability and potential materials of concern and have experience with material reclamation and precious metals recovery regulations.
• The job requires experience implementing hazardous materials and waste information systems in vastly different work environments
• The on-site Hazardous Waste Coordinator must have experience in the following areas:

• Prepare permit license renewals
• Maintain all waste management/disposal records; execute waste characterizations and associated waste profile documentation, waste generation, waste sampling, and waste pick-up requests.
• Develop, prepare, and maintain the Plans, including the Hazardous Waste Contingency Plan for each Central Accumulation Area (CAA) and the GSFC Waste Analysis Plan,
• Sampling: Conduct hazardous waste characterization sampling and analyze at certified or approved laboratory.
• Inspections: Conduct and document weekly inspections of each CAA, and annual inspections of all SAA or Waste Collection Sites (WCS)
• Training: Review and provide updates to GSFC –RCRA and ICP Annual Training (WFF) and GSFC-Hazardous Waste Management Training annually and perform on-the-job waste management training for Center hazardous waste generators

• Waste Handling: Arrange for pickup of waste (hazardous, regulated, universal, TSCA and POL waste, and Regulated Garbage) within 72 hours of receipt of a valid request from generator; maintain agreements, correspondence and schedule with a permitted Treatment, Storage, Disposal Facility (TSDF) for offsite disposal of regulated waste within required time limits; conduct real and personal property preliminary environmental liability assessments of NASA owned property or property that is projected to be transferred to NASA; maintain preparedness to control and remove petroleum and other hazardous materials spills at the CAAs, etc