Chemist, Waste Process Planning

About the role

As a Chemist in Waste Process Planning, you will oversee the waste scheduling process for an incinerator, ensuring safe and compliant waste processing operations. This role works closely with scheduling, transportation, laboratory, and operations teams to properly evaluate waste streams and schedule disposal effectively.

Responsibilities

• Prioritize health and safety by adhering to policies, processes, and maintaining safe practices at all times.
• Schedule bulk tanker waste into the facility by partnering with Arcwood Scheduling and Transportation personnel.
• Provide exceptional customer service to internal parties involved in the waste scheduling process.
• Evaluate incoming hazardous waste for disposal via tanks/direct burn into the incinerator based on physical and chemical compatibility and hazards.
• Coordinate with facility Operations to determine tank suitability and availability to store and/or process hazardous waste.
• Support the pre-acceptance of waste into the facility by coordinating samples from Approvals and the onsite Laboratory; ensure results are communicated appropriately.
• Maintain laboratory reagents and supplies, completing ordering as needed from approved suppliers.
• Schedule instrument preventative maintenance and perform instrument troubleshooting as needed.
• Perform quality control of completed laboratory analysis prior to releasing loads for offloading.
• Take on additional duties as assigned to support the team and organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in chemistry or related field (required).
• 2+ years of experience in a quality control laboratory (required).
• 2+ years of experience in the hazardous waste industry (preferred).
• Previous experience working with laboratory instruments such as ICP-OES and ion chromatography (preferred).

Benefits

Arcwood offers stability you can count on and opportunities to grow. We provide steady work, competitive pay, and above-market benefits that reflect the importance of what we do. As we continue to grow, you’ll have the chance to build skills, take on new challenges, and build a career.

About Arcwood

For more than 50 years, Arcwood Environmental has helped organizations across the United States manage the byproducts of progress safely and thoughtfully. With deep expertise and innovative waste management technology across a growing nationwide footprint, Arcwood protects people, communities, and the environment through work that often happens behind the scenes.

Values

• Lead with Safety: We uphold the highest safety and compliance standards to protect our teams, our customers, and the communities that count on us.
• Solve Problems Creatively: We push for better—advancing technologies, processes, and ideas that protect human health and the environment.
• Own It Together: We are individually and collectively accountable for our work and our impact, knowing that progress is only achieved by working together—with our customers and with each other.
• Deliver for Customers: We put customers at the center of all we do. When we live our values—lead with safety, solve problems creatively, and own our work together—the result is clear: we deliver exceptional value for our customers.

We’ve reached a unique point as a company: big enough to deliver broad capability and consistent performance, while striving to be nimbler and more responsive to our customers’ evolving needs.