CleanPack Chemist (CDL)

Clean Harbors is the leading provider of environmental, energy, and industrial services across the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. The Environmental Field Chemist (CleanPack Chemist) works both indoors and outdoors at plants, labs, and customer sites, handling, segregating, packing, and inspecting chemical waste in compliance with federal, state, and local regulations and company policies.

Responsibilities

• Ensure Health and Safety is the number‑one priority by complying with all safe work practices, policies, and processes.
• Prepare computer‑generated packing lists, labels, manifests, and land‑disposal‑restriction notifications.
• Inspect staging, accumulating, and storage areas to ensure proper housekeeping procedures and compliance.
• Inspect storage areas and drums for leaks, spills, and labeling compliance.
• Collect, segregate, and properly package waste chemicals for disposal to maximize efficiency and maintain compliance.
• Execute jobs at Clean Harbors customer locations, including Fortune 500 companies.
• Finalize preparation and approval of all projects before shipment in accordance with OSHA, EPA, DOT, and company policies.
• Conduct projects/jobs according to site‑specific federal, state, and local regulations and health‑and‑safety plans.
• Understand customer‑specific disposal restrictions and special packaging requirements.
• Sample and profile new waste streams or any waste requiring analytical testing.
• Verify drum counts and ensure drum conditions are shippable per company policies and procedures.
• Follow all local, state (provincial), and federal compliance regulations and rules.
• Safely operate vehicles in accordance with U.S. DOT, local, state (provincial), and federal requirements.
• Observe all corporate operating guidelines, procedures, and environmental health‑and‑safety standards.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Valid driver’s license.
• Strong customer‑service skills.
• Obtain a CDL Class B with hazmat and tanker endorsement within 6 months of employment (by position).
• Ability to perform physical functions required by the job.
• Successful completion of background check, drug test, and physical (by position).
• Compliance with OSHA’s Respiratory Protection Standard (29 CFR 1910.34) regarding facial‑hair requirements for respirator use.

Preferred Qualifications:

• College degree in Chemistry or a natural science.
• Previous experience in environmental services (e.g., remediation, abatement, emergency spill response).

This entry‑level position offers a clear career path: after 18–36 months of training, employees can advance to salary‑management roles, with approximately 15 potential promotion opportunities within Clean Harbors. Military veterans are encouraged to apply.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits coverage after 30 days of full‑time employment.
• 401(k) plan with company match.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Opportunities for growth and development at all career stages.
• Company‑paid training and tuition reimbursement.