Customer Support Coordinator- Haz Waste
About the role
The Customer Support Specialist will be responsible for providing exceptional customer service and waste support to clients, ensuring their satisfaction with our waste treatment and disposal services. This position will also be the point of contact for Sales, Operations, and Customer Support Management and will coordinate office services such as data entry, clerical work, records control, creating forms, and preparing reports.
Responsibilities
- Delivers outstanding service to both internal and external clients via phone, email, or in person, ensuring timely and precise assistance.
- Facilitates communication channels to address customer queries effectively.
- Assesses new waste profiles for completeness, inputs data into the company system, and manages supporting documentation.
- Respond to customer inquiries, process orders, prepare correspondence, troubleshoot issues, and fulfill customer needs in a timely and professional manner.
- Prepares shipping documents, including manifests, using correct DOT hazardous material descriptions for shipments.
- Serve as the initial point of contact for Sales, Operations, and Customer Support Management.
- Investigate billing discrepancies, process adjustments, and manage invoicing and collections.
- Provides quotes and schedules and organizes trucking for efficient waste transportation logistics.
- Evaluate treat groups assigned to approved profiles and select pricing sheets based on TSDF location, customer type, and regional market to accurately price waste for disposal.
Requirements
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Knowledge of Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Laws and Regulations as it relates to waste characterization principles and practices including analysis and evaluation, waste processing protocols, and transportation (DOT) regulations.
- Knowledge of basic accounting processes.
- Ability to identify trends and data patterns.
- Ability to work within a team environment and handle multiple assignments simultaneously.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office, DocuSign, and PDF writer.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret complex documentation, technical procedures, and governmental regulations and to respond effectively to sensitive inquiries.
Qualifications:
Commitment to customer service and possess the ability to actively listen to customers to understand requests and resolve issues or make recommendations.
Minimum Qualifications:
- 2–4 years experience in a customer-facing role addressing customer needs, preferably within the waste disposal, chemistry or related field.
- High School diploma or GED.
Schedule
Location: Livonia, MI (100% onsite)
Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM local time
This role is based fully onsite at our Livonia, MI location and involves providing administrative support, managing customer service emails, handling incoming and outgoing mail, and assisting with day-to-day office operations. Please note that this is not a call center position and does not involve high-volume phone support.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical benefits coverage, dental plans and vision coverage
- Health care and dependent care spending accounts
- Short- and long-term disability
- Life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment insurance
- Employee and Family Assistance Program (EAP)
- Employee discount programs
- Retirement plan with a generous company match
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
About the Company
Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) is a leader in the environmental services industry. We provide customers with the most complete set of products and services, including recycling, waste, special waste, hazardous waste and field services. Our industry-leading commitments to advance circularity and support decarbonization are helping deliver on our vision to partner with customers to create a more sustainable world.
In 2025, Republic’s total company revenue was $16.6 billion, and adjusted EBITDA was $5.3 billion. We serve 13 million customers and operate more than 1,000 locations, including collection and transfer stations, recycling and polymer centers, treatment facilities, and landfills. Although we operate across North America, the collection, recycling, treatment, or disposal