Environmental Solutions Field Technician I

About the role

The Environmental Services (ES) Field Technician I works under close supervision, applying basic judgment in resolving routine issues. This role involves performing operational functions related to emergency response, hazardous and non-hazardous spill clean-up, and hazmat decontamination work.

Responsibilities

• Performs tank cleaning, oil spill cleanup, drum handling, decontamination, sweeping and shoveling, high-pressure washing, and various other remedial activities in confined space entry, such as manholes.
• Responds to customer spills and emergencies during normal business hours and after hours.
• Performs general housekeeping, including maintenance of equipment and work site.
• Ensures adherence to all safety policies and regulations that govern job performance.
• Applies and uses various equipment (i.e., pumps, trailer-mounted generators, air compressors, light towers, pallet-jack, skid steer).
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to read, write, and comprehend documents such as (but not limited to) operational, technical, process, safety, and quality instructions.
• Knowledge of chemicals and ability to understand safety data sheets for the necessary steps required to mitigate any dangers.
• Willingness to provide input on working practices to ensure departmental goals are met and exceeded.
• Confidence to inform colleagues of unsafe working practices or conditions.
• A positive attitude and high level of mental resilience.
• Ability to adhere to Company policies and rules set forth, promotes the Company’s safety standards.
• Proficiency with light tablet/PC use.
• Skilled in using hand and shop tools and instruments.
• Demonstrates accuracy, thoroughness, and attention to detail.
• Must be able to prioritize, stay focused, and handle multiple, diverse responsibilities.
• Current confined space entry certificate or ability to obtain upon hire is preferred and may be required in some locations.
• A valid driver's license may be required for some positions.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience working with light and heavy equipment and responding to hazardous and non-hazardous emergencies or cleanup.
• Ability to pass 40-hour HAZWOPER Training upon hire.
• Ability to position oneself to move objects weighing up to 50 lbs.

Compensation and Benefits

Rewarding compensation and benefits include 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, and Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Employees also receive 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 of materials is a local business, and the dynamics and opportunities differ in each market we serve. By combining local operational management with standardized business practices, we drive greater operating efficiencies across the company while maintaining day-to-day operational decisions at the local level, closest to the customer.

Strategy

Republic Services’ strategy is designed to generate profitable growth. Through acquisitions and industry advancements, we safely and sustainably manage our customers’ multiple waste streams through a North American footprint of vertically integrated assets. We focus on three areas of growth to meet the increasing needs of our customers: recycling and waste, environmental solutions, and sustainability innovation. With our integrated approach, strengthening our position in one area advances other areas of our business. For example, as we grow volume in recycling and waste, we collect additional material to bolster our circularity capabilities. And as we expand environmental solutions, we drive additional opportunities to provide these services to our existing recycling and waste customers.