Material Handler I

About the Company

Veolia in North America is the top-ranked environmental company in the United States for three consecutive years, and the country’s largest private water operator and technology provider as well as hazardous waste and pollution treatment leader. It offers a full spectrum of water, waste, and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. Veolia helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Veolia has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across North America.

About the Role

Performs duties required to prepare hazardous waste materials for incineration in a safe and efficient manner; breaks down and extracts material from various containers and repackages per process plan for feeding into the incinerator.

Schedule

Rotating shift:

• First two weeks: 6:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Next two weeks: 6:00 p.m. to 4:30 a.m.
• Every other weekend.

Candidates must be comfortable working outdoors and maintaining a clean-shaven appearance.

Responsibilities

• Assemble boxes and stage all necessary materials for processing and repackaging waste into charge boxes for incinerator.
• Suit up with proper personal protection equipment and other necessary equipment for environmental protection.
• Break down and extract waste materials (including hard solids that may require jackhammer) from various vendor containers and dumps into mixing pan.
• Process materials into various combinations of solids, mixes and/or slurries and repackages into charge boxes per process/plan; weighs all charges to meet process plan specifications.
• Record all material processed to maintain in-process inventory data using electronic scanning devices.
• Shrink-wrap charges; move to incinerator dock for burning.
• Consolidate material from drums into roll-off containers for incineration.
• Reclaim vendor drums for recycling and crush drums that are not re-usable.
• Dump waste hoppers and clean process area and maintain cleanliness around department.
• Change out air supply banks (provides clean air source for personal protective suits) as required.
• Maintain a complete inventory of personal protection equipment and other department supplies.
• Communicate with all leadmen and on-coming shift crews as required.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED required.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide decimals and fractions.
• Simple use of formulas, charts, and adjustable measuring instruments where interpretation is required.
• Ability to communicate through reading and writing.
• Trained in the use of material handling equipment.

Pay

$24.40 per hour with a $2.00 shift differential.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits packages including paid time off policies.
• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Retirement plans and savings accounts.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Paid volunteering.