QA/QC Chemist

Key Responsibilities/Essential Job Functions

• Sales/Customer Service:
  • Provides technical support to customers.
  • Supports activities to meet or exceed sales (revenues) and business objectives.
  • Solves piece count, weight, visual inspection, fingerprint, and regulatory discrepancies with customers.
  • Communicates and resolves discrepancies with customers, accounting, sales and marketing, and operations personnel.
  • Communicates and coordinates discrepancies and resolutions to the appropriate Sales, Marketing, and Customer Service personnel.
  • Performs adjustments to waste receipts due to discrepancies.
• Safety/Compliance:
  • Releases and handles discrepant material in compliance with the permit, WAP, WAAP, internal policies, and government regulations.
  • Generates, updates, and maintains all documentation associated with discrepancy resolutions.
  • Ensures proper resolution for the safe handling and processing of discrepant material.
  • Communicates material segregation or reclassification to the appropriate Operations personnel.
  • Presents discrepancies and resolutions to the Special Waste Review Committee as necessary.
  • Signs, scans, bursts, and files manifests.
  • Manages residuals manifests, including, but not limited to, data input, filing, and matching up returned manifest copies.
  • Manages TSS manifest, including, but not limited to, data input, filing, and matching up returned manifests copies.
• Operations/Production:
  • Captures and releases discrepant material with Operations personnel including the CSF Foremen, Production Planning Manager, Fingerprint Lab Supervisor, and the ES II - Visual Inspection.
  • Communicates to CSF personnel and dispatch operations the rejection or return of material to the customer or to an alternative vendor.
  • Requests additional testing and/or visual inspection of discrepant material as necessary.
  • Records, monitors, and reports discrepancy data and discrepancy resolution progress.
  • Will be cross-trained in visual inspection, driver return, residuals, manifest management, and other duties/responsibilities.
  • Serves in rotating on-call for QA/QC functional responsibilities during evenings, weekends, and company holidays.

Other Daily

• Uses advanced PC and business computer applications, telephone conferencing, and e-mail.
• Understands both RIS’ ISO 45001 Occupational Health & Safety and ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems, and assists with executing their objectives.
• Performs other job-related duties assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, or related environmental science, with chemistry training, required.
• Equivalent experience will be considered.
• Five or more years, hands-on experience in similar customer service and/or operations position is required.
• Experience in chemical processing or related field preferred.
• Working knowledge of DOT, OSHA, RCRA, and EPA regulations is required.
• Position requires customer contact.
• Must possess excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communications skills.
• Must be highly organized, analytical, and able to problem solve to meet business objectives.
• Must be willing to work additional hours or off-hours as required to meet business objectives.
• Must be able to resolve conflicts to meet business objectives.
• Must be proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook).

Physical Demands

• Work is performed indoors, as well as outdoors, in plant environment.

Reasonable Accommodations

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to safely perform the essential functions of the job.