Senior Field Chemist

Senior Field Chemist

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

• Sorts and transports hazardous and non-hazardous materials and waste, ensuring compatibility and safety.
• Prioritizes health and safety by adhering to policies, processes, and maintaining safe practices.
• Segregates chemicals by hazard class and packs compatible materials in appropriate containers, preparing for transportation.
• Completes necessary paperwork for each job.
• Determines and loads supplies needed for job completion and travels to various industry, laboratory, and educational sites to perform lab pack services.
• Characterizes materials at field project sites.
• Adheres to proper placarding and load segregation requirements when transporting hazardous materials.
• Develops good customer relations by effectively communicating with site points of contact and others at customer location/sites to provide progress updates and address questions.
• Directs Field Technicians/Driver who are assisting with waste collection.
• Completes proposal preparation at an introductory level.
• Manages and assesses high-hazard materials and cylinder handling.
• Prints/completes relevant documentation (manifest, land disposal restrictions, labels, billing documents, etc.) and reviews waste streams utilizing the HP system.
• Aids in the training of Field Chemist I and II positions.
• Maintains the ability to travel to support outside locations as needed.
• Takes on additional duties as assigned to support the team and organization.

Education & Experience

• Associates degree (required); Bachelor’s degree (preferred).
• In lieu of degree, 2+ years of related experience (required) and 2+ years of previous experience in lab packing or environmental waste (required).
• Valid Driver’s License and ability to obtain a Class B CDL with Hazmat endorsement within 6 months of hire date (required).
• Ability to pass a Motor Vehicle Record search to Company standards (required).

Physical Demands

Due to the potential exposure to atmospheres/waste/materials, this position requires individuals to be clean shaven at all times in order to don a respirator for protection.

Benefits, Compensation & Workforce Diversity

Benefits include choice of medical, dental, and vision plans, flexible spending or health savings accounts, employee and dependent life insurance, short and long-term disability, 401(k) savings plan with 7% company match, and tuition reimbursement.

Equal Opportunity Employer – Veterans & Disabilities

A post-offer drug screen and background check will be required.