Environmental Field Technician

Job Title: Environmental Field Technician

Company: Clean Harbors

About the Role

Join Clean Harbors' safety-conscious team in Belpre, OH, as a Field Services Laborer. This active field role involves tasks related to hazardous waste clean-up, site-remediation, equipment decontamination, and handling of hazardous materials. Clean Harbors is a leading provider of environmental, energy, and industrial services.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure Health and Safety is the primary goal by following policies, processes, and acting safely.
• Engage in strenuous physical labor, including lifting and pulling heavy objects.
• Operate light and heavy equipment, various hand tools, and powered industrial tools.
• Wear and properly use various Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), including respirators, skin, face, hand, and foot protection.
• Work in various temperatures (indoors/outdoors) in all weather conditions.
• Work in atmospheres and locations with potential exposure to hazardous, toxic, or corrosive chemical and physical agents.
• Work in potentially elevated noise levels and confined spaces, including lifting in areas of low clearance.
• Work at elevations, including from ladders and scaffolding.
• Assist in field sampling activities and calibration of meters.
• Climb ladders, scaffolding, and into/out of trucks, tanks, and various containers.
• Work extended (> 8 hrs.) time periods.
• Attend all compliance and safety update meetings.
• Inspect drums for container integrity and regulatory compliance.
• Perform safe loading and unloading of hazardous and non-hazardous waste.
• Conduct waste stream sampling and profiling.
• Follow all local, state, and federal compliance regulations and rules.
• Safely operate vehicles in accordance with U.S. DOT and other regulatory requirements.
• Safely observe all corporate and company environmental health and safety operating guidelines and procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Ability to be on call for emergency response on a rotating basis (every other week).
• Site-remediation, equipment decontamination, and handling of hazardous materials.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Reliable transportation.
• Ability to perform physical functions per Key Responsibilities.
• Agreement to be on-call for emergency response; may include working on weekends and holidays.
• Emergency response situations can extend beyond 8 hours, up to 12-24 hrs.
• Successfully complete a background check, drug test, and physical.
• Per OSHA's Respiratory Protection standard, employees requiring respirators must meet facial hair standards.

Qualifications

• Valid Driver’s license (preferred).
• Previous relevant labor experience (preferred).