• Receive, identify, sort, and prepare for disposal waste solvent and hazardous materials.
• Verify hazardous wastes and classify them for disposal.
• Maintain inventories of Waste Solvent and hazardous materials on-site.
• Dispense hazardous materials from bulk containers to smaller individual containers.
• Follow procedures for waste management and chemical handling, including sampling, weighing, and storing chemical containers.
• Add reagents and mix or process waste.
• Participate in occupational hygiene monitoring.
• Monitor waste dispensing room.
• Collect environmental monitoring samples and submit for analysis.
• Research and stay current with provincial and federal regulations, laws, and amendments governing hazardous wastes and materials.
• Work closely with Ministry of Environment and complete all required documents as required
• Participate in training and professional development activities, including necessary certification.
• Comply with prescribed safety procedures or federal laws regulating waste disposal methods.
• Clean contaminated equipment or areas for re-use, using detergents or solvents, sandblasters, filter pumps, or steam cleaners.
• Operate machines or equipment to remove, package, store, or transport loads of waste materials.
• Record numbers of containers stored at disposal sites, specifying amounts or types of equipment or waste disposed.

Requirements:

• A University degree in Chemistry, environmental science/engineering, waste management or toxicology required.
• Must have a good understanding of the safety procedures, federal and provincial laws regulating hazardous waste disposal
• A good command of English (spoken and written)