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About Veolia North America 

A subsidiary of Veolia Group, Veolia North America (VNA) 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. VNA helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Mass., Veolia North America has approximately 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across the continent. Please visit our website 

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BENEFITS 

Veolia's comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental and vision insurance. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement. Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement.

Position Purpose:
Responsible for developing, planning, and monitoring operations for various sections of the materials department to include preparation of specific written plans for lab pack repack, material processing, tank farm, and receiving sections to achieve optimal burn results for incinerators. Provides assistance to plant operations personnel to include troubleshooting, process startups, production volume, and site equipment problems. Interact with appropriate site personnel to insure environmental, health and safety issues and requirements.

Primary Duties/responsibilities: 

• Prepare specific written burn plans by providing hazardous waste type, special instructions heating and chlorine values for all drum waste.
• Provide specific instructions to hourly personnel for proper and safe handling of solid changes to insure proper incineration.
• Prepare plans for specialty and feeder systems to include type of waste, flushing, handling for residuals, and operator instructions for burning any residual solid wastes.
• Maintain and update reactive database and all profiles to composition, handling, incineration, etc. to insure and expedite appropriate burn requirements
• Insure and monitor that all hazardous waste inventory is processed in accordance within designated time parameters.
• Work with appropriate operational personnel to determine the most preferred method of handling various waste streams.
• Prepare a variety of weekly and monthly reports to determine and insure that existing process burn plans are effective and efficient.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education / Experience / Background: 

• BS in Chemistry or related discipline required
• Prior work experience of 2-4 years in the hazardous waste industry preferred

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities: 

• Extensive knowledge in processing methodologies
• Strong team player
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Time management: the ability to organize and manage multiple deadlines
• Strong customer orientation
• Ability to effectively present information

Additional Information

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. 

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

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