Environmental Technician

Key Responsibilities / Accountabilities

• Sort solid waste into appropriate material categories, including plastics, paper, cardboard, food waste, regulated waste, and other waste streams.
• Use hand tools to separate and manage waste materials safely and efficiently.
• Lift, move, and handle items weighing up to 30 pounds or less as part of daily sorting activities.
• Travel with the team to transfer stations, landfills, and client sites as required.
• Support projects across the continental United States, with the primary focus on the Midwest region.

• Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug screening.
• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Positive attitude and willingness to travel for project needs.

• Experience in the hazardous waste or solid waste field preferred.
• 40-hour HAZWOPER training preferred.

• Ability to stand for approximately 50% of the workday.
• Ability to walk for approximately 20% of the workday.
• Ability to sit for approximately 30% of the workday.
• Ability to lift and carry up to 35 pounds
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• May require occasional climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, handling, and fingering depending on worksite needs.