Waste Management Coordinator

Waste Management-Waste Generator Services is looking for highly motivated individuals to serve as Waste Management Coordinators 3 OR 4. Positions may require shift work. #Shift Work

This position will be filled at either the Waste Management Coordinator 3 or 4 level, depending on the skills of the selected candidate. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if the candidate is hired at the higher level.

Are you passionate about environmental stewardship and ensuring the safe handling of hazardous materials? This role offers a unique opportunity to play a critical part in managing waste generated from cutting-edge research and innovation. As a waste management coordinator, you will be responsible for overseeing the proper storage, handling, characterization, packaging, and transportation of various waste materials, including hazardous, radioactive, and mixed waste, within a laboratory or high-hazard facility.

You will work closely with scientists, engineers, and regulatory agencies to maintain compliance with environmental and safety regulations while supporting groundbreaking discoveries. Your expertise in chemical segregation, waste classification, and transportation requirements will help ensure the organization meets its safety and sustainability goals. In this role, you will be an essential link between research teams and regulatory bodies, helping to uphold the laboratory’s mission of scientific excellence while maintaining the highest standards of environmental responsibility.

If you are eager to apply your knowledge of hazardous materials management in a dynamic and impactful setting, this is the perfect opportunity to make a difference.

In addition to what was outlined at the lower level, at this level candidates will take on greater leadership and strategic responsibilities, ensuring the laboratory’s waste management program operates at peak efficiency and compliance. Overseeing the proper storage, handling, characterization, packaging, and transportation of hazardous, radioactive, and mixed waste, you will assist efforts to improve waste management processes, develop best practices, and provide technical guidance to teams across the organization are essential to the success of this position.

This role will involve supporting projects related to waste minimization, sustainability initiatives, and process improvements to align with the laboratory’s mission of scientific excellence and environmental responsibility. Strong leadership skills are essential, as this individual will mentor staff, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, and drive innovation in waste management strategies.

If you are looking for an opportunity to lead and shape the future of waste management in a cutting-edge research environment, this position offers the perfect platform to make a lasting impact.

• Advanced knowledge of and experience with handling, characterizing, packaging, and/or transporting solid, liquid, hazardous, radioactive, and/or mixed wastes.
• Advanced knowledge of applicable local, state, and federal laws and regulations relating to the handling and management of solid, liquid, hazardous, radioactive, and/or mixed wastes.
• Advanced skill to conceptualize and communicate major elements of waste management processes, policies, and procedures to technical and non-technical personnel.
• Complete understanding of work hazards, safety practices, operating configurations, and lock-out/tag-out policies and procedures.
• Experience and demonstrated skill conducting research, investigating…