Environmental Lab Technician

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical assistance to Customers via site visits, sampling and assisting with the classification of waste materials
• Perform general laboratory and housekeeping duties including report analysis results and coordination with production personnel
• Assist with discrepancies of incoming and outgoing materials
• Operate vehicles and equipment in a safe and proper manner in accordance to GFL Environmental Inc. transportation standard operating procedures, and government regulations
• Perform lab packing and de-packing duties
• Complete all necessary paperwork to complete job including acquiring signatures as required
• Manage and maintain various data management systems
• Prepare and clean glassware required for sample analysis
• Perform routine sample preparation and analyses employing ICP, GC, Oxygen Bomb Calorimiter and other instrumentation
• Report analysis results and coordinate with production personnel
• Maintain accurate analysis, maintenance, and production records
• Assist other facility operators as needed, provide technical assistance to customers via site visits, sampling and assisting with the classification of waste materials
• Perform general laboratory and facility housekeeping duties
• Complete Certificates of Disposal and Summaries of Analysis as required
• Review analytical reports and ensure that outgoing materials meet disposal site parameters
• Assemble and disassemble lab packs
• Bulking / blending of small quantity waste chemicals
• Prepare and clean glassware required for sample analysis
• Assist with the coding and shipments of Lab-Pack materials
• Provide assistance in Emergency Spill Response (ER)

• Environmental or Chemical Engineering Technician or Technologist of related Diploma
• Previous lab, sales and industry experience is an asset
• Competent computer skills (MS Windows and Office)
• Must be safety conscious and detail oriented
• Ability to follow procedures and work with minimal supervision
• Willing to work overtime, and continental shift work
• Knowledge of TDG, Reg. 347 and Ontario Health and Safety Act an asset

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