Emergency Spill Response Technician/ Hazmat Technician

GFL Environmental Inc.; Saskatoon; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

GFL Environmental Inc. seeks a HAZMAT Technician to provide high-level technical support during emergency activations involving dangerous goods.

You will join the Emergency Response Team to ensure immediate response, safety and quality of service around the clock. The role requires exceptional skills in safety, planning, communication and time management, plus on-call availability and willingness to travel, including overnight stays.

Qualifications

• Hazardous materials handling and emergency response experience
• Strong safety, planning, communication and time-management skills
• Ability to fulfill on-call requirements
• Clean driving record; Class 5 license; Class 1 or 3 beneficial

Responsibilities

• Respond to spills and emergencies at short notice (rail, road, facilities)
• Perform chemical transloading and decontamination as needed
• Organize resources for response and preparation, including personnel and equipment
• Maintain and service emergency response equipment and documentation
• Lead safety and complete required safety documentation
• Set up and participate in live training events to ensure competency
• Support specialized projects as required

Skills

Hazardous materials handling

Emergency response

On-call readiness

Driver's license

Job description

Summary

As a key member of GFL’s HAZMAT Emergency Response Team, the HAZMAT Technician will provide a high level of technical expertise to emergency activations involving dangerous goods. The Technician will supplement our current team to ensure immediate response is provided to all emergency response calls, 24 hours per day and 365 days per year. The person will be able to complete responses in an efficient manner while upholding GFL’s high standards of safety and quality of service. The position requires exceptional skills in safety, planning, communication, organizing and time management.

Key Responsibilities

• Respond at a moment’s notice to spills including responding to rail, road, and fixed facilities.

• Perform chemical transloading from one means of containment to another. May include tankcars, tank trucks, fixed facility tanks, or other small means of containment.

• Perform chemical neutralization and decontamination as required.

• Assist with organizing all resources required in both an response situations and in preparation for potential response situations, including personnel, equipment and documentation

• Ensure all emergency response equipment is operationally ready including maintaining, upgrading and servicing our ER equipment and customer’s equipment.

• Ensure all relevant information and documentation is gathered and maintained when providing emergency services

• Lead safety in all aspects of emergency response, including following GFL procedures, completing safety documentation, and upholding GFL’s high level of safety.

• Set up and participate in live training events to ensure competency of personnel

• Participate in specialized scheduled projects as required

Requirements

• Ability to fulfill on-call requirements

• Experience in a position relating to hazardous materials emergency response

• Physically fit and able to wear chemical protective clothing and respiratory protection from as required.

• Class 5 driver’s license with clean abstract required, Class 1 or 3 would be very beneficial

• Thrive in a fast paced environment

• Excellent organizational skills

• Exceptional communication skills

• Mandatory travel across the regional area, including overnight stays. Travel frequency depends on emergency response and specialized project demands.

• Understanding of vacuum truck and power wash equipment

• Team driven and safety focused

• Advanced training including but not limited to: HAZMAT Technician, Tankcar Specialist, Tanktruck Specialist, IC S, Confined Space Entry, etc.

• Please note extensive training will be provided by GFL to a successful candidate.

We thank you for your interest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Please note that GFL does not provide visa sponsorship for this position. Valid work authorization in the country where the job is located is required. Successful candidates will be required to provide valid documentation confirming their eligibility to work in the country where the job is located prior to their start date.

This hiring process may utilize machine-based systems to assist in screening and assessing applicants. Final selection decisions are made by our recruitment team.