Receiving Chemist I

Clean Harbors, Inc.; Brampton; On-site; CAD 52,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits after 30 days

Group RRSP with company matching

Generous paid time off

Company paid training and tuition

Growth opportunities

Safety-focused culture

Job summary

Safety-Kleen in Brampton, ON is seeking a Receiving Chemist I to join our safety-focused team. The role focuses on Lab Pack Coding/Processing, Drum Receiving/Coding, and shipping of waste materials, ensuring accurate counts, sampling, and correct barcoding for tracking.

The position emphasizes health and safety, with full-time hours, and opportunities for growth. Compensation starts at a competitive wage with benefits after probation and internal training opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in chemistry or related science.
• 1-3 years of shipping/receiving or industry experience preferred.
• Class G driver's license required.
• Forklift certification and experience preferred.
• Ability to lift 50lbs regularly.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safety is the top priority and follow safe work practices.
• Receives all lab pack containers and codes chemicals for disposal processing.
• Consolidates and repacks lab packs for final disposal as needed.
• Completes paperwork for repack/consolidation processes.
• Manages cylinders and lab pack movements within facilities.
• Handles lab pack reactive materials for disposal.
• Samples incoming drums and performs basic analyses.
• Calibrates and uses lab instrumentation for analysis.
• Documents analyses and drum sampling per QA/QC guidelines.
• Reports missing/extra drums and non-conforming shipments.
• Verifies inbound material counts against shipping paperwork.

Skills

Shipping/Receiving

Chemistry knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemistry

Job description

Safety-Kleen in Brampton ON is currently looking for Receiving Chemist I to join their safety-conscious team! This position is responsible for Lab Pack Coding/Processing, Drum Receiving/Coding and Shipping of waste materials. Primarily responsible for verifying counts and container sizes for received loads, performing initial sampling to verify acceptance of material, and applying proper barcodes for material tracking through the system.

Why work for Safety-Kleen?

• Health and Safety is our #1 priority and we live it 3-6-5!
• Schedule: Monday to Friday - 12:00 pm to 8:00pm (some overtime)
• Competitive wages starting at: $26 /hour
• Comprehensive health benefits coverage after 30 days of full-time employment.
• Group RRSP with company matching component.
• Generous paid time off, company paid training and tuition reimbursement.
• Positive and safe work environments.
• Opportunities for growth and development for all the stages of your career.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that Health and Safety is the number one priority by complying with all safe work practices, policies, and processes and acting in a safe manner at all times.
• Receives all lab pack containers and properly codes all chemicals for disposal processing.
• Performs consolidation and / or repack of lab packs for final disposal as needed.
• Completes all paperwork associated with repack/consolidation process.
• Manages or oversees cylinders in/out of facilities; performs lab pack bulking when needed.
• Manages lab pack reactive materials for ultimate disposal.
• Samples all incoming drums and performs basic analysis of samples following prescribed procedures.
• Calibrates and utilizes lab instrumentation required to run basic analysis.
• Completes all paperwork associated with analysis and drum sampling; ensures that all work meets applicable QA/QC guidelines.
• Gathers and reports all necessary information for investigation of missing/extra drums and non-conforming drum shipments.
• Weighs drums that require billing weights.
• Moves drums from staging area to proper facility storage areas.
• Responsible for proper management and shipment of all drum and bulk outbound shipments, ensuring materials are shipped to proper least cost disposal outlets utilizing proper profiles and paperwork for shipment.
• Verifies receipt of all inbound materials by checking piece counts against shipping paperwork.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in chemistry or related science.
• 1-3 years of shipping/receiving or industry experience is preferred.
• Class G driver's license is required.
• Forklift certification and experience is preferred.
• Ability to lift 50lbs regularly throughout the day.

Safety-Kleen Systems, a Clean Harbors company, has a commitment to excellence deeply rooted in a strong sense of tradition. Our entire business model revolves around keeping North American businesses green. We generate more than $1.2 billion in annual revenue as a world-class environmental service organization and market leader in industrial hazardous waste management, parts-cleaning technology, and oil re-refining. We collect over 200 million gallons of used motor oil each year and we have the largest re-refinery capacity in North America allowing us to re-refine more than 150 million gallons each year.

Every day, we help our customers resolve their waste management needs and reduce their carbon footprint.

Clean Harbors is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against applicants due to race, ancestry, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or on the basis of any other federal, state/provincial or local protected class.

Safety-Kleen Systems, a Clean Harbors company, is a Military & Veteran friendly company.

Job Schedule: Full time

25 Regan Road