Distillation Lead

Veolia | North America; Azusa (CA); On-site; USD 43,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Veolia North America is seeking a Distillation Operator to oversee the processing of hazardous waste materials through thin film evaporators and pot stills, ensuring compliance with permit regulations and customer specs. The role includes training distillation operators, supervising sampling, and coordinating waste material runs.

The position emphasizes strong teamwork, safety, and leadership skills, with on-site responsibilities and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Experience in hazardous waste handling is preferred.
• Strong teamwork and safety awareness are essential.
• Ability to supervise and train others.

Responsibilities

• Schedule and coordinate the run of waste materials on the distillation unit.
• Maintain logs and data on charge/discharge pot stills to meet product specs.
• Supervise compatibility testing on hazardous materials for proper recovery.
• Maintain schedule of sample collection and route to lab with proper paperwork.
• Supervise loading, unloading, and sampling of bulk tankers/drums for contents accuracy.
• Train new distillation operators in daily responsibilities and provide guidance.
• Perform Distillation Operator I & II duties and responsibilities as needed.
• Perform Distillation operations as necessary.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Strong team player

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Customer orientation

Supervisory/leadership

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Job description

Company Description

Veolia in North America is the top-ranked environmental company in the United States for three consecutive years, and the country’s largest private water operator and technology provider as well as hazardous waste and pollution treatment leader. It offers a full spectrum of water, waste, and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. Veolia helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Veolia has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across North America.

Company Description

Veolia in North America is the top-ranked environmental company in the United States for three consecutive years, and the country’s largest private water operator and technology provider as well as hazardous waste and pollution treatment leader. It offers a full spectrum of water, waste, and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. Veolia helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Veolia has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across North America.

Job Description

Responsible for overseeing the processing a variety of bulk and liquid waste through the operation of thin film evaporators and pot stills resulting in the best possible recovery of customers’ hazardous waste materials in accordance with permit regulations pertaining to air emissions or gallons per hour (GPH) to ensure that end product meets the customer specifications. Trains all distillation operators in the performance of their duties and provides guidance and counseling on existing and/or new recovery techniques.

Primary Duties/Responsibilities

• Schedule and coordinator the run of waste materials on the distillation unit.
• Maintain logs and data on charge and/or discharge pot stills pertaining to appropriate gallon amounts of liquid to run product to customer’s specifications.
• Supervise compatibility testing on a variety of hazardous materials to be mixed for recovery to ensure that mixtures are in compliance with recovery specifications.
• Maintain schedule of clean tank recovery samples and ensure routing to laboratory along with appropriate paperwork to ascertain quality of recovery.
• Supervise loading, unloading, and sampling of bulk tankers and/or drums to ascertain accuracy of hazardous waste contents prior to applying the recovery process.
• Train newly hired distillation operators in the performance of their daily responsibilities and duties and provide guidance, as necessary.
• Ability to perform the Distillation Operator I & II job duties and responsibilities.
• Perform Distillation operations as necessary.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education/Experience/Background

• High School Diploma/GED is required.
• Prior work experience in the hazardous waste industry preferred.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Strong team player.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Time management: the ability to organize and manage multiple deadlines.
• Strong customer orientation.
• Strong supervisory and leadership skills.

Required Certification/Licenses/Training

• 40-Hour HAZWOPER training.
• Forklift Certified.
• Yard Truck Certified.
• DOT Training.

Additional Information

Pay Range: $31.00 to $33.00 per hour.

Benefits: Veolia’s comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental, vision, life insurance, savings accounts, tuition reimbursement, paid volunteering and more. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.