Hazardous Materials Handler

Gundersen Health System; La Crosse (WI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Life Insurance

HSA/FSA

401k Match

Career Development

Job summary

Gundersen Health System in La Crosse, WI, seeks a Hazardous Materials Handler to support the environmental compliance team and the comprehensive waste program. You will travel to regional sites collecting and transporting hazardous materials, maintain waste rooms, and ensure safe handling across hospital and clinic locations.

Requirements include a valid driver’s license, Federal Medical Card, and at least 1 year of relevant experience.

Qualifications

• Valid Driver's License (DL)
• Federal Medical Card
• In-House Driver’s Road Test Certificate within 60 days of hire
• At least 1 year of relevant work experience safely transporting and handling hazardous materials.

Responsibilities

• Support Gundersen's Comprehensive Waste Program and Environmental Compliance Department.
• Perform work related to industrial health and hygiene, waste management, safety, environmental reporting, compliance, community support, and sustainability.
• Travel to and from regional and affiliate sites collecting, weighing, and transporting hazardous waste, pharmaceutical waste, infectious waste, and other identified waste.
• Maintain hazardous waste rooms and waste inventory across Gundersen's hospitals and clinic locations.

Skills

Hazardous materials handling

Safe driving

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Job description

Love + medicine is who we are, it's what we do, it's why people want to work here.

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

What You'll Do:

• The Hazardous Materials Handler supports Gundersen's Comprehensive Waste Program and the Environmental Compliance Department under the direction of the Environmental Compliance Manager.
• The Hazardous Materials Handler performs work in fields related to industrial health and hygiene, waste management, safety, environmental reporting, compliance, community support, and sustainability.
• Travels to and from regional and affiliate sites collecting, weighing, and transporting hazardous waste, pharmaceutical waste, infectious waste, and other identified waste.
• Maintains the hazardous waste rooms and waste inventory across Gundersen's hospitals and clinic locations.

What You'll Need:

• REQUIRED - Valid Driver's License (DL), Federal Medical Card, In-House Driver’s Road Test Certificate within 60 days of hire
• REQUIRED - High School Diploma/GED
• REQUIRED - At least 1 year of relevant work experience safely transporting and handling hazardous materials.

What You'll Get:

• A highly adaptable and mission-driven organization with a work environment that supports you personally and professionally and a work culture where you are valued and appreciated
• Support for your career growth through Professional Development Opportunities, our Tuition Investment Program, and Career Development Center
• A comprehensive and generous benefits package (Medical, Dental, Life Ins, HSA/FSA) ensuring your comfort and well-being as a valuable team member
• Substantial retirement contribution including 401k match & annual discretionary base contribution
• Unlimited potential at one of the leading health systems in the midwestern United States

About Gundersen Health System:

• Gundersen Health System, becoming Emplify Health, is the leading provider of primary and specialized care in western Wisconsin, southeast Minnesota, and northeast Iowa, serving more than 500,000 residents throughout 19 counties annually.
• Our physician-led, not-for-profit healthcare system includes a 325-bed teaching hospital and Level II Trauma Center; community clinics; affiliate hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes; behavioral health services; vision centers; pharmacies; and air and ground ambulance services.
• We inspire your best life by relentlessly caring, learning and innovating. This is our purpose.
• Together with our values — belonging, respect, excellence, accountability, teamwork and humility — our pillars set our foundation and our future.
• Gundersen Health System offers a proud, local history spanning more than 100 years. Our personalized patient care model is only the beginning of what you will experience as we foster population health transformation and innovation to serve our communities and you.
• We've made it a priority to enrich the lives of our employees as they find a career they love. Using each employee’s unique talents and passions, Gundersen is committed to delivering exceptional patient and family-centered care to the communities we serve. You can be part of an exciting, highly adaptable and mission-driven organization with a work environment that supports you personally and professionally and a work culture where you are valued and appreciated offering an employee-first culture, work-life balance, and career advancement & growth opportunities. This culture allows our organization to attract elite talent, like yourself!

Equal Opportunity Employer

Equal Opportunity Employer Around here, loving your job is part of the job. Join our mission in changing healthcare while finding a career you'll love! Gundersen Health System offers a proud, local history spanning more than 100 years. Our personalized patient care model is only the beginning of what you will experience as we foster population health transformation and innovation to serve our communities and you.

What You Can Expect:

We call it LOVE + MEDICINE and it’s more than our practice. It is who we are. Gundersen Health System, based in La Crosse, WI, is the leading provider of primary and specialized care in western Wisconsin, southeast Minnesota, and northeast Iowa; serving more than 500,000 residents throughout 22 counties.

• Empowerment to shape your work environment, encouragement to improve processes and create efficiencies, and support when seeking opportunities for growth Culture that encourages self-care and provides you with opportunities to be your best self at work and at home Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits packages, as applicable, ensuring your comfort and well-being as a valuable team member Support for your career growth through Professional Development Opportunities, our Tuition Investment Program, Career Development Center, and online continuing education courses Inside our walls and our neighborhoods, we deliver world-class medical care and the right amount of love. A rewarding career and an excellent quality of life awaits you.