Laborer/Field Service Technician I

CLEAN HARBORS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES; Allentown (Lehigh County); On-site; USD 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Field Services Technician I, where your role will be pivotal in ensuring safety and environmental compliance. You will engage in hands-on work, tackling hazardous waste clean-up and site remediation while operating various tools and equipment. This position emphasizes health and safety, requiring you to follow strict protocols and use personal protective equipment. With a commitment to sustainability and innovation, this company offers comprehensive health benefits and opportunities for career growth. If you are ready to make a difference in environmental services, this is the opportunity for you.

Benefits

Comprehensive health benefits

401K with Company match

Company paid training

Tuition reimbursement

Paid travel expenses for training

Per diem for training

Qualifications

• Must have reliable transportation and a valid driver's license.
• Ability to perform physical functions related to hazardous waste handling.

Responsibilities

• Perform hazardous waste clean-up and site remediation tasks.
• Operate equipment and tools while ensuring safety compliance.
• Engage in strenuous physical labor and work in various weather conditions.

Skills

Physical Labor

Emergency Response

Safety Compliance

Hazardous Material Handling

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Light and Heavy Equipment

Hand Tools

Powered Industrial Tools

Job description

Hepaco, a Clean Harbors company, in Allentown, PA is seeking a Field Services Technician I to join our safety conscious team. This role will be active in the field responsible for the performance of tasks associated with hazardous waste clean-up, site-remediation, equipment decontamination and handling of hazardous materials.

Hepaco, a Clean Harbors company, is the leading provider of environmental, energy and industrial services throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Everywhere industry meets environment, Clean Harbors is on-site, providing premier environmental, energy and industrial services. We are solving tough problems through innovation and proven methodology – come be part of the solution with us.

Please note: All new hires must attend a two-week training academy; travel expenses are paid by the company and per diem is provided.

Why work for Hepaco, a Clean Harbors company?

• Health and Safety is our #1 priority and we live it 3-6-5.
• Focus on maintaining sustainability and cleaning the Earth.
• Comprehensive health benefits coverage after 30 days of full-time employment including 401K with Company match.
• Opportunities for growth and development for all the stages of your career.
• Company paid training and tuition reimbursement.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure Health and Safety is the number one goal by following policies, processes, and always acting in a safe manner.
• Engage in strenuous physical labor including lifting and pulling heavy objects.
• Operate light and heavy equipment, handles various hand tools and powered industrial tools, works with vibration-producing tools.
• Wear and properly use a variety of personal protective Equipment (PPE), including respirators, skin, face, hand and foot protection in a multiple number of combinations.
• Work in various temperatures indoors and outdoors in all weather conditions.
• Work in atmospheres and locations with the potential for exposure to various chemical and physical agents, some of which may be hazardous, toxic, or corrosive.
• Work in potentially elevated noise levels, confined spaces, including lifting in areas of low clearance.
• Work at elevations including working from ladders and scaffolding.
• Assist in field sampling activities and calibration of meters.
• Climb ladders, scaffolding and into and out of trucks, tanks, and various other containers.
• Work extended (> 8 hrs.) time periods.
• Attend all compliance and safety update meetings.
• Inspect drums for container integrity and regulatory compliance.
• Safe loading and unloading of hazardous and non-hazardous waste.
• Conduct waste stream sampling and profiling as necessary.
• Follow all local, state (provincial) and federal compliance regulations and rules.
• Safely operate vehicles in accordance with U.S. DOT, local, state (provincial) and federal requirements.
• Safely observe all corporate operating guidelines and procedures.
• Observe all company environmental health and safety operating guidelines.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• By position, ability to be on call for emergency response on rotating basis every other week.
• By position, site-remediation, equipment decontamination, and the handling of hazardous materials.

Qualifications:

• Reliable transportation.
• Valid Driver’s license.
• Ability to perform physical functions per Key Responsibilities.
• This position includes emergency response; a continuing condition of employment is agreeing to be on-call; on occasion working on weekends and holidays will be required; emergency response situations can extend beyond 8 hours, up to 12-24 hrs.
• Perform physical functions per job requirements.
• Successfully complete a background check, drug test, and physical, by position.
• Per OSHA's Respiratory Protection standard, 29 CFR 1910.34, employees in positions requiring respirators are required to meet facial hair standards.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous relevant labor experience.