Material Handler I

Veolia; East St. Louis (IL); Presencial; USD 28.000 - 39.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Retirement plans

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Volunteer time

Descripción de la vacante

Veolia North America is seeking a hazardous waste handler to prepare materials for incineration and manage packaging for incineration processes. The role requires outdoor work, PPE, and adherence to safety standards within a two-week day shift followed by two weeks of night shift, with every-other-weekend work.

Employees receive comprehensive benefits and are expected to maintain operational cleanliness and inventory control while adhering to process plans and safety requirements.

Formación

• High School diploma or GED required.
• Math skills for decimals and measurements.
• Ability to interpret simple formulas and charts.

Responsabilidades

• Assemble boxes and stage materials for processing.
• Wear required personal protective equipment.
• Break down and extract waste materials from vendor containers.
• Process materials into solids, mixes, or slurries and repackage per plan.
• Record processed materials in in-process inventory using scanners.
• Shrink-wrap charges and move to incinerator dock.
• Consolidate material for incineration.
• Reclaim vendor drums for recycling and crush unusable drums.
• Dump waste hoppers and maintain cleanliness in the area.
• Change out air supply banks as required.
• Maintain inventory of PPE and department supplies.
• Communicate with leadmen and on-coming shift crews.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Conocimientos

Communication skills

Material handling

Educación

High School diploma or GED

Descripción del empleo

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

Shift Schedule is:

You will work 6:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for two weeks then 6:00 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. for two weeks. Also, you will work every other weekend.

You must be okay with being clean-shaven.

You must be okay with working outdoors.

Position Purpose:

Performs duties required to prepare hazardous waste materials for incineration in a safe and efficient manner; breaks down and extracts material from various containers and repackages per process plan for feeding into the incinerator.

Primary Duties /Responsibilities:

• Assemble boxes and stage all necessary materials for processing and repackaging waste into charge boxes for incinerator.


• Suit up with proper personal protection equipment and other necessary equipment for environmental protection.


• Break down and extract waste materials (including hard solids that may require jackhammer) from various vendor containers and dumps into mixing pan.


• Process materials into various combinations of solids, mixes and/or slurries and repackages into charge boxes per process/plan; weighs all charges to meet, process, plan specifications.


• Record all material processed to maintain in-process inventory data using electronic scanning devices.


• Shrink-wrap charges; move to incinerator dock for burning.


• Consolidate material from drums into roll-off containers for incineration.


• Reclaim vendor drums for recycling and crush drums that are not re-usable.


• Dump waste hoppers and clean process area and maintain cleanliness around department.


• Change out air supply banks (provides clean air source for personal protective suits) as required.


• Maintain a complete inventory of personal protection equipment and other department supplies.


• Communicate with all leadmen and on-coming shift crews as required.


• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education / Experience / Background:

• High School diploma or GED required


• Add, subtract, multiply and divide decimals and fractions, simple use of formulas, charts, use adjustable measuring instruments where interpretation is required.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities:

• Ability to communicate through reading and writing


• Trained in the use of material handling equipment

Additional Information

Hourly Pay:

$24.40

Benefits:

Our employees are covered by comprehensive benefits packages including paid time off policies; health, dental, vision, and life insurance; retirement plans, savings accounts; tuition reimbursement; paid volunteering and more.

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.