Onsite Hazardous Waste Project Leader

Veolia; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 86,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

401(k) plan

Job summary

Veolia in North America seeks an Onsite Project Manager to supervise and coordinate all activities for receipt and shipment of hazardous waste at a customer location, ensuring compliance with Federal, State and local regulations and company policies.

You will lead daily environmental compliance tasks, monitor waste areas, supervise waste characterization and shipping, and provide data and reports to meet KPIs while maintaining safety and regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an Environmental/Science or Business-related field
• Minimum 2 years of relevant industry experience with hazardous waste
• Minimum 3 years of experience in a business or project management-based role
• Minimum 2 years of managing an operations team
• 40-hour Hazwoper and 8-hour refresher certification
• Knowledge of RCRA, DOT, OSHA and DEA Regulations as they relate to waste characterization and the transportation of hazardous waste
• Prior experience with DOT shipping, packaging, and labeling requirements for hazardous waste
• Prior experience reading and interpreting signs, labels, waste documents, manifests, procedures, and regulations
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint

Responsibilities

• Act as daily point of contact with customer and outside entities for environmental compliance activities
• Monitor waste accumulation areas, assisting as needed with identification, segregation, profiling, labeling and staging
• Assist with waste characterization of various waste streams
• Supervise, plan and schedule all work activities related to receipt and shipping of waste ensuring internal deadlines are met
• Work with on-site teams daily to monitor waste and recycling programs and maintain swaps and pickups as needed
• Prepare and provide customer data, metrics and/or reports as required
• Internally support and monitor customer requirements, to ensure KPI’s are met/exceeded
• Facilitate and conduct compliance inspections at the customer location and implement corrective actions based on results of compliance inspections
• Coordinate incoming waste and outbound loads including managing paperwork
• Conduct Safety Meetings to ensure that all employees comply with all job safe operating procedures including equipment maintenance
• Ensure a clean and orderly work area is maintained at all times, proper chemical storage, proper labeling and handling techniques, and proper use of personal protective equipment
• Provide production reports to management
• Supervise the direct shipping, receiving, packaging, and processing of hazardous waste materials in compliance with standard operational procedures and regulatory requirements
• Supervise sampling for waste stream identification and perform spot testing to assure safe and appropriate consolidation of waste streams
• Supervise segregation, transfer and compacting procedures according to company policies, job safe practices, and quality assurance guidelines, and correct any deficiencies
• Maintain compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements
• Report and respond to plant emergencies as needed in accordance with the Contingency Plan

Skills

Hazardous waste regs

DOT regs

OSHA regs

Hazwoper cert

Excel

PM skills

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Environmental/Science or Business-related field

Job description

Veolia in North America seeks an Onsite Project Manager to supervise and coordinate all activities for receipt and shipment of hazardous waste at a customer location, ensuring compliance with Federal, State and local regulations and company policies.

You will lead daily environmental compliance tasks, monitor waste areas, supervise waste characterization and shipping, and provide data and reports to meet KPIs while maintaining safety and regulatory standards.