Location: Oak Ridge TN
Job Title: Waste Management Laboratory Technician
Career Level: Senior Staff Member
Organization: Sample&WasteMgmtGrp&Bldg 9995 ()
Job Specialty: Laboratory Technology
What Youll Do
Under the direction of laboratory management and senior staff will perform the following:
- Ensures all waste is properly managed segregated packaged and stored according to site requirements DOE requirements and federal regulations.
- Ensures all waste is properly entered and tracked in the site SAP Waste database.
- Assists in the development and modifications of procedures as needed within the Analytical Chemistry Organization Waste Management Group.
- Provides waste support to various support groups including laboratory operations maintenance & facility modernization activities.
- Responsible for the sampling of various waste streams within ACO as needed.
- Performs waste inspections of waste storage areas according to site requirements and regulations.
- Interface with waste generators waste engineers and alternate waste certification officials to ensure all facets of waste packaging are addressed.
- Performs the physical packaging of waste of various waste streams according to site requirements and supporting organizations
- Assists in the coordination of waste movement onsite with other organizations.
- Performs various waste functions in various contamination areas.
- Responsible for entering sampling data into LIMS as needed for waste sampling activities.
What You Can Expect
- Meaningful work and unique opportunities to support missions vital to national and global security
- Topnotch dedicated colleagues
- Generous pay and benefits with a stable organization
- Career advancement and professional development programs
- Worklife balance fostered through flexible work options and wellness initiatives
Minimum Job Requirements
- Associates degree in related discipline: Minimum 7 years of relevant experience handling waste and/or working in chemistry relevant experience 10 years.
- ORhigh school diploma: Minimum 11years of relevant experience.
- In addition the applicant must meet the requirements of DOE O 426.2A (i.e.High School diploma; or a DOE O 426.2A alternative).
Preferred Job Requirements
- Experience with chemical and radiological waste management packaging transportation and disposal. Experience with waste generated at Department of Energy nuclear facilities and analytical chemistry laboratories.
- Knowledge of the Y12 SAP Waste database.
- Knowledge training and experience in forklift operations.
Why Y12
You get #morethanajob. We encourage employees to achieve a healthy personal balance among home work and the community. One of the ways we embrace worklife balance is by offering flexible work arrangements that provide alternatives to the traditional workweek while still meeting business needs. Top talent and personal commitment mean more to our success than any other factors so we reward our people with the kinds of benefits that make a positive difference in the quality of their lives. Benefits such as: medical plan prescription drug plan vision plan dental plan employer matched 401(k) savings plan disability coverage education reimbursement and many more. Want to stay healthy and fit but hate the cost of a gym membership Take advantage of one of our onsite workout facilities and eat healthy in our onsite cafeterias. Much more than a workplace at Y12 you can build a career that lasts a lifetime.
Notes
The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.
If a range of Career Levels is posted i.e. Senior Associate to Senior Specialist internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level.
Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status. The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.
This position may require entry into the Material Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (10 C.F.R. Part 712) which requires successful competition of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation and may include a counterintelligencescope polygraph examination.
This position may be categorized as a designated position identified by 10 C.F.R. Part 709 requiring successful completion of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation that may include a counterintelligencescope polygraph examination.
CNS is a drugfree workplace. Candidates accepting a job offer will be required to pass a preplacement physical drug screening and background investigation. As an employee you may be required to receive and maintain a security clearance from the United States Department of Energy in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information or matter. U.S. citizenship is a requirement for security clearance applicants. All employees are subject to being randomly selected for drug testing without advance notification.
CNS is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on merit and without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation national origin protected veteran status or disability.
Required Experience:
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