Waste Management Technician

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is hiring a Waste Management Technician within the Environment, Health, and Safety division.This position reports directly to a manager in the Environment, Waste and Radiation Protection (EWRP) Department in the Waste Operations Team. Responsible for both routine and non-routine processing of hazardous, radioactive and mixed waste at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Hazardous Waste Handling Facility (HWHF). Applying basic EH&S principles, works with general instructions on routine work, detailed instructions on new assignments. Task completions are generally reviewed by supervisor or work lead. Makes limited decisions and solves basic EH&S problems with supervisor’s input. Contact outside of the immediate work unit is limited to routine EH&S matters. We’re here for the same mission, to bring science solutions to the world. Join our team and YOU will play a supporting role in our goal to address global challenges! Have a high level of impact and work for an organization associated with 17 Nobel Prizes! You Will - Perform a wide range of routine and non-routine processes based on WMG procedures including; waste receipt/collection, transportation, storage, labeling, treatment, consolidating, inspecting, compacting, sampling, and packaging to facilitate offsite shipment of hazardous and mixed wastes. - Utilize waste requisition and other tracking systems; obtains representative samples of wastes; packages and lab-packs wastes. - Assist in completing hazardous waste profiles, manifests, and shipping documents, and maintains waste processing records. - Conduct daily/weekly/monthly, etc. inspections of the facility, including vehicles, associated waste handling and safety equipment, and waste containers. - Assist in waste minimization efforts by doing the following: optimizing consolidation of bulk wastes and lab packs, segregating non-hazardous and non-radioactive wastes, identifying recyclable ma