Veolia
General Laborer - Environmental
Birmingham, Alabama•Full-time
About the Job
Clean Earth Environmental Technician I
- 500 Medco Rd, Birmingham, AL 35217, USA
- Intern
Company Description:
Clean Earth is a leading provider of environmental services in the United States, providing remediation, disposal, recycling, and beneficial reuse solutions for hazardous and non-hazardous waste, contaminated soil, and dredged material. Our vast portfolio of technologies and services touches nearly every industry that generates waste, including energy, infrastructure, commercial, industrial, retail, and healthcare markets.
Every day, our teams across the country take a hands-on, dedicated approach to recycling and beneficially reusing waste that would otherwise go into landfills. We value our employees as our most important asset, and this is reflected in many areas across our company, including recently being named a 2024 Most Loved Workplace ®. We are committed to creating a positive work culture that fosters growth and development while ensuring the health and safety of our employees.
Job Description:
Environmental Technicians are the backbone of our company. You’ll be joining a team of dedicated professionals with the opportunity to learn about environmental regulations and how we remove hazardous materials from the waste stream. Once trained in this role, you will consolidate, treat, store, transport, and/or dispose of hazardous waste in accordance with environmentally responsible and compliant practices, policies, and procedures. This is a physically active job where you’ll be lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds throughout the day, operating a forklift and other mobile equipment to move containers to and from storage and treatment areas, and to load and unload trailers. You will complete required documentation accurately, timely, and legibly in accordance with applicable regulations and customer policies, practices, and procedures.
Basic requirements:
- Ability to repeatedly lift and carry 50 pounds throughout the workday.
- Ability to stand and walk over uneven surfaces for extended periods.
- Visual acuity to read labels and documentation; depth perception to safely drive forklifts.
- Ability to hear vehicle warning chimes and alarms.
- Ability to work outdoors in all climate conditions and indoors in non-climate-controlled conditions.
- Willingness and ability to wear company-issued personal protection equipment, including safety glasses, hard had, steel toed shoes, gloves, Tyvek coveralls, and respirator.
Preferred Qualifications:
- High school diploma or GED.
- Experience in a warehouse or manufacturing environment.
- Basic computer skills to complete web-based training.
- Ability to understand and respond to written and verbal English.
- Ability to predictably and regularly attend work during scheduled hours. Must be willing and able to occasionally work nights, weekends, and variable schedule(s) as necessary.
- Ability to deal politely and professionally with customers and coworkers.
Additional Information:
Clean Earth offers competitive benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, life insurance, and disability plans.
We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or genetics. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
About Veolia
Veolia has acquired Clean Earth. As Clean Earth completes its integration into Veolia, recruiting and hiring for this role is being managed in partnership with the Clean Earth talent acquisition team.<br><br>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.<br>