Material Handler I

Job Description

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.