Chemical Operator/ Treatment Technician

FUNCTION:
Non-exempt. This position is responsible for performing waste processing and treatment activities for the nuclear waste segment at Perma-Fix of Florida treatment, storage, and disposal facility (TSDF).
DUTIES:

• Regulatory compliance
• Waste processing and/or treatment in accordance with established procedures
• Initiation and maintenance of daily process logs
• Verification of materials stored and processed for QA/QC
• Container handling (palletizing, ringing, stacking, and labeling)

Daily processing activities may include working with the following:

• Hazardous/non-hazardous organize and aqueous radioactive matrices
• Hazardous and non-hazardous radioactive solids/sludge
• Decommissioning of hazardous and non-hazardous radioactive lab packs
• Mercury and other elemental heavy metals, asbestos, potential blood-borne pathogens, etc.
• Various chemical reagents (organic, aqueous, oxidizers, acids, bases, etc.)
• Industrial processing type equipment
• Recommend management action to improve standard operating procedures
• Initiation of nonconformance, incident and near miss reporting
• Identify and requisition processing supplies and reagents
• Interacts with facility personnel to achieve departmental objectives
• Department level quality assurance
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• High school graduate or equivalent (college, vocational or job training in a technical field preferred)
• 40-hour OSHA Hazwoper Certification with current 8-hr refresher
• 16-hour radiation safety training with current 4-hour refresher
• Attention to detail and organizational skills
• Personality conducive to teamwork
• Ability to follow written and oral directives
• Facility equipment operations level training
• Facility waste operations training
• Facility quality assurance program operations level training
• Annual respirator fit test qualified and ability to function in all levels of personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Written and verbal communication skills
• Displays of professionalism
• Ability to multitask
• Capacity to apply analytical evaluation to assigned work
• Sit down, counter-balanced lift truck operator's license

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Heavy lifting, exposure to excessive noise during floor operations, ambient weather conditions/seasonal extremes of temperature, use of a particular mask, air-purifying respirator; Tyvek or other protective equipment required, working with radioactive and hazardous waste to include chemical reagents, use of industrial processing equipment and tools.

Perma-Fix Environmental Services' most important asset is our people. That's why we offer you an exceptional benefits program designed to meet your needs and the needs of your family.
Benefits Available include:

• Medical coverage
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability benefits
• Basic Life Insurance and Accidental Death benefits
• Voluntary Life Insurance benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401k
• HSA (with the High Deductible Health Plan only)
• FSA

The company contributes significantly to the cost of your medical, dental, short-term and long-term disability benefits and pays the full cost of your Basic Life and AD&D benefit.