Technician, Processing Facilities

Overview

Process waste, operate equipment, ensure safety & compliance at facilities

Key Responsibilities

• waste shipments
• sample collection
• machinery operation
• vehicle loading
• risk assessment
• customer service

Tasks

-General shop clean-up and maintenance. -Prepare shipments of hazardous and non-hazardous waste for transport. -Take samples from waste vehicles and containers for lab analysis. -Ensure incoming waste conforms with acceptance protocol. -Receive all client waste – both bulk liquids/solids and containerized. -Complete job hazard risk assessments -Ensure waste is processed in a timely and safe manner. -Complete paperwork properly & ensure it is submitted. -Operate plant machinery including pumps and pressure washers; and assist with general maintenance. -Attend Household Hazardous Waste collection events on weekends. -Gain a full understanding and working knowledge of the company’s standard operating procedures (SOPs) and ensure they are followed. -Load and unload waste vehicles including vacuum trucks, tankers, straight trucks, and van trailers. -Ensure superior customer service is provided.

Requirements

• driver license
• clean shaven
• confined spaces
• physically fit
• 8‑week training
• working heights

What You Bring

-Valid Driver License -Must be clean shaven. (for respirator usage) -Be trained for and enter Confined Spaces, such as bulk tanks, tankers, and vacuum trucks for cleaning. -Physically fit (repetitive lifting of hoses and shoveling of soil) -8 Weeks of Training on the overnight shift. -Must be good with working at heights (climbing up to catwalks above tanks to dip them, climbing on top of tankers and trucks to sample them)

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About Gfl Environmental Inc.

-Quickly transformed into a North American environmental powerhouse. -Headquartered in Vaughan, Ontario. -Manages solid waste hauling, landfills, transfer stations, material recovery, liquid waste collection, vacuum truck service, soil remediation, and bulky-item pickups. -Crafts integrated solutions, often replacing multiple vendors, with a signature bright green fleet. -Notable projects include large municipal waste-collection contracts in Toronto, Halifax, and Windsor, plus excavation work at Toronto’s Pan Am Aquatics Centre. -Expanded via strategic US acquisitions, such as Rizzo Environmental and Waste Industries, boosting its footprint and service scope. -Operates material-recovery facilities and regularly files SEC and TSX reports. -The Full Circle Project allows communities to vote on local charitable giving, blending service delivery with civic engagement.

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