GFL Environmental is looking for a Laboratory Technician to support our Commercial lines of business out of our Bowmanville site.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide technical assistance to Customers via site visits, sampling and assisting with the classification of waste materials
- Perform general laboratory and housekeeping duties including report analysis results and coordination with production personnel
- Assist with discrepancies of incoming and outgoing materials
- Operate vehicles and equipment in a secure and proper manner in accordance to GFL Environmental Inc. transportation standard operating procedures, and government regulations
- Perform lab packing and de-packing duties
- Complete all necessary paperwork to complete job including acquiring signatures as required
- Manage and maintain various data management systems
- Prepare and clean glassware required for sample analysis
- Perform routine sample preparation and analyses employing ICP, GC, Oxygen Bomb Calorimiter and other instrumentation
- Report analysis results and coordinate with production personnel
- Maintain accurate analysis, maintenance, and production records
- Assist other facility operators as needed,
provide technical assistance to customers via site visits, sampling and assisting with the classification of waste materials
- Perform general laboratory and facility housekeeping duties
- Complete Certificates of Disposal and Summaries of Analysis as required
- Review analytical reports and ensure that outgoing materials meet disposal site parameters
- Assemble and disassemble lab packs
- Bulking / blending of small quantity waste chemicals
- Prepare and clean glassware required for sample analysis
- Assist with the coding and shipments of Lab-Pack materials
- Provide assistance in Emergency Spill Response (ER)
Knowledge, Skills and Competencies:
- Environmental or Chemical Engineering Technician or Technologist of related Diploma
- Previous lab, sales and industry experience is an asset
- Competent computer skills (MS Windows and Office)
- Must be safety conscious and detail oriented
- Ability to follow procedures and work with minimal supervision
- Willing to work overtime, and continental shift work
- Knowledge of TDG, Reg. 347 and Ontario Health and Safety Act an asset