Material Handler I

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.