Lab Technician

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 safe 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

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