Job Description:

Job description

 

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Position Overview:

The Laboratory Manager is responsible for overseeing all laboratory activities, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, and managing all lab processes at this Centralized Waste Treatment Plant (CWT)

The Laboratory Manager is the gate keeper for the plant activities. He/she directs the intake of waste streams by performing fingerprint analysis and other instrumentation to determine approval of waste disposal in accordance with the waste treatment facility permit and all regulations in a timely manner.

Compensation: $70k to 80k/yr

Schedule: Monday through Friday 

Location: 5159 W Van Buren St, Phoenix

Essential Functions:

• Operate the laboratory safely and in compliance with local, state and federal regulations at all times.


• Monitors My Momentum and completes assigned tasks by due dates provided.


• Perform wet bench chemistry to assess waste prior to treatment by facility


• Operates Flash Point Tester, Hach DR2004 Spectrophotometer and Chemical Oxygen Demand Test on oncoming waste streams, ICP Metal Testing (Instrumentation subject to change as needed)


• Ensure compliance with Waste Acceptance Plan and Lab Standard Operating Procedures.


• Assist other lab personnel in entering work order into waste tracking system prior to billing


• Communicate with customers and brokers as needed.


• Provide assistance with customer profiles (when necessary)


• Conducts regular dialog with regulators to ensure all requirements of compliance are being met or exceeded.


• Order all PPE and Supplies for the Laboratory


• Coordinates with other Liquid Environmental Solutions departments


• Monitors and reports laboratory conditions to the Plant Manager


• Completes all documents and reports as required


• Ensures all probes and measurement devices are properly calibrated in plant and lab


• Participate in a wide variety of special projects and compile a variety of special reports.


• Communicate with co-workers, management, clients, vendors and others in a courteous and professional manner.


• Analyzes and tests batch treated waste streams. Provides chemical treatment direction and directs plant operators before, during and after treatment process.


• Ensures that all shifts are staffed properly to ensure laboratory coverage. This includes the ability to work different shifts as needed.


• Approves and edits lab personnel’s time in UKG. Monitoring attendance issues and making notes as needed.


• Reports any attendance or behavioral issues to the Plant Manager.


• Accompanies sales or division manager to customer locations in order to provide direction on acceptance of waste streams.


• Communicates up charges directly with customers (when appropriate)


• Responsible for ensuring COD customers are charged appropriately prior to waste offload and disposal


• Keep daily log of incoming trucks, and landfill loads, and send report to Plant Manager.


• Other duties as assigned

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MINIMUM SPECIFICATIONS

Required Education, Employment Experience and Skills (Must Haves):

Education:

· Batchelor of Science degree in Biology/Chemistry

· Waste Stream or Wastewater training

Employment Experience and Skills:

· Three years management experience in a laboratory performing similar functions

· Experience managing employees

· Microsoft Office Suite of products including Word, Excel

· Experience with Access, PowerPoint and Outlook a plus.

· Professional appearance and demeanor.

Working Environment:

· Periods of working in hot or cold weather

· Ability to work with strong odors

· Some light lifting and bending

· Some climbing

· Periods of sitting

This job description in no way states of implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee incumbent in the position. Employees will be required to follow any other legal or ethical job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. A review of this position has excluded the marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of fundamental job duties.

This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise. Liquid Environmental Solutions has an “at will” relationship with employees.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $70,000.00 - $80,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)


• Dental insurance


• Health insurance


• Life insurance


• Paid time off


• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift


• 12 hour shift


• 8 hour shift


• Day shift


• Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

• Do you have any experience working with Wastewater treatment or processing? If so, please briefly note your experience:


• If requested, could you provide at least two references who could speak on behalf of yoru professional experience?

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• Laboratory management: 3 years (Required)

Work Location: In person

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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