Lab Technician

GFL Benefits:

• Our industry leading benefits package

• RRSP Matching: We support your future goals by matching your RRSP contributions

• An environment to encourage professional growth and development

• Be a part of the Full-Cycle Project initiative – a way to give back to the community

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

• Valid G License, DZ license an asset

• Knowledge of TDG, Reg. 347 and Ontario Health and Safety Act an asset

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We thank you for your interest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

GFL Environmental is an equal opportunity employer and encourages women, Aboriginal people, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities to apply. We seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences. GFL will provide accommodations to job applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require an accommodation, please notify us and we will work with you to meet your needs.