Junior EH&S Sustainability / Waste Technician

Kelly is hiring a Junior EH&S Sustainability Technician for a 12 -month Contract role with one of our prestigious clients based out in Collegeville, PA 19426.

Job Title: Junior EH&S Sustainability Technician/ Waste Management Technician

Location: Collegeville, PA 19426 – Onsite role Mon to Fri.

Employment Type: 12-month contract through Kelly

Pay range: $25 - $34/hr.

**Job Description: **

Primary Responsibilities

The Compliance Associate is responsible for ensuring safe and compliant handling of laboratory chemicals and waste.

Key duties include:

• Daily collection, packaging, and labeling of laboratory chemical wastes for transport and disposal.

• Managing and inspecting building waste storage areas.

• Dispensing and delivering laboratory chemicals to designated locations.

• Documenting inspections and maintaining R&D EH&S files.

• Working independently or within a team to deliver timely, accurate results while meeting all regulatory and Dow requirements.

Core Responsibilities

Waste Disposal & Chemical Delivery

• Collects chemical waste from laboratories and process areas for transport to Central Accumulation Areas (CAA).

• Properly labels and prepares waste containers for shipment.

• Determines appropriate disposal methods using available resources.

• Ensures compliance with federal, state, local, and Dow regulations for all waste containers.

• Maintains CAA, including housekeeping, container storage, waste inventory, packaging supplies, and signage.

• Completes and documents inspections of CAA and other storage areas per Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) requirements.

• Coordinates with R&D personnel for clean-outs and special waste disposal projects.

• Dispenses chemicals from drums into smaller containers while wearing full PPE, including a full-face respirator.

• Delivers dispensed chemicals to laboratories and common storage areas.

Compliance Tasks

• Performs periodic checks of safety equipment and maintains required documentation.

• Initiates and tracks issue resolution (e.g., work order submission and completion).

• Reports task completion status to Dow Supervisor via MTL or other tracking systems.

• Completes all required inspections in a timely manner.

Other Special Tasks

• Supports the R&D EH&S Delivery team as needed, including:

o Procedure development.

o Participation in Management of Change (MOC) reviews.

o Database management.

• Some tasks may require the use of a respirator.

Qualifications

• Must be clean-shaven (for respirator use).

• Forklift certification preferred but not required.

Required Qualifications:

Ability to wear and be fit?tested for a full?face respirator

Must be clean?shaven to ensure respirator seal

Ability to wear required PPE: chemical suit, full?face respirator, work boots

Steel?toe boots required

Preferred Qualifications:

Basic chemical knowledge

Ability to read SDS (Safety Data Sheets)

Role can be entry?level, but familiarity with chemicals is a plus

Work Environment:

Busy, hands?on, routine material handling tasks

Candidate must be comfortable with repetitive and physical work

Limited oversight—independent workers preferred

If you believe you are a good fit for this opportunity, please submit your application through the job posting link. We also encourage you to share references if you have them.

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