Warehouse Chemical Technician / Receiving Chemist I Internship

Job Description

About company

Clean Harbors is the direct employer for this internship and is described as a world-class environmental service organization and a market leader in industrial hazardous waste management, parts-cleaning technology, and oil re-refining. The company generates over $1.2 billion in annual revenue. Annually, Clean Harbors collects over 200 million gallons of used motor oil and boasts the largest re-refinery capacity in North America, allowing them to re-refine more than 150 million gallons each year.

The company’s core mission is to help its customers resolve waste management needs and reduce their carbon footprint, encapsulated by their motto: “PROTECTION. CHOICES. PEOPLE. MAKE GREEN WORK.™”

Clean Harbors prioritizes Health and Safety as its number one concern. They offer competitive wages, comprehensive health benefits (after 30 days of full-time employment), generous paid time off, company-paid training, and tuition reimbursement. The work environment is described as positive and safe, with numerous opportunities for growth and development at all career stages.

Clean Harbors is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment and all its services. They are also a Military & Veteran friendly company and are committed to complying with pay transparency laws to ensure fair and equitable compensation.

Job description

This posting is for a Warehouse Chemical Technician / Receiving Chemist I Internship at Clean Harbors’ Cincinnati, OH facility. Lensa is promoting this job on behalf of Clean Harbors; Lensa is a career site and does not hire directly for these positions.

Role Summary: The intern will primarily work in the facility warehouse, focusing on tasks related to receiving and sampling waste drums.

Details of the Internship:
• Shift: 1st or 2nd shift available.
• Pay: $18 per hour.
• Duration: May – September.
• Location: Cincinnati, OH facility.

Key Responsibilities:
• Strictly adhering to all Health and Safety practices, policies, and processes, ensuring a safe working environment at all times.
• Receiving all containers, accurately verifying counts and sizes of received loads, and correctly coding all waste for disposal processing.
• Sampling all incoming drums and conducting basic analysis of these samples following prescribed procedures.
• Sorting through batteries and consolidating all alkaline batteries for proper disposal.
• Confirming that all drums are accurately coded for routing and billing according to established protocols.
• Ensuring each drum is assigned the proper disposal process and/or outbound profile.
• Moving drums from the staging area to the correct facility storage areas.
• Completing all associated paperwork and ensuring that all work meets applicable Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) guidelines.
• Maintaining a safe working environment that complies with all applicable OSHA regulations and all company Health & Safety and Compliance protocols.

What it takes to work at Clean Harbors (Requirements):
• Education: High School diploma or equivalent is required.
• Age: Must be 18 years or older.
• Experience: 1+ Years of related experience.
• Skills: Ability to use a computer.
• Physical Demands: Ability to lift 50 or more pounds.
• Preferred (but Not Required): Forklift experience.