Description

Calgon Carbon | A Kuraray Company is growing—and so can your career. Be part of a global leader in environmental solutions, where your work directly impacts the quality of air and water around the world.

Position: Environmental Technician I
Location: Headquarters Moon Township, PA

Excellent Benefits: Medical, dental, prescription & vision, HSA & retirement savings (401k)  Generous Company Match!
Perks: Incentives/bonus plans, competitive pay, paid time off (vacation starting at 3 weeks), tuition reimbursement, wellness programs, fun events, learning & development opportunities.  

Hours of work: Full-time position with hours Monday-Friday 9:00-5:00 PM

The Environmental Technician I is responsible for the analysis of spent carbon samples for verification of waste acceptance criteria and to ensure permit compliance with Calgon Carbon's environmental permits. Responsible for recording all test results and issuing final report for formal review. The Technician ensures sample hold times and preservation requirements are met and chain-of-custody procedures are followed and must Institutionalize Health and Safety as number one goal to promote accident-free workplace by following established lab safety policies and procedures. The Technician will participate in all required safety training programs, provide necessary safety training and conduct all work in a safe manner at all times 
 
Duties and Responsibilities (not limited to)

• Perform routine laboratory analyses on spent activated carbon samples for physical and chemical parameters in support of reactivation- acceptance approval and environmental permit compliance
• Be familiar with basic wet chemistry and instrumental analysis
• Determine proper sample analytical needs, review and understand analytical sample test results, be familiar with chemistry concepts, theories and practices in order to record, report and advise in regard to spent carbon waste management requirements for a RCRA permitted treatment, storage and disposal facility (TSDF) to both internal and external customers
• Design, control and conduct all laboratory studies required to complete reactivation approvals and recertifications on time and in a safe manner
• Coordinate appropriate outside testing with contract laboratories
• Ensures samples submitted to outside laboratory are thoroughly mixed and made homogeneous
• Make certain samples are properly preserved and documented as needed for permit compliance
• Use Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) software to input data and generate official analytical test reports
• Responsible for lab data validation, preparation of high-quality analytical reports, performs quality assurance reviews and approvals
• Must be objective in reporting laboratory findings in order to ensure an overall presentation of facts that will foster sound discussion and decisions regarding reactivation approvals
• Maintain laboratory Quality Assurance program in accordance with all operating permits
• Complete all required safety trainings and work in a safe manner
• Calibrate, adjust, and make minor repairs to laboratory equipment and instruments. Prepare reagents and media for use in Laboratory
• Perform other duties as assigned
   

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree (B.A. or B.S.), or equivalent from four-year college or university is required (Environmental Science or Chemistry is preferred)
• 0-2 years of environmental laboratory experience is required

About Calgon Carbon

At Calgon Carbon, we are scientific innovators with a proud legacy of over 80 years and more than 205 patents to our name. Since pioneering the first activated carbon products from bituminous coal in the 1940s, we've been at the forefront of developing cutting-edge technologies and solutions to meet the world's evolving air and water purification needs.

Today, our portfolio includes more than 700 direct market applications across a wide range of industries. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Calgon Carbon employs approximately 1,685 professionals and operates 20 facilities worldwide dedicated to manufacturing, reactivation, innovation, and equipment fabrication. In Europe, we operate under the name Chemviron.

In March 2018, Calgon Carbon became part of the Kuraray Group. Together, we offer complementary products and services, united by a shared commitment to delivering the highest quality and most innovative activated carbon solutions to customers around the globe.

Calgon Carbon is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disabled/veteran

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