Hazardous Waste Specialist
Standard Nuclear, Inc.Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States · Posted 1 month agoDescription
Standard Nuclear is fueling America’s nuclear renaissance at industrial scale. Our mission is to deliver the essential building blocks of nuclear power—enabling cost-effective, safe, and secure energy for the world.
The Hazardous Waste Specialist supports the safe, compliant management and shipment of radioactive, hazardous, mixed, universal, and non-hazardous waste across Standard Nuclear’s operations.
This hands-on role performs waste characterization, packaging, labeling, documentation, inspection, shipment coordination, and disposition activities in accordance with applicable environmental, transportation, radiological, and site requirements.
The position works closely with Operations, EH&S, Radiological Controls, laboratories, transporters, and disposal facilities to maintain accurate records, resolve waste acceptance issues, and support safe field execution.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Waste Characterization & Management
- Identify, characterize, package, label, store, and disposition radioactive, hazardous, mixed, universal, and non-hazardous waste.
- Evaluate processes, safety data sheets, analytical results, sampling data, and radiological survey information to support waste determinations and waste codes.
- Develop waste profiles, verify Waste Acceptance Criteria, and determine appropriate treatment, recycling, or disposal pathways.
- Conduct field walkdowns and inspections of accumulation areas, storage locations, containers, and shipment staging areas.
- Support waste minimization, recycling, spill response, and corrective action activities.
Packaging, Shipping & Transportation
- Prepare radioactive and hazardous materials for shipment, including container selection, packaging, labeling, and contamination controls.
- Prepare and review records to ensure proper documentation with regards to hazardous materials
- Coordinate shipments with approved vendors, treatment facilities, and disposal sites.
- Confirm shipment classifications, documentation, emergency response information, and facility acceptance requirements before release.
- Prepare or support radioactive material shipments, including applicable DOT Class 7 classification, packaging, marking, labeling, documentation, and coordination with Radiological Controls.
Regulatory Compliance & Documentation
- Support compliance with RCRA, DOT/PHMSA hazardous materials regulations, applicable radioactive material transportation requirements, and state and site procedures.
- Maintain complete, accurate, and inspection-ready waste, transportation, training, and disposal records.
- Support internal and external audits, assessments, regulatory inspections, and customer documentation requests.
- Identify waste-related issues or nonconforming conditions and support practical corrective actions.
- Follow environmental permits, radiation protection requirements, company safety policies, and approved work procedures.
Operational Coordination & Safety
- Partner with Operations, EH&S, Radiological Controls, Engineering, Quality, and laboratory teams to plan and execute waste handling activities.
- Coordinate with waste generators and external facilities to resolve profile, packaging, documentation, or acceptance issues.
- Use required PPE, monitoring equipment, and contamination control practices while working in industrial, laboratory, and controlled environments.
- Communicate shipment status, compliance risks, and field conditions clearly to internal and external stakeholders.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- High school diploma or equivalent required; associate or bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Chemistry, Health Physics, Engineering, Occupational Safety, or a related field preferred.
- 2–5 years of experience in hazardous or radioactive waste management, environmental compliance, regulated transportation, or treatment, storage, and disposal operations.
- Working knowledge of RCRA hazardous waste requirements, DOT hazardous materials regulations, hazardous waste manifesting, and radioactive material shipping practices.
- Advanced Radioactive Maintenance Shipper Certification is required.
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