Process Operator II (Incinerator Operator)

A subsidiary of Veolia group, Veolia North America (VNA) is the top-ranked environmental company in the United States for three consecutive years, and the country’s largest private water operator and technology provider as well as hazardous waste and pollution treatment leader. It offers a full spectrum of water, waste, and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. VNA helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education, and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Mass., Veolia North America has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across the continent. www.veolianorthamerica.com

Position Purpose:

Performs duties required to prepare operate an incinerator control console and feed hazardous waste solids, liquids, and cylinders to the incinerator in a safe manner at maximum throughput, while ensuring compliance with all EPA, State of Illinois and company regulations.

Primary Duties /Responsibilities: 

• Operates incinerator process to facilitate charging of solids and liquids, feeding solids by conveyor and clamshell and hooking up liquid feeder drums as required.
• Follows daily “burn plan” and reports any problems or discrepancies in plan.
• Keys through console screens and observes monitors to trouble-shoot actual or potential problems.
• Communicates with other members of the shift crew to maintain continuous operation of incinerator, making required adjustments to process various combinations of materials safely and efficiently.
• Hooks-up and unhooks direct liquid-injection tankers as required.
• Unload materials into bulk-pits and operates backhoe to mix, prepare and sample materials for kiln charge loading process; operates clam-shell loader to charge kiln as required.
• Changes out defective flow meters and/or thermocouples, as may be required to maintain incinerator operation.
• Ensure all paperwork (automated as well as required log and written reports) is complete and correct.
• Moves waste ash hoppers and dumps into roll-off containers, cleans area around incinerator.
• Changes out end-dumps with tractor and moves out roll-offs as required.
• Cleans out incinerator housing and changes atomizer; changes bags in bag-house filtration system as required.
• Operates jack-hammer to clean incinerator chamber walls and/or ash-pits at maintenance shutdowns.
• Maintains a safe, neat, clean, well organized work area; monitors for any spills or leaks or potential fire hazards and arranges for clean-up where required. 
• Follows all written, policies and procedures.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education / Experience / Background: 

• High School diploma or GED required
• 1-3 year of experience

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities: 

• Ability to communicate through reading and writing
• Computerized console, forklift, manlift, backhoe, clam shell loader, heavy truck

Required Certification / Licenses / Training: 

• 40-Hour HAZWOPER training preferred

Targeted Hourly Pay: $33.99

Benefits: Veolia’s comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental, vision, life insurance, savings accounts, tuition reimbursement, paid volunteering and more. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement. Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.