Technician, Waste Management
Laval, Quebec, CA, H7V 4B3
For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.
Job Summary
As a Waste Management Technician for our Maintenance team located at the Laval site, you will ensure any hazardous material is discarded according to all relevant rules and policies. Train and coach employees to protect them from dangers related to hazardous materials commonly used at work.
In this role, primary responsibilities include:
- Ensure compliance as well as appropriate safety conditions of the hazardous waste storage room.
- Inspect regularly the hazardous waste storage room to ensure the different types of dangerous products are properly separated (acid, basic, flammable, oxidizer, reducer, organic waste, radioactive, reactive, etc.).
- Recover all hazardous waste containers from all internal departments.
- Ensure the identification of the different waste containers is compliant.
- Coordinate the recovery of hazardous waste and organic material with the different suppliers.
- Clean up any spill that occurred during the operations.
- Collect the different water samples for analysis
Job Qualifications
We are looking for the following minimum qualifications for this role:
- High school diploma with a degree in science (chemistry/biology).
- Good knowledge of WHMIS 2015.
- Team player with a collaborative and positive approach.
- Must be fluent in French and English.
- Excellent organizational, interpersonal and communication skills
Role Specific Information:
- Location: 445 Boul. Armand-Frappier, Laval, QC, H7V 4B3;
- Transportation: Free parking. Near the Montmorency Subway. Electric vehicle charging station.
- Salary: $24/hrs.
- Schedule: Monday 6:00 - 14:15 and Tuesday to Friday 7:00-15:15
- Permanent position as of the hiring, full-time 37.5hrs per week.
- Regular lifting of waste containers of up to 25 kg
Why Charles River?
- Competitive benefits as of the hiring. We pay up to 85% of premiums (health & dental coverage).
- Paid development training.
- Employee and family assistance program.
- Excellent welcome program for new employees as well as in-house advancement and career; development opportunities.
- Access to a doctor and various health professionals (telemedicine).
- 3 weeks’ Vacation & 5 Personal day policy.
- Many social activities!
If you are interested in contributing to the well-being of our communities, not only across the country but around the world, please join us. This is Your Moment.
About Discovery
Discovery from Charles River is industry-proven in the successful development of novel therapies, with over 350 patents and 80 preclinical drug candidates delivered to our sponsors in the past 17 years. Backed by more than 650 scientists, our comprehensive, integrated portfolio employs the latest technology and platforms to provide chemistry, biology, and pharmacology services that support clients from the earliest stages of hit identification all the way through to IND. Our client-focused, collaborative approach creates true partnerships that anticipate challenges, overcome obstacles, and move us forward together on the journey of getting new drugs to market.
About Charles River
Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.
With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.
At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly supported the development of 86% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2021.
At Charles River Laboratories, we recognize and recruit all talent. We are a company committed to the principle of diversity and inclusion and work daily in this direction.
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