Waste Technician - Kenai/Cook Inlet

Duration: Initial 1-year contract

Schedule: 5/40 schedule with overtime

Location: Kenai/Cook Inlet, Alaska, United States

An exciting opportunity is available for a Waste Technician - Kenai/Cook Inlet to join an environmental team supporting day-to-day hazardous and solid waste management across Kenai and Cook Inlet locations. The Waste Technician - Kenai/Cook Inlet will play a key role in waste handling, packaging, transportation, compliance inspections, and environmental stewardship within an operational field environment. This Waste Technician - Kenai/Cook Inlet position offers the chance to work closely with operations, drilling, and projects teams while contributing to regulatory compliance and effective environmental management systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage, transport, and package hazardous and solid waste across Kenai and Cook Inlet facilities

• Inspect Satellite Accumulation Areas and Universal Accumulation Areas

• Provide guidance to field personnel on waste management and environmental matters

• Coordinate with operations, drilling, and projects teams to support proper waste disposal and environmental review

• Support field environmental specialists with logging, processing, and packaging of waste

• Assist during internal and external audits and inspections

• Provide cover for field environmental specialists as needed

• Support compliance-related environmental activities in the field

• Assist with operational control development, task system updates, and procedure reviews

• Help maintain environmental records, files, programs, and regulatory signage

• Operate equipment such as forklifts, pneumatic machinery, and hand tools where required

• Carry out additional duties assigned by management

Required Education:

• High School diploma or equivalent

Required Experience:

• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with Resource Conservation and Recovery Act regulations and waste management issues

• Experience supporting hazardous and solid waste management in a field-based environment

• Experience working with compliance-related environmental processes and inspections

Required Skills:

• Strong understanding of hazardous waste handling, transportation, and packaging

• Ability to build effective working relationships across teams and departments

• Strong administrative and organizational skills

• Ability to support environmental documentation and records control

• Ability to work in varying temperature conditions while using personal protective equipment

• Ability to move a full 55-gallon drum using a drum dolly in and out of a truck

Required Certifications:

• Valid Driver’s License

Preferred Qualifications:

• Hazard Communication training

• Current 40 Hour Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) Certification

• Current Department of Transportation (DOT) Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT) Certification

• RCRA Regulations Training

This Waste Technician - Kenai/Cook Inlet role is ideal for candidates with hands-on environmental compliance experience who are looking to expand their impact in a technical field position. The Waste Technician - Kenai/Cook Inlet offers exposure to operational, drilling, and project teams while supporting high standards of environmental performance. Candidates seeking a practical and compliance-focused Waste Technician - Kenai/Cook Inlet opportunity in Alaska are encouraged to apply.

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