Technician, Waste Management

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.

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.

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:

• Transportation: Free parking. Near the Montmorency Subway. Electric vehicle charging station.
• 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).
• 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.