Onsite Chemist

About Arcwood

Every advancement-from the products we use to the medicines and technologies we depend on-creates waste that must be handled responsibly. For more than 50 years, Arcwood Environmental has helped organizations across the United States manage the byproducts of progress safely and thoughtfully. With deep expertise and innovative waste management technology across a growing nationwide footprint, Arcwood protects people, communities, and the environment through work that often happens behind the scenes.

Our Values

We move forward together, one team with a shared purpose, counting on each other every day. Our core values demonstrate how we work together to deliver value for our customers, putting them at the center of all we do:

Lead with Safety: We uphold the highest safety and compliance standards to protect our teams, our customers and the communities that count on us.
• Solve Problems Creatively: We push for better - advancing technologies, processes, and ideas that protect human health and the environment.
• Own It Together: We are individually and collectively accountable for our work and our impact, knowing that progress is only achieved by working together - with our customers, and with each other.
• Deliver for Customers: We put customers at the center of all we do. When we live our values - lead with safety, solving problems creatively, and owning our work together - the result is clear: we deliver exceptional value for our customers.

We've reached a unique point as a company: big enough to deliver broad capability and consistent performance, while striving to be nimbler and more responsive to our customers' evolving needs. Come join Arcwood and be part of our legacy of environmental leadership!

Onsite Chemist As an Onsite Chemist you will be responsible for sorting and preparing hazardous and nonhazardous materials for shipment from the customer's site. This role will ensure material compatibility and adhere to all safety processes for each job and lab packing service provided to the customer.

• Prioritizes health and safety by adhering to policies, processes, and maintaining safe practices at all times
• Segregates and characterizes chemicals by hazard class and packs compatible materials into appropriate containers to prepare them for transport; completes required documentation per job, conducting facility inspections as needed
• Collects hazardous and nonhazardous materials from various onsite locations and transports via pushcart or Company van to waste collection areas
• Follows proper placarding and load segregation requirements when loading hazardous materials
• Effectively communicates important information to customer and maintains a productive and positive relationship with key customer contacts
• Maintains a logbook of waste stored within the waste storage area at customer site
• Maintains good housekeeping in storage areas and advises relevant parties when additional supplies are needed
• Provides direction to Field Technicians/Drivers while onsite assisting with waste collection
• Takes on additional duties as assigned to support the team and organization

• 2+ years of experience in lab packing or an environmental waste role (preferred)