Technical Manager

Technical Manager | Richland, WA

StaffSource is hiring a Technical Manager for a radioactive and mixed waste treatment facility in Richland, Washington. This is a direct hire, salaried exempt role reporting to the General Manager and sitting on the site’s senior leadership team.

What you’ll do

• Manage Waste Acceptance, Special Projects, Lab Activities (including treatment recipe development and analytical review), Customer Services, and Project Management, both on and offsite
• Make sure all waste shipped for disposal meets the receiving site’s Waste Acceptance Criteria
• Support inspection and sampling of incoming waste streams for profile verification
• Provide technical direction to operations and to outside customers, and support Sales with technical input and cost proposals
• Support permit and license renewals
• Write and maintain SOPs for your areas
• Help design and build a new laboratory, including instrumentation, infrastructure, and procedures
• Help hire, train, and keep laboratory staff
• Look for ways to improve facility throughput and develop new processes

What we’re looking for

• Bachelor’s degree, or an equivalent mix of education and experience
• 10 years of facility operations experience
• Working knowledge of RCRA, TSCA, NRC, and DOT regulations
• Familiarity with Waste Acceptance requirements at EnergySolutions, Waste Control Specialists, US Ecology, Hanford, and NTS
• Radiation Worker qualified
• 40 hour Hazardous Materials (HAZWOPER) training
• Strong writing and communication skills
• Comfortable in MS Office, data tracking, and importing and exporting data

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