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Incinerator Operator Lead

Stericycle
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 19 Feb 2026
💰 $60,000/yr

About the role

About Us:

 

Stericycle is now part of WM!!!  To learn more about WM's acquisition of Stericycle, CLICK HERE to read the press release!

 

 

Compensation: $30.00/hr. +10% Shift Differential.
Schedule: D Crew, 5 PM to 5 AM - Thu, Fri, Sat & every other Wed
Required: Valid Driver's License
Required: Dependable Transportation
DEA Facility - Drug Free Workplace - No THC.

 

Stericycle is a U.S. based business-to-business services company and leading provider of compliance-based solutions that protects people and brands, promotes health and well-being, and safeguards the environment. Since our founding over 30 years ago, we have grown from a small start-up in medical waste management into a leader across a range of increasingly complex and highly regulated arenas, serving healthcare organizations and commercial businesses of every size. Every day, we help our customers solve complex challenges by safely managing materials that could otherwise spread disease, contaminate the environment, or compromise one’s identity.

 

Join us on our mission to protect health and well-being in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way.

Position Purpose:

Oversees designated incinerator operations shift to ensure productivity goals are achieved while maintaining compliance with all applicable safety and health and environmental compliance regulations, and all Stericycle policies and procedures.

Key Job Activities:

• Oversees the Operators and Plant Workers for a designated shift.
• Assists in the training and development of operations shift personnel in the performance of their job duties.
• Assists in establishing, communicating, and driving shift performance goals.
• Provides shift and individual performance feedback to the appropriate manager or supervisor.
• Monitors operations and shift team metrics in order to recommend, where necessary, changes in processing methods, operational procedures, and personnel utilization to maintain production efficiency.
• Monitors and ensures that team members are adhering to all Safety, Health, and Environmental compliance regulations, and all Stericycle policies and procedures. 
• Communicates to the Operations Supervisor or Facility Manager, all issues, concerns, and shift team recommendations regarding safety, compliance, and productivity.
• Initiate actions to assure the timely resolution of identified hazards or unsafe conditions or practices.
• Perform additional operator/plan tasks including, but not limited to:
    • Ensures the incinerator waste feed rate and blending are performed properly to maintain correct incinerator temperatures and to maximize throughput.
• Monitors incinerator and steam systems (where applicable), ash removal system, ash quality, and Air Pollution Control system parameters to include but not limited to:
    • Temperature, pH, absorber flow rate, reagent feed rates, differential pressures, and other system parameters to insure safe, compliant, and efficient operations are maintained. 
• Reports any issues identified to the appropriate manager/supervisor.
• Completes all necessary logging and reporting documents neatly and accurately and files according to the procedure.
• Operates vehicles with valid driver’s licenses, including but not limited to, on-yard movement of trucks, tractors, trailers, and roll-offs.
• Operates hand trucks, pallet jacks, forklifts, or similar equipment as part of unloading and loading vehicles for processing or transfer.
• Stages waste containers for weighing and scanning in the SteriWorks system.
• Weighs and scan waste containers into the SteriWorks system for proper recordkeeping purposes.
• Empties waste containers into process bins/receptacles decants containers for transfer, and/or loads waste containers onto the conveyor system for incineration.
• Places reusable containers on the washing line for decontamination.
• Operates reusable container wash unit to properly decontaminate. reusable containers.  
• Remove clean containers, inspect for serviceability and compliance, and, stage for loading onto assigned vehicles for reuse.
• Decontaminates cargo area of vehicles and ensures vehicle cargo areas do not have free liquid on the floors.  
• Loads reusable containers and other service supplies on vehicles as assigned.
• Ensures work area is clean and free of debris; cleans up all spills immediately.
• Perform ot

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