**Overview** UMIAQ Environmental is seeking a knowledgeable and detail-oriented RCRA Waste Compliance Specialist/Inspector to join our team. This role will ensure facilities comply with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulations related to nonhazardous and hazardous waste management. Primary duties include conducting inspections, audits, and evaluations to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local hazardous waste regulations. Additionally, the role involves providing guidance and technical support to regulated entities to promote best practices in hazardous waste handling, storage, and disposal. **Responsibilities** Essential functions will include: + Comprehensive RCRA environmental consulting includes planning, data assessment, reporting, overseeing field personnel, travel, fieldwork, and/or sample collection. + Review, evaluate, and interpret environmental data and prepare summary reports. + Interact and communicate with clients, vendors, and staff at all levels in a professional manner. + Enters confined spaces to clean the interior of tanks, trenches, drains, oil/water separators, boilers, etc., to remove liquids, solids, and residue utilizing different methods such as scraping, scrubbing, sweeping, mopping, squeegees, and shoveling. + Performs physical labor associated with cleanup and remediation activities such as sample collection, drum pumping, drum handling, waste bulking, and hand and mechanical demolition. + Responds to customer spills and emergencies during and after normal business hours. + Performs inspections on containers, and collection areas, and ensure all is in compliance, labeled and sealed properly. + Operates light and heavy equipment, including, but not limited to, pumps, pressure washers, generators, electric pallet jacks, forklifts, bobcats, etc. + Receive, review, prepare, and sign shipping documents. + Convert shipping documents. + Audit/ perform checks on employees and procedures. + Writing work instructions and SOPs + Track manifest submittal to generators/EPA. + Conduct waste characterization sampling, including hazard categorization of unknown substances in drums and other containers with field testing. + Perform other duties as assigned by your supervisor. **Qualifications** Minimum Qualifications: + Bachelor’s degree in Geology, Hydrology, Civil, Chemical or Environmental Engineering, Chemistry, Biology, or other Natural Science or equivalent experience/certifications. + At least 5 years of experience. + Contribute to various projects in environmental assessment and remediation, hazardous materials management, health and safety oversight, engineering, and natural resource planning and permitting, plus profile, manifest, and coordinate shipping of hazardous and regulated wastes. + Intermediate to advanced level skills in Microsoft Office software suite - Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access, ArcGIS, AutoCAD. + Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of employees and outside contacts. + Strong interpersonal skills and good judgment with the ability to work alone or as part of a team. + Knowledge of Alaska environmental regulations. + Knowledge of RCRA, CERCLA, OSHA and other federal regulations. + Experience sampling soil, groundwater, and other media at contaminated sites. + Experience in hazardous waste and hazardous materials management. + Experience with environmental remediation technologies. + Experience on federal projects (HTRW, TERC, AFCEE, etc.). + Excellent writing, organizational, and communication skills required to interact with clients and staff at all levels effectively. + Must be personable, flexible, and professional. + Must be able to work independently with minimal supervision. + Must have and maintain a valid driver license and insurable driving record. + Experience with planning, logistics, and fieldwork in remote locations. + Completion and maintenance of 40-hour HAZWOPER training required. Physical and Mental Demands: + Operation of motor vehicles, ATVs/UTVs, and heavy equipment (aircraft, marine craft, etc.). + Rapid mental and/or muscle coordination. + Frequent walking, standing, twisting, and turning of the upper body, arms, and legs. + Crawling, kneeling, stooping, and climbing. + Visual and auditory requirements: safe distant vision, good near vision, and good hearing. + Regular use of respirators (½ face and full face) and mandatory use of ANSI-approved safety footwear, safety glasses, and hard hats. + Lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling: + Continuously (over 75% of daily hours): up to 20 lbs. + Occasionally to Frequently (15%–50% of daily hours): 21–75 lbs. lifting/carrying; 21–100+ lbs. pushing/pulling. Working Conditions: + Flexibility to work in challenging and dynamic environments. + Outdoor conditions, including excessive heat (>80°F) and extreme cold (<0°F). + Potential exposure to dust, fumes, smoke, solvents, chemicals, and constant noise. + Slippery, uneven surfaces, stairs, ladders, scaffolding, towers, and elevated work areas (4’–12’ above ground). + Confined or cramped spaces and remote worksites without immediate medical facilities. + Long and/or irregular hours, including day and night shift rotations. + Working alone or around hazardous machinery. \#LI-WW1 Applicants may be subject to a pre-employment drug & alcohol screening and/or random drug screen, and must follow UIC’s Non-DOT Drug & Alcohol Testing Program requirements. If the position requires, an applicant must pass a pre-employment criminal background history check. All post-secondary education listed on the applicant’s resume/application may be subject to verification. Where driving may be required or where a rental car must be obtained for business travel purposes, applicants must have a valid driver license for this position and will be subject to verification. In addition, the applicant must pass an in-house, online, driving course to be authorized to drive for company purposes. UIC is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, age, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics EOE/D/V. In furtherance, pursuant to The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 43 U.S.C. Sec. 1601 et seq., and federal contractual requirements, UIC and its subsidiaries may legally grant certain preference in employment opportunities to UIC Shareholders and their Descendants, based on the provisions contained within The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities. All candidates must apply online at www.uicalaska.com, and submit a completed application for all positions they wish to be considered. Once the employment application has been completed and submitted, any changes to the application after submission may not be reviewed. Please contact a UIC HR Recruiter if you have made a significant change to your application. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), persons unable to complete an online application should contact UIC Human Resources for assistance (https://uicalaska.com/careers/recruitment/). The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c) UIC Government Services (UICGS / Bowhead) provides innovative business solutions to federal and commercial customers in the areas of engineering, maintenance services, information technology, program support, logistics/base support, and procurement. Collectively, the fast-growing Bowhead Family of Companies offers a breadth of services which are performed with a focus on quality results. Headquartered in Springfield, VA, we are a fast-growing, multi-million-dollar company recognized as a top Alaska Native Corporation providing services across the Department of Defense and many federal agencies. Bowhead offers competitive benefits including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, short/long-term disability, and 401(k) retirement plans as well as a paid time off programs for eligible full-time employees. Eligible part-time employees are able to participate in the 401(k) retirement plans and state or contract required paid time off programs. **Join our Talent Community!** Join our Talent Community (https://talentconnect.uicalaska.com/government-services/talentcommunity) to receive updates on new opportunities and future events. **ID** _2025-23755_ **Category** _Engineering_ **Location : Location** _US-AK-Anchorage_ **Travel Requirement** _25% - 50%_