Waste and Transportation Oversight Specialist

Argonne National Laboratory

Lemont, IL, United States
Full-time
Posted June 08, 2026

Job Description

Argonne National Laboratory seeks a **Waste and Transportation Oversight Specialist** to provide independent technical oversight, governance, and assurance for the Laboratory’s Waste Management Program (WMP) and associated on-site transfer and off-site waste characterization, handling, disposition and transportation activities.

Operating from the WSE Division, this role evaluates and drives safety, regulatory compliance, and performance across the lifecycle of hazardous, radioactive, mixed, RCRA, Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA ), and Transuranic (TRU) wastes—from generation to disposition including accumulation, storage, characterization, packaging, and transportation. The Specialist works in concert with the Nuclear Waste and Site Services (NWS) division, Operations - Quality Assurance, Radiological Operations, Facilities, applicable programmatic divisions and external stakeholders (e.g., DOE-ASO, IEPA/US EPA, NNSS, CBFO, commercial TSDFs) to strengthen technical rigor a...