Chemist

Cleanaway; Narangba; Hybrid; AUD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary package

Paid parental leave

Employee discounts

Share plan

Job summary

Cleanaway is hiring multiple chemists for the Narangba branch to support sampling, analysis and safe waste processing. You will work with operators and leaders to ensure quality decisions and practical problem solving in a real-world setting.

This role blends laboratory work with field activities, often outdoors in industrial areas, with PPE and safety procedures critical to daily tasks. Opportunities to develop experience beyond a traditional lab.

Qualifications

• Strong safety awareness and commitment to following procedures.
• Ability to communicate technical information clearly and escalate uncertainty appropriately.
• Exposure to waste, environmental, water treatment, mining or related industrial process environments.

Responsibilities

• Collect representative samples from liquid and solid waste streams using approved methods and controls.
• Perform laboratory and field analysis that supports safe waste acceptance and treatment decisions.
• Identify unusual results, compatibility risks and sampling limitations, escalating concerns promptly.
• Communicate technical findings clearly to operators, supervisors and site leaders.
• The role combines laboratory and field activity and includes working outdoors in active industrial areas.

Skills

Safety awareness

Technical communication

Education

Degree in Chemistry or closely related discipline

Tools

Sampling methods

Job description

Join Australia’s leader in sustainable, total waste management solutions.

We transform waste into resources and renewable energy. When you start to think of waste as a resource, it opens a world of possibilities.

Join us and contribute to making a sustainable future possible, together!

The Opportunity

Cleanaway is hiring multiple Chemists to support our Narangba branch. Working alongside operators and technical leaders, you will help ensure waste is sampled, analysed and processed safely while building experience beyond a traditional laboratory environment.

Your accuracy and judgement will be important because waste streams can vary significantly, and the quality of sampling directly affects safe handling and treatment decisions.

• Collect representative samples from liquid and solid waste streams using approved methods and controls
• Perform laboratory and field analysis that supports safe waste acceptance and treatment decisions
• Identify unusual results, compatibility risks and sampling limitations, escalating concerns promptly
• Communicate technical findings clearly to operators, supervisors and site leaders
• The role combines laboratory and field activity and includes working outdoors in active industrial areas. Depending on the task, this may involve protective clothing, respiratory protection and other PPE.
• Support Risk assessment & Work instruction creation and improvement alongside QA/QC activities, equipment checks and accurate technical record keeping

About You

You are scientifically trained, safety conscious and motivated by practical problem solving. Whether you are a recent graduate with an IBL year or meaningful industry placement experience, or an early-career industrial Chemist, you will bring practical experience applying chemistry in a real-world operational environment.

• Degree in Chemistry, Applied Science or a closely relevant scientific discipline
• Understanding of hazardous materials, chemical compatibility or regulatory testing principles, gained through study, placement or industry experience
• Strong safety awareness and commitment to following procedures
• Ability to communicate technical information clearly and escalat[e] uncertainty appropriately
• Exposure to waste, environmental, water treatment, mining or related industrial process environments

Why Join Cleanaway?

We are Australia’s largest company in this sector, providing essential services to millions of customers and communities nationally.

Cleanaway is a national, high-growth, ASX-listed organisation with more than 10,000 employees. Our goal is to be recognised by our customers as the most innovative and sustainable waste management company, with industry leading HSE performance.

• Attractive salary package
• Paid parental leave
• Great company benefits: Annual employee share plan offer, novated leasing, optional flu vaccinations, EAP access, discounts on private health insurance, company discounts + much more!

Our Process

We are dedicated to improving employment outcomes and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We also welcome candidates of all ages, abilities, gender identities, experiences (including veterans), and cultural backgrounds.

Our recruitment process may involve checks including, but not limited to, criminal history, medicals, drug & alcohol testing, as well as verification of qualifications, licences and right-to-work status.

If you require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact us by emailing [e-mail].

Join us on our exciting journey towards a sustainable future.

Applications close: 21 Sep 2026 E. Australia Standard Time

Combine laboratory and field activity and including working outdoors in active industrial areas.

Combine laboratory and field activity and including working outdoors in active industrial areas.