Waste Chemist – Field & Lab Analysis

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

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.