Site Chemist

Biffa; Welham Green; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated professional to join their team in waste management. In this dynamic role, you will assess hazardous wastes, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations while working collaboratively with site operatives. Your expertise in chemistry will be vital as you handle incoming waste, conduct necessary testing, and assist in maintaining efficient material flows. This innovative firm values diversity and offers a rewarding career path, making a positive impact on the environment and communities. If you're solution-driven and passionate about sustainability, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• HND in Chemistry or similar qualification required.
• Industrial experience in chemical or waste industry preferred.

Responsibilities

• Receive and assess chemical waste from various sources.
• Ensure compliance of paperwork and conduct immediate waste testing.
• Work with site operatives to process and store waste safely.

Skills

Chemistry Knowledge

Problem-Solving

Health and Safety Awareness

Team Collaboration

Education

HND in Chemistry

Degree in Chemistry

Job description

A quick look at the role

The role would involve assessing hazardous wastes at arrival on site, individually and as part of a team, awareness of site budget and expenditure by cost effective routing of wastes, ensuring site compliance requirements are met, and ensuring that strict health and safety measures are in place and being followed. You must be self-driven, confident and solution driven.

Your Core Responsibilities

1. Receiving chemical waste onto site from industrial and commercial sites
2. Ensuring paperwork for incoming waste is compliant and correctly completed
3. Immediate testing of incoming waste to ensure conformity with paperwork and pre-acceptance criteria
4. Further laboratory testing as needed with techniques including flash point testing, pH testing, visual checks, odour, viscosity
5. Working alongside site operatives to ensure that waste is processed, stored and transferred in a safe, compliant and timely manner
6. Assisting with the control of material flows through the site and ensuring container stocks are maintained to avoid delays and backlogs
7. Bulking/re-packing of waste to achieve maximum profitability

Our Essential Requirements

1. Minimum HND in Chemistry, or similar qualification with significant chemistry content
2. Industrial experience preferred in the chemical or waste industry
3. Applications from chemistry graduates welcome in consideration for junior roles

At Biffa, we love working with waste. Whether we're turning it into sustainable power, finding new ways to recycle it or simply keeping it off the streets, we believe every day is an opportunity to improve the lives of millions. It's a view that's shared by our 11,500+ people around the country, who trust us to provide them with a career that's always rewarding, often challenging, but never dull. And it's why we're the UK's No. 1 choice for business waste management.

Dedicated to diversity.

At Biffa we believe different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds are key to developing a creative working environment that delivers real results. It's why you'll find us championing diversity and equality at every turn.