Senior Chemist

CK Group are recruiting for a Shift Senior Site Chemist, to join a hazardous waste management company, based at their site near Birmingham, on a full time, permanent basis for a salary of £30,000 per annum.

Please note that this is a shift role involving nights and working in the outdoors, not in a laboratory.

As a Senior Site Chemist, you will be responsible in bringing value to the business by accepting and inspecting all incoming assignments of Hazardous and Non-Hazardous Waste by fol lowing the relevant regulations and site procedures. This is a shift-based role working 40 hpw with the morning shift from 6am-3pm, the afternoon shift from 1pm-10pm and night shift from 10pm-6am.

Location:

The site is based near Walsall and is commutable from Birmingham.

As a Senior Site Chemist, the main purpose of your role will be:

• Ensuring all incoming consignments of wastes have appropriate paperwork.
• Responsible for the completion of waste safety checks to allow acceptance to site, storage safety and processing and/or onwards transfer.
• Responsible for the completion of regular sampling of received waste to then further supply to internal laboratory for analysis.
• Ensuring waste is routed such that costs are minimised whilst maintaining legality and compliance.
• Waste acceptance is recorded using the SAP system.
• Ensuring all waste is labelled correctly with all relevant information.
• Processing of waste as required to include bulking, sorting, segregating, listing and re-packing of wastes.
• Provide technical support to other members of staff on site.
• Complete relevant outgoing paperwork.

As a Senior Site Chemist, you will have the following qualifications, skills and experience:

• Degree Level or HNC Qualification in Chemistry or a similar related field.
• Previous experience of the Waste Industry is essential.
• SAP experience is essential.
• Competent Microsoft Office user, in particular Excel.
• Willingness to work in outdoor conditions in a hazardous chemical environment undertaking a manual/hands on approach.

Apply:

It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK. Please quote job reference in all correspondence.