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The Site Chemist role comes with a salary of ยฃ25,000 -27,000 and would suit an experienced on-site chemist or a recent graduate looking to get into a hands-on role.
If youโre a Site Chemist or a recent chemistry graduate and are looking to work for an organisation that puts people at the heart of everything it does, then submit your CV to apply today.
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Responsibilities and duties
Reporting to the Site Manager you will be responsible for:
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- Assist with the hands-on operation of the hazardous waste site ensuring materials coming onto and off site are consistently safe and compliant to site permits and environmental regulations.
- Testing, sorting, bulking of drum and packaged waste materials.
- Maintaining a database and manual records for the Transfer Station as required
- Out of hours sampling, lab testing and packing waste at 3rd party customer sites as required.
- Washing of empty contaminated containers and cutting up if necessary.
- Shrink-wrapping, labelling, and preparing of loads for onward disposal including generating the relevant paperwork.
- Safe and efficient loading and unloading of HGVโs on site as required including bulk tankers for loading and discharge.
- Unloading / loading of vehicles if required.
- Use of FLT/Dump Truck and other mobile plant as required
- Provide technical advice on chemicals to departmental members and other divisions as required.
- Liaising with customers and/or in-group and third-party disposal sites.
- Assisting with general administrative duties associated with the running of the Transfer Station.
- Other duties as required.
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Professional qualifications
We are looking for someone with the following:
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- HNC/HND/Degree in Chemistry related subject
- Full UK Driving license
- An interest in the environmental/ waste management industry
- Safety conscious with a view to improve safety culture/report any H&S issues
- Ability to deal with customers in a professional manner
- Due to the nature of the work, must be prepared to carry out lifting work both inside and outside in all weathers
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Salary and benefits of the
Site Chemist
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- Basic Salary of ยฃ25,000 - ยฃ27,000
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Bonus Scheme (performance based)
- Private Health Care and other benefits
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