Gemma Nixon

Astute is exclusively partnering with one of the leaders in industrial cleaning and shockwave solutions within the Power Generation sector to recruit a Trainee Field Technician/ Blasting Operative to join their growing team in Sheffield. The Trainee Field Technician role comes with a starting salary of £32,100 with an expected OTE of £40,000. This role will be based out of their site in Sheffield, however it will require extensive travel and staying away throughout the UK 5-6 days a week. If you’re have hands-on experience, are comfortable working and staying away regularly and are looking to work for an organisation that offers key development within a really interesting sector, then submit your CV to apply today.                   Responsibilities and duties Reporting to the Operations Supervisor you will be responsible for:  

• Joining a team of Blasting Operatives and Engineers working across the UK’s power generation sector to provide key industrial cleaning and shockwave solutions within a number of Power Stations and Energy from Waste centres throughout the UK.
• You will use key cleaning technologies to improve the efficiently of power stations and process facilities. This done through controlled detonative charges used in a power station boiler, to dislodge corrosive build-up on pipework.
• You will be responsible for the safe and efficient transport and usages of explosives, working in a close team to deliver a timely and responsive cleaning service across the UK. This post will require a sizable amount of travel that can include weekends.
• The reward for your flexibility, time and skill is generous a training period, competitive salary package and overtime offering.

    Professional Qualifications & Personal Attributes We are looking for someone with the following:  

• Experience of working in a “hands-on” position previously, ideally within a hazardous or industrial environment would be desirable although not necessary.
• A full clean UK driving licence is essential.
• Has an understanding of mechanical maintenance, ideally with some form of qualifications.
• A flexible approach to working and happy to stay away from home 5/6 days per week.
• A pro-active and can-do attitude.
• Happy to travel across the UK.

    Salary and benefits of the Trainee Field Technician role  

• Basic salary of up to £32,000, OTE £40,000
• Generous holiday package – 25 Days
• Paid Travel and Expenses.
• Structured development and progression opportunity.

 

Transport Manager

Hazardous Waste

Paisley  £35,000

 

Introduction

We are currently recruiting for a Transport Manager to join one of the industry leaders in Hazardous Waste Management Services across the UK. Supporting them at their site in Paisley, you will be responsible for ensuring safe, efficient and compliance transport operations are running at all times out of the site. 

What you will be doing

As the Transport Manager, reporting directly to the Operations Manager, your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Running the day to day transport activities across a fleet of vehicles
• Contribute to the delivery of targets, cash flow and budgets
• Manage the legal requirements and monitoring of tachographs and drivers
• Report on results, production, and driver feedback
• Ensure all transport activities always operate within company policy and legal requirements
• Staff training and development
• Regular monitoring and delivery of customer service targets
• Ensure the depot operates within company assurance procedures
• Undertake any reasonable task of duties required

 

What you will need

• Background within Waste Management/ Hazardous Waste Management
• Appropriate Health and Safety Qualification – IOSH, COSHH
• CPC Certificate
• Proven experience within a Transport Supervisory role
• ADR Awareness

 

What’s on Offer

• Basic Salary around £35,000 
• Full training and support
• Progression within a leading hazardous waste business

How to Apply

For more information please contact Gemma Nixon on 02392 222 964 or email your CV to gnixon

@astutetechnical.co.uk to apply

Operations Team Leader Waste Management Bargeddie Up to £34,000 – 4 on 4 off days     Introduction Our client is one of the UK's leading providers of Environmental solutions, offering a full range of Waste and Energy Recovery services through a vast and growing network of Plants and Facilities across the country. As such, they are looking for a strong and experienced Operations Team Leader to join their Operations team at their Waste site in Bargeddie.                         Roles & Responsibilities As the Operations Team Leader, you will be responsible for:  

• Supporting the process operators within the plant, effectively operating the SCADA systems effectively for all fixed plant across the site.
• Ensuring the site is running in line with production plans and KPI’s, prioritising task and escalating any issues as required.
• Coordinate a shift of process operators, managing work-load to cover the plant and utilising resources where required.
• Support the Operations Production Supervisor to manage daily checks, team performance and absence, leading attending meetings when needed.
• Promote excellent health and safety practice, ensuring the team are working to safety procedures and in line with company expectations.
• All other duties as required.

This position is running on a 4 on 4 off days rotation. Please only apply if this is suitable.       Skills & Qualifications We are looking for someone with the following:

• Have significant experience operating a SCADA system in a production environment.
• Previous experience leading/ supervising a team of operators within a process site.
• Have a strong working knowledge of site licence requirements, working plans and health and safety regulations. Ideally holding an IOSH certification.
• Have previous experience working within a heavy process engineering environment or materials handling. (Waste Management, Power Generation, Chemical Processing, Food & Beverage, FMCG)
• Due to the nature of the role, candidates are expected to have a Full UK Driving license

This position is running on a 4 on 4 off days rotation. Please only apply if this is suitable.       Salary & Package What’s on offer for this exciting role:

• Competitive basic salary of up to £34,000 inclusive of shift allowance
• 23.5 days holiday
• Opportunity to join a new and developing site in the polymers recycling sector.

    How to apply? To apply for this position or to find out more information, please send your CV to Gemma Nixon at [email protected]  or call directly on 02392 222 964.     INDREC  

Execution Engineer Requisition ID 49326 Posting Start Date 01-Aug-2022 Posting End Date 01-Sep-2022 JOB DETAIL

Our Vision is to be the UK’s leading innovator of resource recovery and recycling, transforming waste for a climate-positive future.

 

Are you someone who lives and breathes high performance, leads with ambition, and would like to be part of an organisation that looks after tomorrow?  Viridor has a redefined purpose, a bold new Vision, and an ambitious, market-leading strategy. We are investing in the future, and we need a talented team with exceptional people, who believe in each other, to help us achieve this.

 

Join us, as we rise to the challenge and build a world where nothing goes to waste.

 

Our plastics reprocessing facility in Avonmouth, Bristol will reprocess over 80,000 tonnes of plastic every year - more than 1.6 billion bottles, tubs, and trays – creating recycled raw material to return to the economy. Plastic recycling at the facility will save 126,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year, the equivalent of taking over 67,000 cars off the road

 

We have a new opportunity for an Execution Engineer to join our team at out new Polymers facility in Avonmouth, Bristol for 42.5 hours pr week, from Monday to Friday.

 

The salary for this role is circa £54,000 per year, plus participation in a yearly bonus scheme, where you could earn up to 10% of your base salary.

 

 

About the role

 

The Execution Engineer will be part of our multi-disciplinary maintenance team and will play an integral role in the delivery of the maintenance strategy at our Avonmouth Polymer Reprocessing Facility. The primary purpose of this role is the effective execution of breakdown and corrective maintenance work, as well as supporting the root cause analysis process to implement preventive actions to improve overall plant availability.

 

Working collaboratively with EC&I engineer, Mechanical Engineer and the Maintenance Planner, the Execution Engineer will lead the site multi-functional maintenance team to execute planned and reactive maintenance activities to ensure machine condition, availability and standards are maintained.

 

The Execution Engineer will provide technical support/governance to ensure improvement projects are executed to the correct standards and in line with site plan, as well as owning the statutory inspections.

 

In addition, this role will be responsible for ensuring a positive safety culture is upheld at all levels and financial targets are met within their department

 

What are we looking for?

 

• Understanding in a mechanical/electrical engineering role from areas such as FMCG/ manufacturing/ waste management.
• Full working understanding and ability to lead root cause analysis (RCA) and provide effective engineering solutions
• Ability to successfully manage and deliver on multiple tasks with competing priorities and strict time lines
• An experienced Mechanical/Electrical Engineer with relevant background and level of expertise, with a focus on plant maintenance
• Experience of developing technical solutions from concept selection, through design development, installation and commissioning.
• HNC/HND qualified in a Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or in a closely related subject

Installations Engineer

Birmingham, England, United KingdomEngineeringFull timeSI Engineer

OVERVIEWAPPLICATION Share this job  Description

The Service Engineer SE has an overall responsibility for:

 

• Hands on servicing installation and repair of various types of water treatment equipment.
• Undertaking scheduled installation/service under contract and one-off planned service outside of contract
• Emergency call out activity occasionally outside normal working hours.
• Repair of customer equipment.
• Installation of new equipment.

 

• Ensure compliance with all Health, Safety and Environmental Policies, and adhere to customer site rules and procedures (assuming the highest level compliance).
• Attention to proactive KPI’s and personal safety plans
• Contribute diligently to Team Performance Plan (TPP)
• RAMS for all visits
• Be familiar with and comply with equipment service processes
• Identify service stakeholders and confirm technical and contractual scoping on site matches assigned work.
• Undertake planned and unplanned service activity as allocated by Service co-ordination team
• Perform routine maintenance work including chemical sanitisation when required.
• Able to work at weekends as/when required
• Willingness to be on call for out of hours emergency work (rota system)
• Work with projects team and BDM’s to effectively and efficiently instigate visits and present and one company approach.
• Deliver and install new equipment and water treatment systems. M&E.
• Test and commission all work prior to leaving the work-site
• Explain and demonstrate correct use of equipment if necessary
• Ensure Customer sign-off of work prior to leaving site
• Report activity on Service Manager tablet thoroughly and promptly
• Promote Service contracts where necessary and report back new opportunities to line manager
• Maintain spare parts van stock and up to date records of parts held/used
• Maintain all tools in good condition
• Ensure correct tools and parts are used when required.
• Ensure any and all assumptions, customer or other responsibilities & exclusions outside scope of service are clearly identified and communicated prior to work commencing and any recommendations outside of scope of service are clearly communicated in the service report
• Endeavour to provide value-added, differential advantage in service work focusing on:
  • How we can decrease cost of operation
  • Improve operating efficiency
  • Minimise Environmental, Health and Safety issues

Requirements

• Post holder must hold a full UK Driving licence and must be able to travel and stay overnight as required, including occasional weekend working as and when required.
• Previous experience of working within the Water Treatment Industry, along with servicing or installations experience.
• 1 year relevant Equipment Service work experience desired in an appropriate Electro-mechanical environment, ideally in the water treatment sector.
• Ability to handle stressful situations often alone on customer sites
• Excellent communication skills required

• Logical and well organized

• Require minimum supervision, often lone working

 

 

• Ability to carry out mechanical and electrical installation of water treatment plant.

Benefits

• Competitive package.
• Industry leading training and development opportunities.
• Company vehicle and fuel card.

Role - Field Service Engineer

Location: Thames Valley Area

Package: £30,000-£35,000 per annum + Company van

 

 

Introduction

Astute Technical are proud to be working with the leading supplier of waste recycling equipment, servicing, and consumables in the UK. They are looking for a Field Service Engineer to add to the growing team. A primarily field-based role in the Thames Valley area, the permanent full-time position will require on-site attendance to the clients' locations, dependant on the needs of the business.

 

 

Roles & Responsibilities

As the Multi-Skilled Trainee Engineer, you will be responsible for:

· Carry out regular servicing/preventative maintenance on Recycling Machinery - Primarily balers and compactors.

· To attend breakdowns and complete repairs as required on all recycling equipment at customers sites in our core regions. Within a timely and competent manner, working safely to current legislation.

· You will be required to install and decommission the equipment along with completing training with operatives on the safe use of the equipment.

· Build strong relationships with your colleagues, communicating and working together as a team to maintain customer satisfaction.

 

 

Skills & Qualifications

We are looking for someone with the following:

· Qualified or experienced field service engineer

· Experience with recycling balers and compactors essential

· Candidate must be competent in the following areas, mechanical, hydraulic, electrical, and welding.

· Full UK driving license.

 

 

Salary & Package

What's on offer for this exciting role:

· £30,000-£35,000 per annum

· Fuel card supplied.

· Company phone and tablet

· Holiday loyalty scheme

· Pension

· In house and manufacturer training provided.

· Progression is available for the right candidate.

· Company van including power tools.

 

 

How to apply? To apply for this opportunity simply send a copy of your up-to-date CV and covering letter to [email protected] or call 02392288208 to speak to Julia Shaw who can tell you more.

Analytical Chemist

Hazardous Waste

Kings Cliffe - Peterborough

Salary at £22,500

 

Introduction

We are currently recruiting for an Analytical Chemist to join one of the industry leaders in hazardous and clinical waste management solutions across the UK. Working as the Analytical Chemist, you will be responsible for taking samples and carrying out analytical testing of the waste on-site to support with method development and validation and ensure safe and compliant waste management across the facility at all times.

 

The Job

Working as the Analytical Chemist, you will be responsible for:

• Performing various analytical tests on waste samples coming onto site.
• Running and maintaining instrumentation within the Laboratory, including GC-MS/FID and ICP-OES.
• Ensuring all work complies with relevant HSE, Quality, Regulatory and Accreditation standards (UKAS, ISO 17025).
• Sample preparation, extraction and clean-up using various techniques.
• Calculation of results from testing and data entry into the company system.
• Performing daily checks including balances, pipettes and instruments.
• Sampling of incoming waste streams for compliance.
• Work with senior teams to ensure site and lab KPI’s are met.
• Other tasks as needed.

 

The Candidate

To be considered for this position, candidates are expected to have an appropriate chemistry qualification to degree level as well as experience handling a diverse range of chemical compounds.

 

Candidates would ideally have some experience in Analytical Chemistry and Statistical Analysis as a good understanding of working in an operational laboratory.   

 

This role would suit a recent Chemistry graduate who is looking to utilise their knowledge in a hands-on role in the waste/ hazardous waste industry.

 

What’s on Offer

• Basic Salary of £22,500
• Opportunity to progress career in the Chemical and Waste Management industries.
• Full training and support

 

How to Apply

To apply, please call Gemma Nixon on 02392 222 964 or send a copy of your CV to [email protected]

 

Astute’s team is exclusively partnering with one of the UK industry leaders in Hazardous Waste Management to recruit a Graduate System Support Analyst to join their established technical team in Wolverhampton. This position is focussed around the strategic systems management for their waste systems and enquiry process.   The Graduate System Support Analyst role comes with a salary of £25,000- £27,000 dependant on experience and the chance to join their development programme on-site. If you hold a degree (or equivalent) in a software, computer or science related subject and have an interest in working within a technical systems team, submit your CV to apply today.                   Responsibilities and duties Reporting to the Technical Systems Manager you will:  

• Provide key technical support in relation to internal waste management systems, auditing projects and enquiry order processes (EOP) to ensure efficient implementation and development of current and future systems.
• Carry out day-to-day management of support enquiries from all areas of the business, liaising with teams across the entire business unit.
• Provide assistance in the training of on-site teams in the use of these internal systems and required processes.
• Audit data within the internal systems for quality management, working in line with business objectives and current procedures, presenting reports and feedback to senior teams on performance.
• Provide administrative and technical support on all Waste Management System enquiries alongside the Technical Systems Manager.
• Set up technical data within the system, ensuring all information meets current permit requirements and legislative compliance.
• Proactive regular internal and external interfacing and communication, producing technical reports when required.
• Maintaining continuous professional development and competence for the role
• Any other reasonable duties as and when required.

This role would suit a recent graduate with an interest in technical systems and a passion for working within the waste management/ environmental sector.     Professional qualifications We are looking for someone with the following:

• A degree or equivalent (HNC, HND) in a Science, IT, Mathematics or a related technical subject.
• Full UK driving licence is essential.
• Some prior experience using SQL of similar computer programming language would be preferable.
• Ability to perform logical analysis and interpret technical data.

    Personal skills The Graduate System Support Analyst role would suit someone who is:

• A strong communicator, able to work and coordinate with people at all levels of the business.
• Comfortable working in a customer focussed role.
• Flexible in their approach to work and comfortable travelling and staying away when needed for work.

    Salary and benefits of the Systems Support Engineer role

• Basic salary of £25,000 - 27,000 DOE
• Enrolment into their internal development/ progression programme.
• Holiday allowance of 25 days + bank holidays
• Competitive health benefits package.

   

Site Chemist

Waste Management Didcot Up to £25,400 + Package

 

Introduction

We are currently recruiting for a Site Chemist to join one of the industry leaders in hazardous and clinical waste management solutions across the UK. Working as a Graduate/ Site Chemist, you will be responsible for taking and analysing hazardous waste samples on-site to ensure safe and compliant waste is processed at all times. This will be supporting with the day-to-day operations of the transfer station.

 

The Job

Reporting to the Production Operations Manager, you will be responsible for:

• 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.
• Analyse, test and classify a wide variety of hazardous waste materials on-site.
• Assist with compiling lists of wastes to be transferred off site to third party disposal points.
• Assist with non- conformance procedures and sample processing for incoming waste streams.
• Unloading and loading lorries across the site, operating forklift tricks and supporting with deliveries.
• Support the site with any extra duties such as tidying and washing the yard.

 

The Candidate

To be considered for this position, candidates are expected to have an appropriate chemistry qualification to degree level as well as experience handling a diverse range of chemical compounds including understanding of inter-reactions.

This role would suit a recent graduate looking to further their career within the chemical sector and an interest in moving into the waste management industry.

This is NOT a lab-based role, but instead will utilise your chemistry knowledge in a hands-on operational way. You will be working in difficult conditions and across a busy yard environment. Please only apply if this is suitable.

 

What’s on Offer

• Competitive Salary of up to £25,400
• Opportunity to progress career in the Chemical and Waste Management industries.
• Full training and support

 

How to Apply

To apply, please call Gemma Nixon on 02392 222 964 or send a copy of your CV to [email protected]