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Gemma Nixon

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Site Chemist
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent

Site Chemist Hazardous Waste

West Bromwich £25,000- £30,000

 

Introduction

We are currently seeking a qualified Site Chemist to work with one of the UK’s leading waste management service providers who focus on the disposal and collection of both hazardous and non-hazardous waste. Working as their  Site Chemist, you will be responsible for supporting the daily operations across the waste facility ensuring efficient and effective sampling, testing and analysis of the waste on-site to ensure safe and compliance processing at all times.

 

The Role

Working as their Site Chemist, you will be responsible for:

  • Supporting the team of on-site Chemists, assisting with the hands-on operation of the hazardous waste site ensuring materials coming onto and off-site are consistently safe and are compliant in-line with site permits and environmental regulations.
  • Compiling lists of wastes’ to be transferred off site to third party disposal points. Liaising with other staff to ensure correct routing of wastes.
  • Assisting with non- conformance procedures and sample processing within the site laboratory for incoming waste streams.
  • Ensuring the operation of a hazardous waste transfer station is able to receive and dispatch loads making sure environmental compliance is abided to.
  • Utilising appropriate systems to manage non-compliances.
  • Work to meet site and laboratory targets for processing.
  • Ensuring house-keeping requirements are maintained and continuous improvement programmes supported.
  • Undertake all administration tasks as needed such as chemist check sheets, process sheets, stock sheets etc.
  • Other tasks as needed.

 

The Candidate

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

Candidates should have experience working in a Site-based Chemist role or working within an industrial lab with a good understanding of the Waste Management/ Hazardous Waste industry.

This role will require you to work in a hands-on operational capacity outdoors in all weather conditions.

What’s on Offer
  • Basic Salary £25,000- £30,000
  • 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]


Business Development Manager
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent

Business Development Manager

Water Treatment and Water Hygiene

Leeds

Up £45,000 + Commission and Company Vehicle

 

Introduction…

We are currently recruiting for a Business Development Manager to join the UK No.1 specialist of Water Treatment and Water Hygiene. Working as a Business Development Manager, this will see you managing a readily made selection of accounts as well prospecting and developing new accounts.

 

Roles & Responsibilities

As a Business Development Manager you will be responsible for:
  • Actively prospecting potential clients via phone and email
  • Travelling to new and existing customer sites in Yorkshire and surrounding areas to upsell/cross sell and develop client relationships.
  • Managing existing clients and nurturing the relationship
  • Assisting in the set up of the accounts before handing over to the Account Management team.
  • Negotiating new contracts and contract renewals.
  • Acting as the clients “go-to” person within the business.

 

Skills & Qualifications

We are looking for someone with the following:
  • Experience of working within the Water Treatment and Water Hygiene sectors
  • Strong sales experience including account management experience
  • Previous history of exceeding sales targets
  • Good negotiation skills
  • A full UK driving licence

Salary & Package What’s on offer for this exciting role:
  • Up to £45,000 basic salary
  • Commission
  • Company vehicle and fuel card
  • Full training provided
  • Fantastic company benefits
  • Holiday package

 

How to Apply

To apply, please call Sam McSheaffrey on 02392 288 217 or send a copy of your CV to 

[email protected]

Accounts Payable Administrator
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent
Job Title: Accounts Payable Administrator Reports to: Senior Finance Officer Job Family: Finance Direct Reports:   None Collaborates with: HOCHTIEF Employees Project subcontractors Project suppliers Stakeholders    
  1. Purpose of the Role
1.1       To provide clerical support to the Finance function, input and verification of source documents onto the ledgers in line with company procedures and UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practise.  
  1. Guiding Principles
INTEGRITY
  • Take pride in your work and that of your team members
  • Understand and support others in the achievement of their own goals.
  • Encourage a fair culture; empowering and supporting your team or team members to initiate improvements to services by sharing information, questioning constructively, providing honest and open feedback.
  • Listen carefully to others – showing that you respect and value their input.
ACCOUNTABILITY
  • Look for ways to maximise the value of working together by building support, providing focus and given direction to deliver joint outcomes.
  • Take accountability for your work and own development needs.
  • Challenge and confront sub-standard performance and recognise good performance.
INNOVATION
  • Design, innovate and influence solutions to best address inefficiencies.
  • Promote and drive continuous improvement
  • Balance risk when considering innovative thinking and future possibilities.
  • Seek to learn from team members for the benefit of your own self-development.
DELIVER
  • Take personal responsibility for delivering services.
  • Be willing to go the extra mile for your customers.
  • Pursue a “can-do” attitude in all the work you can deliver.
  • Learn from and share experiences to ensure improved delivery.
  • Be visible and accessible to all your team/service members.
  • Work together with colleagues and customers and take the time to build effective and rational working relationships.
  • Support others in working together; help each other to develop common focus.
  • Work well and appreciate people who have different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds.
  • Customers are both our clients and team members – recognise different perspectives and goals in order to maximise achievement for all parties.
SUSTAINABILITY
  • Work safely to maintain the health of both yourself and others.
  • Communicate relevant information regularly and effectively.
  • Take the time to build effective relationships with customers, stakeholders, colleagues and partners.
  • Embrace change to ensure our business is sustainable
 
  1. Role Accountabilities
    1. Receive invoices into email, capture on invoice register and distribute to persons to action.
    2. Input supplier invoices onto SAP system.
    3. Monitor integrity of Office Managers GRN inputs, raise and address queries as appropriate.
    4. Pro-actively assist site personnel with SAP input queries.
    5. Input non purchase order nominal invoices ensuring accurate coding.
    6. Deal with first line supplier queries and resolve or escalate as appropriate.
    7. Scan invoices onto SAP system and ensure they are correctly matched to the posting entry.
    8. Perform statement reconciliations to verify supplier balances.
    9. Accurately code and input the Barclaycard Statement.
    10. Input expense claim forms to SAP system ensuring accuracy and coding.
    11. Process SAP payment runs as requested.
    12. Ability to provide cover for colleagues with duties including but not limited to:
3.12.1   Subcontract payments.
  1. Additional Duties
    1. Any other duties consistent with your status and seniority, as necessary to meet the needs of the Business of the Company.
  2. Key Safety Responsibilities
    1. Please see separate individual responsibilities for Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental (HSQE) matters attached.
  3. Required Project knowledge
    1. None  
  4. Authority Limits
    1. As per HOCHTIEF company policy
 
  1. Signatures
Finance Manager   Signature:   Date Signed:   Finance Clerk   Signature:   Date Signed:   Date of Next review: 1 year PERSON SPECIFICATION To be used for recruitment purposes and to analyse training for existing employees     Essential Desirable Relevant Experience     Education and Training     Knowledge     Skills and Abilities     Appearance       Personal Circumstances         Training Required from IMS     Essential Desirable Project IMS     Safety     Environment     Quality     Commercial     Finance and Accounting     HR     IT      

Technical Lead Engineer
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent
Technical Lead Engineer - Valves
  • Employees can work remotely
  • Full-time
  • ASSYSTEM Job: Engineering / Technical
  • Type of contract ASSYSTEM: Permanent
  • ASSYSTEM Sector: Nuclear
Company Description

Assystem is an international company with one mission: accelerate the energy transition around the world.

Every day, our 6,500 switchers located in 12 countries (Europe, Middle East, Pacific Asia & Africa) connect their six thousand billion neurons to tackle the task of the century: switching to low-carbon energy. We are a collective committed to the actors who are making the energy switch. Sharing our knowledge, expertise and values allows us to innovate and think differently about the energy transition. Drawing on more than 55 years' experience in highly regulated sectors subject to strict security and safety requirements, we provide our customers with engineering and project management services, as well as digital services and solutions to optimize the performance of complex infrastructure projects throughout their life cycle. The Group is currently ranked second in the world for nuclear engineering. To ensure a viable, efficient, and reliable energy future for all. Job Description

Key Responsibility: 

Supporting the delivery of nuclear power plant operating equipment to the client, from external suppliers, through the following activities:

  • Create/amend technical specifications for new equipment scope, utilising expert inputs where applicable.
  • Perform surveillance and approval of contractor deliverables and design activities.
  • Lead contract technical and project meetings
  • Resolution activities for multi-disciplinary technical issues and queries, including input to/ownership of resolving technical Open Points (OP), interface queries and Design Changes (UKDC).
  • Management of technical specialists to perform review of deliverables and to resolve technical issues.
  • Review and approve contract amendments and exemptions (CTSs, ERs)
  • Liaise with RD and client teams to ensure integration of equipment with interfacing functions/systems/structures
Qualifications

Profile:

  • Understanding of nuclear process and mechanical interfaces (anchorages, civil work, piping, fluids, radioprotection, safety, systems engineering)
  • Good knowledge of Valves 
  • Capable of producing technical specifications
  • Sound understanding of nuclear processing regulations
  • Experience on the design of the EPR TEP/TEU systems, or other nuclear / safety classified tanks, fluid handling systems and mechanical components.
  • Experience of equipment supply contracts and contract forms such as NEC/FIDIC.
Additional Information

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.


Field Service Engineer
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent

Field Service Engineer

UK Based

Upto £30,000 (DOE) + Company Van & other benefits

Full Time

 

Introduction… Our client is a leading business specialised in providing state of the art sorting and separation solutions for the waste industry across the UK and Ireland.

 

Roles & Responsibilities As a Field Service Engineer, you will be responsible for:
  • Attending various customer sites across the UK and Ireland to carry out various installations, repair works, and after sales service support works to specialist plant and machinery.
  • Undertaking inspections and assessments of machinery to ensure optimal performance and that all plant remains effective.
  • Carrying out reports and documentation detailing completed works and advisories and ensuring that the customer has had necessary follow ups.
  • Providing technical and engineering support to customers as well as health and safety guidance and compliance.
  • Carrying out fault finding techniques with the ability to read circuit diagrams.

Skills & Qualifications We are looking for someone with the following:
  • Electrical or Mechanical experience with relevant qualifications
  • Experience of working within the waste industry, ideally recycling
  • Experience of working with sorting and separating equipment
  • Strong experience of working with heavy industrial machinery
  • Forklift Truck driving licence is desirable
  • Strong customer service and people skills

Salary & Package What’s on offer for this exciting role:
  • Up to £30,000 basic salary
  • Company van, phone, and laptop
  • Full training provided
  • Fantastic company benefits
  • Holiday package

How to Apply

To apply, please call Charlotte Jones on 02393 910 037 or send a copy of your CV to [email protected]

Nuclear Safety Case Specialist
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent
Nuclear Safety Case Specialist Nuclear Dorset Up to £60,000 DOE + Bonus     Introduction We are currently recruiting for a Nuclear Safety Case Specialist to join one of the industry leaders in hazardous waste management across the UK at their nuclear licenced site in Dorset. Working as their Nuclear Safety Case Specialist, you will be working as part of their core team to support in the development and management of their new 10 year nuclear safety case, operating until 2033.                     Roles & Responsibilities Working as the Nuclear Safety Case Specialist, you will be responsible for supporting with the development of their safety case for their licenced site in Dorset. This will include:  
  • Developing their Management of Change (MoC) Assessments, BAT Assessments, Radiological Dose Assessments, Site Wide Environmental Safety Case (SWESC) and Waste Management Plan (WMP).
  • Delivering SSHEQ objectives in line with both company and site requirements, promoting the best culture across the site and all stakeholders.
  • Maintaining their new operational safety case, ensuring full compliance and supporting with all technical documentation relating to this.
  • Lead all modifications to the safety case in line with new projects and programmes.
  •  Act as Lead Author and Design Authority for our EA Site Wide Environmental Safety Case (SWESC) and Waste Management Plan (WMP), ensuring compliance with the EA and the environmental permits.
  • Provide technical support to assure compliance with the licensing requirements of the Nuclear Site Licence, liaising effectively with nuclear regulators.
  • All other duties as required.
    Skills & Qualifications Candidates must have a background working within the Nuclear industry, supporting site safety case management and compliance requirements at a senior level. Candidates should have strong technical report writing skills, be able to deliver key SSHEQ objectives, nuclear regulatory submissions and have a good understanding of safety case development. Due to the nature of the role, practical experience on a nuclear site is beneficial and all candidates must be able to hold and maintain national security clearance.     Salary & Package
  • Basic salary of £50,000 - £60,000
  • 25 Days Holiday + 8 Bank Holidays
  • 6% Pension Scheme.
  • Flexible benefits
    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.     INDNUC

Account Manager
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent

Senior Account Manager

Water Treatment and Water Hygiene

West Midlands

Up £40,000 + Commission and Company Vehicle

 

Introduction…

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Account Manager to join the UK No.1 specialist of Water Treatment and Water Hygiene. Working as a Senior Account Manager, you will be achieving personal sales targets via a mixture of contract base retention and growth, upselling to existing clients and actively seeking out and converting new clients.

Roles & Responsibilities As a Senior Account Manager you will be responsible for:
  • Managing and maintaining Client accounts and responding to requests and compliance issues
  • Monitoring performance and raising with Delivery team is issues arise
  • Negotiate  contract renewals and re-engage lost accounts.
  • Monitoring financial KPIs and take action as require to ensure the account remains on budget
  • Compile quarterly reviews to track account progress and up/cross-sell opportunities

 

Skills & Qualifications

We are looking for someone with the following:
  • Experience of working within the Water Treatment and Water Hygiene sectors
  • Strong sales experience including account management experience
  • Previous history of exceeding sales targets
  • Good negotiation skills
  • A full UK driving licence

Salary & Package What’s on offer for this exciting role:
  • Up to £40,000 basic salary
  • Commission
  • Company vehicle, laptop and phone
  • Full training provided
  • Fantastic company benefits
  • Holiday package

 


Contract Lead
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent
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  • 25 days’ annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays
  • Enhanced employer pension contributions
  • Enhance parental leave
  • Flexible & hybrid working arrangements
  • Private medical insurance
  • Income protection insurance
  • Performance-related pay scheme – 15% max on salary
  • Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
  • Support with your career development through our Success Management Process.
 

Hazards Engineer
CONTRACT
  • TERMS: contract
  • START DATE: 8/27/24
  • PAY RATE: $360.0 /DAY
Description of the expected service Title: Hazards Engineering Types of activities to be carried out as part of the service (non-exhaustive): ? Producing updates to Hazard Verification Studies, through the application of relevant technical methodologies, relating to Internal and External Hazards for buildings: o Produce simplified design calculation hypotheses and define the various possible scenarios for each internal or external threat situation: ? Identify the equipment under threat and also the way in which the equipment would be affected. ? Produce studies on the functional redundancies impacted. ? Manage technical topics relating to the protection requirements for the hazards within the building and system design, ? Support matrix organisation through the design and construction phase with technical requests and design changes by providing technical expertise on the implementation of the safety functional requirements within the design, ? Participate to Edvance wide discipline meetings relating to hazards Skill level required Engineer Level 3 Technical Field Nuclear safety, radiation protection and the environment Delivery location UK Bristol Skill Level Required Engineer Level 3 Additional information Travel: ? Yes ? No Teleworking: ? Yes ? No* *at least 3 days a week in the office Required technical skills (consistent with the criteria for technical admissibility of tenders) • Engineer qualified to degree level or equivalent preferably specializing in safety • Knowledge of safety requirement implementation and hazard studies (preferably from a highly regulated industry), • Knowledge of Nuclear Safety Assessment Principles and experience of their application, • Experience in the area of systems, layout engineering and pipework, • Knowledge and the ability to navigate PDMS and Navisworks software. • English speaker, French is advantageous Expected approach to be conscientious, enthusiastic about the subject with good interpersonal skills. Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines. Preferred starting date 02/09/2024 Estimated duration of the service 18 months including 12 agreed months and 6 optional months Required software skills   Microsoft office (word, excel, powerpoint, outlook) - 3D viewer (Naviswork)                                                                                                                                                                              

Mechanical Calculations Engineer
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent
Astute’s Nuclear team is exclusively partnering with one of the industry leaders in the design of nuclear island projects throughout the UK to recruit a Mechanical Calculations Engineer for its Bristol site. The Mechanical Calculations Engineer role is a key position in the development of the Hinkley Point C project throughout its design phase and comes with a salary of up to £55,000 dependant on experience. If you’re a Mechanical Calculation Engineer and are eager to contribute to a landmark energy project within the Nuclear sector, then submit your CV to apply today.                   Responsibilities and duties Reporting to the Project Management Team, you will:  
  • Oversee and ensure the integrity of the pipe network design and its supporting structures across the Hinkley Point C project.
  • Perform detailed piping calculations and assess HVAC and electrical supports under various load conditions, including dead weight, thermal expansion, and seismic activity.
  • Utilise finite element analysis (FEA) software to conduct mechanical simulations and ensure structural soundness.
  • Develop specialised computational tools, with Python programming being a valuable asset.
  • Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to meet design and regulatory requirements.
    Professional qualifications We are looking for someone with the following:  
  • Strong understanding of mechanical engineering principles, including modal and static analysis.
  • Proficiency in mechanical simulations using finite element methods.
  • Programming knowledge, particularly in Python, for computational tool development.
  • Experience with CAD software for design and modelling.
  • Knowledge of the UK design context and regulatory processes and familiarity with industry standards.
  • Innovative problem-solving abilities to address complex engineering challenges.
  • Previous experience with EPR or other nuclear projects.
  • Experience with RSTAB or BEAM STRESS and support calculations.
  • Understanding of RCC-M code (section C3650 minimum).
  • Familiarity with CALTUY/Pipestress software.
    Salary and benefits of the Mechanical Calculations role  
  • Basic salary £45,000 - £55,000 DOE
  • 25 days annual leave per year raising to 28 (x1 day for 2 years service)
  • Enhanced pension scheme
  • Private & family health care schemes
  • Other benefits including employee assistance programmes, income protection and professional memberships (1 per year).
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