Assistant Geochemist
| Posting date: | 13 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £27,314.1 to £30,349 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 May 2024 |
| Location: | Mansfield, Midlands, NG184RG |
| Company: | The Coal Authority |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 52601178 |
Summary
About You
Are you an aspiring Environmental Chemist or Geochemist looking for a great start to your career?
Do you want to make a real impact in protecting the environment from the impacts of past mining activities?
Do you enjoy a varied and challenging workload working with a range of stakeholders in both onsite and office locations?
If so, read on......
The role would ideally suit somebody who has:
A background at degree level in Earth/Environmental Sciences or Chemistry and an interest in gaining experience of mine site remediation and mine water treatment.
The ability to work well to challenging deadlines
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
A full UK Driving License
A willingness to travel and spend occasional nights away from home
We don’t expect candidates to meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!
About The Role
• To assist in the provision of technical, chemistry-related input required by operational activities.
• Input into the design process of coal and non-coal treatment schemes.
• To ensure chemistry data collected is fit for purpose and to manage and develop the chemistry database. Provide information and data to third parties. Assist all Coal Authority teams with mine water analysis and sampling
• To assist the Coal Authority’s Senior Geochemist and Geochemist
Role location: Mansfield/Hybrid
For more information about the role please refer to the attached job description.
Schedule:
Application closing date: 29/04/2024
Sifting date: 01/05/2024
Interviews: w/c 06/05/2024
(If you are unavailable on these interview dates, please make us aware and we will look at alternative dates)
Security:
Successful candidates must pass basic security checks and will be subject to UK Immigration requirements.
About The Coal Authority
Our benefits:
- A market leading pension scheme - our employer contribution rate is around 27%
- A choice of working patterns; full-time, part-time, job-share
- Flexible working arrangements available
- Generous holiday allowance – 27.5 days annual leave, plus the ability to flex an extra 6 days in addition to 8 public holidays
- Adoption or shared parental leave of 26 weeks full pay (subject to qualifying criteria)
- Support with professional qualifications
- Payment of one annual professional subscription
- Free, confidential Employee Assistance Programme
- Diversity Network Groups
- Mental Health Allies
- Employee discounts available through Edenred
- Annual health check
- £15 per month towards wellbeing activities
- Civil Service Sports and Social club
- A values based recognition scheme
- On-site free parking, tea, coffee and soft drinks in the Mansfield office
Working with us:
We offer different ways to work flexibly, and the following types of flexibility are usually possible: job share, flexible hours, working from home for part of the week and compressed hours. Please feel free to talk about what flexibility means to you at your interview.
With a genuine commitment to flexible working, we believe that work life balance is incredibly important.
Who we are:
Here at the Coal Authority, we really are a great team to work with. We’re united in our passion and commitment to make a better future for people and the environment in mining areas.
We carry out a wide variety of essential services from responding to coal mining hazards, to keeping everyone and everything safe from mine water pollution.
We are excited about what our future holds. Our work is helping to develop a new sustainable source of renewable energy for the UK. By harnessing the energy from mine water heat, we hope to play a key role towards helping the UK to meet net-zero emissions by 2050.
We truly are a supportive organisation where we all live and breathe our values. We are inclusive, trusted and progressive in everything that we do.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:
Here at TCA we don’t just accept difference – we celebrate it, support it, and thrive on it for the benefit of our colleagues, our customers and our communities. We are proud to be an inclusive employer. We are committed to developing a supportive, inclusive, caring and positive community. We encourage applications from people from different backgrounds, identities, cultures and beliefs. Diversity is vital to our success and innovation and is fundamental to our values of being trusted, inclusive and progressive.
As part of our commitment to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the minimum selection criteria who are disabled or from a minority ethnic community.
If you require any reasonable adjustments or alternative format application forms you can get in touch with us by contacting the team by email at recruitment@coal.gov.uk or by phone on 01623 637000.
Are you an aspiring Environmental Chemist or Geochemist looking for a great start to your career?
Do you want to make a real impact in protecting the environment from the impacts of past mining activities?
Do you enjoy a varied and challenging workload working with a range of stakeholders in both onsite and office locations?
If so, read on......
The role would ideally suit somebody who has:
A background at degree level in Earth/Environmental Sciences or Chemistry and an interest in gaining experience of mine site remediation and mine water treatment.
The ability to work well to challenging deadlines
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
A full UK Driving License
A willingness to travel and spend occasional nights away from home
We don’t expect candidates to meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!
About The Role
• To assist in the provision of technical, chemistry-related input required by operational activities.
• Input into the design process of coal and non-coal treatment schemes.
• To ensure chemistry data collected is fit for purpose and to manage and develop the chemistry database. Provide information and data to third parties. Assist all Coal Authority teams with mine water analysis and sampling
• To assist the Coal Authority’s Senior Geochemist and Geochemist
Role location: Mansfield/Hybrid
For more information about the role please refer to the attached job description.
Schedule:
Application closing date: 29/04/2024
Sifting date: 01/05/2024
Interviews: w/c 06/05/2024
(If you are unavailable on these interview dates, please make us aware and we will look at alternative dates)
Security:
Successful candidates must pass basic security checks and will be subject to UK Immigration requirements.
About The Coal Authority
Our benefits:
- A market leading pension scheme - our employer contribution rate is around 27%
- A choice of working patterns; full-time, part-time, job-share
- Flexible working arrangements available
- Generous holiday allowance – 27.5 days annual leave, plus the ability to flex an extra 6 days in addition to 8 public holidays
- Adoption or shared parental leave of 26 weeks full pay (subject to qualifying criteria)
- Support with professional qualifications
- Payment of one annual professional subscription
- Free, confidential Employee Assistance Programme
- Diversity Network Groups
- Mental Health Allies
- Employee discounts available through Edenred
- Annual health check
- £15 per month towards wellbeing activities
- Civil Service Sports and Social club
- A values based recognition scheme
- On-site free parking, tea, coffee and soft drinks in the Mansfield office
Working with us:
We offer different ways to work flexibly, and the following types of flexibility are usually possible: job share, flexible hours, working from home for part of the week and compressed hours. Please feel free to talk about what flexibility means to you at your interview.
With a genuine commitment to flexible working, we believe that work life balance is incredibly important.
Who we are:
Here at the Coal Authority, we really are a great team to work with. We’re united in our passion and commitment to make a better future for people and the environment in mining areas.
We carry out a wide variety of essential services from responding to coal mining hazards, to keeping everyone and everything safe from mine water pollution.
We are excited about what our future holds. Our work is helping to develop a new sustainable source of renewable energy for the UK. By harnessing the energy from mine water heat, we hope to play a key role towards helping the UK to meet net-zero emissions by 2050.
We truly are a supportive organisation where we all live and breathe our values. We are inclusive, trusted and progressive in everything that we do.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:
Here at TCA we don’t just accept difference – we celebrate it, support it, and thrive on it for the benefit of our colleagues, our customers and our communities. We are proud to be an inclusive employer. We are committed to developing a supportive, inclusive, caring and positive community. We encourage applications from people from different backgrounds, identities, cultures and beliefs. Diversity is vital to our success and innovation and is fundamental to our values of being trusted, inclusive and progressive.
As part of our commitment to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the minimum selection criteria who are disabled or from a minority ethnic community.
If you require any reasonable adjustments or alternative format application forms you can get in touch with us by contacting the team by email at recruitment@coal.gov.uk or by phone on 01623 637000.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.