Site Chemist - Haz Waste
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 01 Hydref 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £30,000.00 i £37,000.00 bob blwyddyn |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | BENEFITS |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 31 Hydref 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Smethwick, West Midlands, B66 1BT |
| Cwmni: | SRG |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | BBBH168185_1759334507 |
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Title: Site Chemist
Location: West Midlands
Salary: £30,000-£37,000 Dependent on experience
Permanent
Benefits: Ongoing career development and progression, Employee benefits platform, Company pension scheme, early finish on a Friday.
SRG are working with a well-established, family-run business specialising in waste management and environmental services. With decades of industry experience, they are deeply committed to their values and their people. They invest heavily in their team, offering robust training and development opportunities to support long-term growth and success. They are now looking for an experienced Site Chemist to join the team. The successful candidate will be responsible for checking and testing incoming loads, processing hazardous and non-hazardous waste, ensuring segregation and storage of hazardous waste meets requirements, labelling waste and completing documents on all incoming and outgoing chemical materials. This role would suit candidates with 2+ years' experience as a chemist in the waste industry.
Working Hours: Monday - Thursday 7am-4pm, Friday 7am-2:30pm. 24 Days Holiday + 8 Bank Holidays.
Role / Description
- Receiving chemical waste on to site and ensure that per acceptance and acceptance of waste meets environmental requirements
- Ensuring paperwork for incoming waste is compliant and correctly completed
- Control waste streams through the plant/ transfer station to avoid delays and backlogs.
- Immediate testing of incoming waste to ensure conformity with paperwork
- Further laboratory testing as needed for further analysis using techniques including flash point testing, pH testing, visual checks, odour, FTIR, viscosity.
- Working alongside site operatives to ensure that waste is processed, stored and transferred in a safe, compliant and timely manner
- Bulking/re-packing of waste samples
- Supporting other site chemists and operatives, ensuring all staff are working efficiently and collaboratively
Requirements
- Minimum HNC in Chemistry
- Recent and proven experience working as a Site Chemist in the waste industry
- Knowledge and understanding of IOSH, ADR, WM3, IMDG and other waste regulations
- Full right to work in the UK, there is no sponsorship available for this role
SRG is the UK's number one recruitment company specialising in the scientific, engineering, clinical, pharmaceutical, food/FMCG, energy & renewables, biotech, chemical and medical device sectors.
If you would like to apply for this position, please use the link provided. Alternatively, please email a copy of your CV For more information regarding this position or any others, please call Rhi on 0161 667 1812.
If you have a scientific background and this position is not relevant / suitable for you, please feel free to get in touch or visit www.srgtalent.co.uk to view our other vacancies.
As scientists ourselves, our specialist sector knowledge and our passion are second to none. It's this combination that makes us different. We're committed to providing outstanding temporary, contract and permanent career opportunities of all levels for our candidates and a comprehensive range of expert strategic recruitment services for our clients.
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