Title: Site Chemist
Location: Somerset
Salary: £28,000 - £38,000 Depending on experience
Term: Maternity cover likely 12 Month temporary Contract with the potential to be taken on permanent
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SRG are working with a leading waste management and recycling company who have a long and very successful history of supporting the UK chemical industry. They are now looking for a site chemist to join the team. This is a hands-on role within the waste industry, you will be checking and testing incoming loads, processing hazardous and non-hazardous waste, insuring 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 prior industrial experience within the waste industry.
Working Hours: 37.5 working hours per week, Monday to Friday, 24 days holiday + statutory bank holidays.
Role/Description
Receiving chemical waste onto site from industrial and commercial sites
Ensuring paperwork for incoming waste is compliant and correctly completed
Immediate testing of incoming waste to ensure conformity with paperwork using test strips
Further laboratory testing as needed for further analysis using techniques including flash point testing, pH testing, visual checks, odour, viscosity.
Working alongside site operatives to ensure that waste is processed, stored and transferred in a safe, compliant and timely manner
Assisting with the control of material flows through the site and ensuring container stocks are maintained to avoid delays and backlogs
Bulking/re-packing of waste to achieve maximum profitability
Supporting site chemists and operatives, ensuring all staff are working efficiently and collaboratively
Running morning briefings and reporting to delegate and distribute activity accordingly
Assist with site compliance and health and safety requirements and their strict adherence
Requirements
Minimum HND in Chemistry, or similar qualification with significant chemistry content
Industrial experience in the chemical or waste industry
Any of the following qualifications or experience are considered advantageous: COTC, WAMITAB, NEBOSH, IOSH
Willing to work outside in all weathers
Good work ethic, hands-on approach and a willingness to learn
Full right to work in the UK – There is no sponsorship available for this role