Senior Site Chemist

Senior Site Chemist
£28,000-£32,000p/yr
Brownhills
Permanent

What’s on offer?

• 25 days holiday + Bank holidays
• 4x Death in Service
• Health Scheme
• Company Events
• On-site parking
• Company pension

The responsibilities of the Senior Site Chemist:

• Ensure incoming consignments of waste have appropriate paperwork completed and copies are held on site and passed to the haulier
• Ensure incoming waste is inspected to BAT requirements
• If waste does not match pre-acceptance information ensure that the correct procedure is followed a non conformance is raised with supporting evidence
• Make sure all paper work is appropriately scanned and saved in the correct database folder
• Work to 48 hour KPI’s for incoming loads to be accepted and associated paperwork is passed over for post acceptance.
• Ensure waste is being appropriately stored inline with the correct guidance.
• Make sure all waste is labelled correctly with the label appropriately visible when it enters the storage bay
• Sampling of accepted waste to supply to internal laboratory for further analysis or to pass on to suppliers
• Generation of IPO’s in line with the IPO procedure
• Promote a positive Health and Safety driven environment
• Prioritising the disposal of waste where applicable by rerouting to internal disposal options.
• Additional duties as requested by senior management in line with the capabilities of the role holder
• Support and contribute to the companies overall objectives and aims
• Ensure all incidents, observations and concerns are reported through the correct process
• Ensure compliance is of a high standard
• Compliance with emissions goals when driving company vehicles or otherwise driving on company business.

The successful Senior Site Chemist must:

• Have HNC or Degree Level qualification in Chemistry or a similar related field
• Experience and knowledge of the Hazardous Waste Regulations.
• Knowledge of the Health and Work Act 1974 and the Management of Health and Safety at work regulations 1999.
• Experience to working to HSG51 – The storage of flammable liquids in containers and HSG71 Chemical Warehousing: The Storage of Packaged Dangerous Substances
• Be comfortable working on your own initiative
• Ability to communicate well with others
• Excellent attention to detail
• Good organisational skills
• Ability to communicate well with others
• Dedicated and professional