chemist Stoke-on-Trent, England
Job description
WE ARE RED
We are an ambitious Company who want to deliver the best professional waste management solutions across the UK. We are on a journey to cement our place as the UK’s premier waste management Company and we would like all of our team to be onboard with this journey. Every person is valuable and critical to making this journey a success.
We have 5 sites and are recruiting for 2 Site Chemists to join the team at our Sneyd Hill branch.
You will be responsible for the acceptance, non-conformance, recording, labelling and processing of incoming waste.
You will be required to work a range of shifts which will be 6am-3pm, 1pm-10pm and 10pm-6am. These will be worked on a shift rotation and the successful candidate will need to be available to work all 3 shifts. You will receive a 25% shift allowance when working the night shift. You will also be required to work 1 in 4 weekends, on a 6am-midday shift and will receive overtime payment of time and 1/2 for these hours.
Key Duties:
- Ensuring incoming consignments of wastes have appropriate paperwork (Consignment Note/Duty of Care) completed correctly and copies are held on site and passed back to the haulier.
- Completing acceptance checks to ensure waste is safe for acceptance to site, and safe for storage, processing and/or onwards transfer.
- Sampling as required of received waste to supply to internal laboratory for further analysis
- Recording waste acceptance and non-conformances using the SAP system
- Working to 48-hour KPI for incoming loads to be checked and fully recorded in SAP
- Ensuring waste is being appropriately stored in line guidance
- Ensuring all waste is labelled correctly with all relevant information
- Processing of waste as required – to include bulking, sorting, segregating, listing and re-packing of wastes
- Maintaining a clean and tidy work area completing housekeeping as required
- Promoting a positive Health and Safety driven environment
- Assisting other teams and performing other duties when required by the business.
Essential skills and qualifications:
- HNC or Degree Level Qualification in Chemistry or a similar related field.
- Experience in working in the Waste Sector (ideal but not compulsory)
- Computer literate – especially in using Microsoft Excel and Outlook.
- Must demonstrate willingness to work in outdoor conditions in a hazardous chemical environment undertaking a manual/hands on approach.
Red Industries is proud to be an Equal Opportunities employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, colour, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, age, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: From £26,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Cycle to work scheme
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- Overtime
Education:
- Bachelor's (required)
Work Location: In person
