Senior Site Chemist

Description:

Reports to: Head of Executive Support Services

Job Purpose: To bring value to the business by accepting and inspecting all incoming assignments of Hazardous and Non-hazardous waste by following the relevant regulations and site procedures.

Your Daily objectives as a Senior Site Chemist will involve:

* Ensuring all incoming consignments of wastes have appropriate paperwork (Consignment Note/Duty of Care),

* Ensuring all appropriate paperwork has been completed correctly and copies are held on site and with hauliers.

* Responsible for the completion of waste safety checks to allow acceptance to site, storage safety and processing and/or onwards transfer.

* Responsible for the completion of regular sampling of received waste to then further supply to internal laboratory for analysis.

* Ensuring incoming waste is inspected to BAT requirements in Sector Guidance Note 5.06.

* Ensuring waste is routed such that costs are minimised whilst maintaining legality and compliance.

* Waste acceptance is recorded using the SAP system.

* Non-Conformances are recorded using the SAP system, detailing all relevant information.

* Ensuring paperwork is passed through for scanning within 48 hours of arrival.

* Ensuring all waste is being appropriately stored in line with Sector Guidance and Permits.

* 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.

* Provide technical support to other members of staff on site.

* Complete relevant outgoing paperwork.

* Act as a site first aider (once trained).

* To maintain a clean and tidy work area completing housekeeping.

* To assist other teams when required.

* To perform other duties as reasonably required by the business.

Your General Responsibilities will include:

* Additional duties as requested by senior management in line with the capabilities of the role holder.

* Support and contribute to the group overall objectives and aims, in line with the role holders experience, and competence.

* Support and contribute to all aspects of “good” safety and health, daily awareness of safety issues and well-being awareness.

* Fully responsible for your own and others’ health and safety

* Ensure all incidents, observations and concerns are reported through an escalation process; solutions are identified and actions, in line with Company policy.

* Ensure ideas for the improvement of safety are listened to and acted upon, involving the Health and Safety representatives and HR Management if necessary.

* Ensure non company employees (visitors, third parties and contractors) confirm to the Health and Safety Policy including using the correct Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

* Raise a Corrective Action Report for any concern or improvement opportunity.

* Compliance with all energy saving activities such as switching off lights and other equipment when not in use; switching photocopiers to standby mode, setting the thermostat at right setting; closing windows/doors when heating is on; when using, kettles fill up to what is required; and using hot water economically.

* Compliance with water saving activities such as: turning off taps properly and reporting dripping taps and water leaks to Supervisor or Manager.

* Compliance with our reduction in pollution activities, where possible reducing usage, and reusing or recycling waste; and handling all chemicals as per COSHH sheets; complying with safety rules in relation to minor spills (e.g. soak up and report to manager) and major spills (e.g. immediately report to a manager).

* Compliance with emissions goals when driving company vehicles or otherwise driving on company business, do so in an economical manner i.e. choosing the shortest route to a destination where possible, ensuring that vehicles are properly maintained, driving in a non-aggressive manner and always within the speed limit.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential Professional Qualities

- HNC or Degree Level Qualification in Chemistry or a similar related field

- Experience in the Hazardous Waste Sector

- Knowledge of Hazardous Waste Regulations

- Knowledge of the Health & Work Act 1974, The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.

- Experience to working to HSG51 – The Storage of Flammable Liquids in Containers, HSG 71 Chemical Warehousing: The storage of Packaged Dangerous Substances.

Essential Personal Qualities

- Dedicated and Professional approach

- Excellent attention to detail

- Good organisational skills

- Ability to communicate well with others.

- Be comfortable working within a team and contributing to its success.

- Be comfortable working on your own initiative.

- FLT License

If you are not contacted by a CW Executive Search consultant within 14 days of application, then your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful