Advert Senior Site ChemistBrownhills, WS8Full Time Permanent Position£26,000 annual salaryOur client are looking for a Senior Site Chemist to join their team at their depot in Brownhills.
They are an ambitious company and every single member of their team is a critical part of making the company a success.Main Duties: Ensuring all incoming consignments of wastes have appropriate paperwork (Consignment Note/Duty of Care) completed correctly and copies are held on site and are passed back to the hauliersEnsure incoming waste is inspected to BAT requirements in Sector Guidance Note 5.06If waste does not match pre-acceptance information Non-Conformance Procedure is followed and a Non-Conformance is raised with supporting evidence (photos, weighbridge tickets)Ensure paperwork accompanying any incoming loads is appropriately scanned and saved in databasefolder under the loads unique reference number and consignment note number for auditing purposesWork to 48-hour KPI for incoming loads to be accepted and associated paperwork passed over for post acceptance input onto Database systemEnsure waste is being appropriately stored inline with Sector Guidance Note 5.06, the sitesEnvironmental Permit and to HSG51 – The Storage of Flammable Liquids in Containers, HSG 71 Chemical Warehousing: The Storage of Packaged Dangerous SubstancesEnsure all waste is labelled correctly with label appropriately visible when it enters storage baySampling of accepted waste to supply to internal laboratory for further analysis or to pass on to suppliersto confirm suitability for acceptanceGeneration of IPOs in line with the IPO ProcedurePromote a positive Health and Safety driven environment – reporting near misses on Active at a KPI of 1 per month and rectifying any potential concerns for Health and Safety readily Generic Duties: Support and contribute to the companies overall objectives and aims, in line with the role holders experience, and competenceSupport and contribute to all aspects of "good" safety and health, daily awareness of safety issues and wellbeing awarenessFully responsible for your own and others' health and safetyEnsure all incidents, observations and concerns are reported through an escalation process; solutions are identified and actions, in line with Company policyEnsure ideas for the improvement of safety are listened to and acted upon, involving the Health and Safety representatives and HR Management if necessaryEnsure non employees (visitors, third parties and contractors) confirm to the Health and Safety Policy including using the correct Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)Compliance with water saving activities such as: turning off taps properly and reporting dripping taps and water leaks to Supervisor or ManagerCompliance 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 (eg.
soak up and report to manager) and major spills (eg.
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 thespeed limit Candidate Requirements: HNC or Degree Level Qualification in Chemistry or a similar related fieldExperience of the Waste Industry is desirableSAP experience is desirableCompetent Microsoft Office user, in particular Excel Person Specification: Willingness to work in outdoor conditions in a hazardous chemical environment undertaking a manual/hands on approachA natural leader of processesCommunicates well at all levels including executive levelMakes decisions based on data, information and evidenceAble to drive team performance and improve functional knowledge of the team through knowledge sharing #INDOLLIE24