The role would involve assessing hazardous wastes at arrival on site, individually and as part of a team, awareness of site budget and expenditure by cost effective routing of wastes, ensuring site compliance requirements are met, and ensuring that strict health and safety measures are in place and being followed. You must be self-driven, confident and solution driven. Why it's an opportunity not to be wasted.

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 and pre-acceptance criteria
Further laboratory testing as needed with 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 other site staff, to ensure all are working efficiently and collaboratively
Running morning briefings, co-ordinating teams and delegation of activities to meet production requirements
Assist with site compliance and health and safety requirements and their strict adherence

Here's what we require:
Minimum HND in Chemistry, or similar qualification with significant chemistry content
Industrial experience preferred in the chemical or waste industry
Supervisory or leadership experience beneficial
Applications from chemistry graduates welcome in consideration for junior roles
Good organisational and influencing skills

At Biffa, we love working with waste. Whether we're turning it into sustainable power, finding new ways to recycle it or simply keeping it off the streets, we believe every day is an opportunity to improve the lives of millions. It's a view that's shared by our 11,500+ people around the country, who trust us to provide them with a career that's always rewarding, often challenging, but never dull. And it's why we're the UK's No. 1 choice for business waste management., At Biffa we believe different ideas, perspective and backgrounds are key to developing a creative working environment that delivers real results. It's why you'll find us championing diversity and equality at every turn.

And Here's why you'll love it at Biffa.
Competitive salary
Ongoing career development, training and coaching - because if you don't grow, we don't grow.
Generous pension scheme.
Retail and leisure discounts.
Holiday and travel discounts.
Bike to work scheme