Mobile Chemist
Chemist
Location - Burscough Depot as the hub - Mobile role covering the North West
A quick look at the role
The Chemist role involves visiting customer sites to identify, list, and prepare all waste streams for safe onward transport in accordance with customer requirements. This includes handling small containers of chemicals, repacking them into larger containers, and securing them on pallets to prevent damage during transit.
Monday to Friday role and will be mobile so a UK driving license is essential.
Your core responsibilities.
- Undertake work at various facilities, including customer premises, which may involve travel and overnight stays.
- Provide technical assistance to customers, including waste packing, collection services, and general support.
- Maintain accurate documentation and inspect waste materials to ensure conformity and container integrity prior to transport.
- Collect and record detailed information to enable the compliant and efficient same-day removal of waste to appropriate facilities, where feasible.
- Accurately input data into company systems to facilitate the acceptance and processing of waste upon arrival at the site.
- Develop load plans to assist drivers in segregating incompatible chemicals during transport, ensuring safety and compliance.
- Perform liquid pumping services, transferring waste from damaged or unsuitable containers into appropriate containment to enable safe and satisfactory removal from the customer's site.
- Respond to sales enquiries promptly, providing timely cost estimates for work following site visits.
- Collaborate with sales and customer service teams, offering guidance on required timeframes and volumes of packing materials necessary for Hazpack jobs, supporting accurate quotations for services at customer locations.
Our essential requirements.
- Minimum HNC in Chemistry, with GCSE (or equivalent) in Maths and English.
- Strong understanding of chemical hazards, including COSHH symbols, functional groups, and transport regulations.
- Confident in interpreting safety data sheets.
- Experience working in time-sensitive hazardous waste environments.
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.
- Medical and dental scheme.
- Retail and leisure discounts.
- Holiday and travel discounts.
- Bike to work scheme
Changing the way people think about waste.
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.
Dedicated to diversity.
Being inclusive is core to our culture at Biffa; we believe different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds are key to developing a creative and effective working environment that represents our communities and generates the best outcomes for colleagues, customers and stakeholders, which is why you’ll find us championing diversity, equity and inclusion at every turn.
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