Site Chemist

**Site Chemist**

**Location**: Northfleet, Kent, DA11 9SN
**Salary**: Competitive + Benefits
**Contract**: Permanent, full time

**Benefits**:

- A competitive salary in a growing company committed to our people.
- 29 days holiday incl. bank holidays.
- Holidays increase with length of service.
- Pension contributions.
- Health scheme benefits.
- Life Insurance (x 3 times salary).
- Free on-site parking.

Enva is a full-service and leading provider of recycling and resource recovery solutions, with locations across the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Due to continuous growth, we have a new opportunity for the Site Chemist to join our Technical Team.

**Site Chemist
- The Role**:
To supervise the daily on-site waste transfer operations including pre-acceptance, acceptance and onward transfer.

Ensure all operations take place in line with the Environmental Management System.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Oversee waste transfer operations to ensure all site activities are in line with the EMS and in full compliance with site permits.
- Ensure all activities and processes are documented within the EMS requirements.
- Perform pre-acceptance and acceptance analysis on wastes to ensure permit compliance.
- Ensure all rejection/ non-conformances are communicated/recorded in timely manner and managed in accordance with company procedure.
- Ensure all PO raised and completed within the expected deadlines.
- Support with duty of care visits to 3rd party disposal sites.
- Maintain site storage capacity and volumes in line with the EMS (Considering COMAH, HSG65 and Permit conditions).
- Maintain highest standards of health and safety.
- Responsibility for all permit reporting and monitoring.
- Auditing/training operations for compliance.
- Be a key member of the Operations team, providing/developing key KPI’s.

**Site Chemist - Knowledge, Training, Experience, Technical and Personal Skills**:
Required:

- Proactive and safety focused approach.
- An ability to drive/develop the department/business to be best standard in the company.
- Hands on and methodical, organised with attention to detail.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Positive and motivated with flexible and adaptable attitude.
- Highly organised with the ability to prioritise effectively and to plan and manage own agenda.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to develop effective and positive working relationships within and outside of the department.
- Highly focused on delivering results and objectives with a strong personal commitment to supporting the business in achieving its goals in a changing environment.
- Logical in approach with the ability to analyse data and formulate action plans.
- Good conflict resolution skills based on a 'Can do’ attitude.
- Must demonstrate high levels of integrity and adopt a professional approach in all interactions - should be transparent, open and honest in all dealings.
- Chemistry degree.

Preferred:

- WAMITAB Level 4 (4TMH or 4TSH).
- DGSA.
- NEBOSH / IOSH Managing Safely (or higher).
- Strong PC and technical knowledge and skills with a good working knowledge of the Microsoft packages including Word and Excel.

If you have the required skills and experience, **click on APPLY** and forward your **up to date CV**.

**No agencies please