ChemistLocation - Burscough Depot as the hub - Mobile role covering the North WestA quick look at the roleThe 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 salaryOngoing 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 schemeChanging 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.Benefits
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.
Benefits
Biffa have been servicing the waste management needs of the UK since 1912 and we’re now a UK leading integrated waste management company. We are proud to lead the waste and recycling industry. With operations at over 195 sites spanning the length and breadth of the country, we service over 2.3 million households and collect 4.3 million bins per week just within our municipal division. From our conception in 1912, our business has developed far beyond waste collection and into recycling, treatment and energy generation servicesOur VisionTo be the leader in UK sustainable waste management.Our PurposeWe're here to change the way people think about waste.Our values truly reinforce what we are all about:• We act as a team- We are working towards a common goal- We look out for each other- We all have an equal voice and respect each other• We make things happen- We are hands on and get stuck in- We find a way- We go the extra mile and always deliver • We do the right thing- We are honest, transparent and responsible for our actions- We keep our promises- We build trust by being consistent and fair• We take pride in what we do- We continually develop our knowledge and expertise- We know our work matters- We take price in a job well done We are a progressive business and innovation is core to our strategy. This means continually developing and improving our extensive UK-wide infrastructure to provide greater flexibility, an innovative and broad range of services and the utilisation of technology to ensure we are easy to do business with.
Biffa have been servicing the waste management needs of the UK since 1912 and we’re now a UK leading integrated waste management company.
We are proud to lead the waste and recycling industry. With operations at over 195 sites spanning the length and breadth of the country, we service over 2.3 million households and collect 4.3 million bins per week just within our municipal division. From our conception in 1912, our business has developed far beyond waste collection and into recycling, treatment and energy generation services
Our Vision
To be the leader in UK sustainable waste management.
Our Purpose
We're here to change the way people think about waste.
Our values truly reinforce what we are all about:
• We act as a team
- We are working towards a common goal
- We look out for each other
- We all have an equal voice and respect each other
• We make things happen
- We are hands on and get stuck in
- We find a way
- We go the extra mile and always deliver
• We do the right thing
- We are honest, transparent and responsible for our actions
- We keep our promises
- We build trust by being consistent and fair
• We take pride in what we do
- We continually develop our knowledge and expertise
- We know our work matters
- We take price in a job well done
We are a progressive business and innovation is core to our strategy. This means continually developing and improving our extensive UK-wide infrastructure to provide greater flexibility, an innovative and broad range of services and the utilisation of technology to ensure we are easy to do business with.
