We're on the lookout for a Site Chemist to join our team at Atherstone.Location: AtherstoneHours: Monday to FridayReady to put your chemistry skills to work for the planet? Join the experts in waste.A quick look at the role.You will support the day-to-day operations. With safety, health, and environmental standards as your top priority, you will carry out testing and analysis of waste materials, ensure compliance with site permits and regulations, assist with waste acceptance and treatment processes, and contribute to maintaining operational efficiency. You will also help provide a high level of service to both internal and external customers, ensuring accurate records and supporting the smooth running of site activities.Your core responsibilities.Carry out laboratory and site-based chemical analysis to support the safe treatment, transfer, and disposal of waste materials. Ensure compliance with permits, licences, discharge consents, and other legal requirements by monitoring and recording relevant site data. Assess and decide on appropriate treatment methods for incoming waste streams, both bulk and packaged, in line with site capability and regulatory requirements. Support customer service by providing accurate and timely technical input to quotations, bookings, and waste acceptance processes. Maintain accurate bay logs and records to satisfy EA/HSE requirements and ensure correct cost allocation. Assist in site audits, inspections, and sampling activities to maintain safety and environmental standards. Promote safe working practices by following all health, safety, and environmental procedures, reporting hazards, and supporting continuous improvement in safety culture. Help identify and implement opportunities to improve site efficiency, reduce non-value activities, and support operational performance.Our essential requirements.You must have an HNC ( or equivalent) for this role.Outdoor working will be required in all weathers.Continued support and ongoing training.Relevant professional experience, including managing a mixed skills team in a busy demanding environment.Computer literate/using MS Office applications.And here’s why you’ll love it at Biffa.Ongoing career development, training and coaching – Because if you don’t grow, we don’t grow.Competitive salary.Generous pension scheme.Retail and leisure discounts.Holiday and travel discounts.Life cover.About Biffa -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 DiversityBeing 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.
We're on the lookout for a Site Chemist to join our team at Atherstone.
Location: Atherstone
Hours: Monday to Friday
Ready to put your chemistry skills to work for the planet? Join the experts in waste.
A quick look at the role.
You will support the day-to-day operations. With safety, health, and environmental standards as your top priority, you will carry out testing and analysis of waste materials, ensure compliance with site permits and regulations, assist with waste acceptance and treatment processes, and contribute to maintaining operational efficiency. You will also help provide a high level of service to both internal and external customers, ensuring accurate records and supporting the smooth running of site activities.
Your core responsibilities.
- Carry out laboratory and site-based chemical analysis to support the safe treatment, transfer, and disposal of waste materials.
- Ensure compliance with permits, licences, discharge consents, and other legal requirements by monitoring and recording relevant site data.
- Assess and decide on appropriate treatment methods for incoming waste streams, both bulk and packaged, in line with site capability and regulatory requirements.
- Support customer service by providing accurate and timely technical input to quotations, bookings, and waste acceptance processes.
- Maintain accurate bay logs and records to satisfy EA/HSE requirements and ensure correct cost allocation.
- Assist in site audits, inspections, and sampling activities to maintain safety and environmental standards.
- Promote safe working practices by following all health, safety, and environmental procedures, reporting hazards, and supporting continuous improvement in safety culture.
- Help identify and implement opportunities to improve site efficiency, reduce non-value activities, and support operational performance.
Our essential requirements.
- You must have an HNC ( or equivalent) for this role.
- Outdoor working will be required in all weathers.
- Continued support and ongoing training.
- Relevant professional experience, including managing a mixed skills team in a busy demanding environment.
- Computer literate/using MS Office applications.
And here’s why you’ll love it at Biffa.
- Ongoing career development, training and coaching – Because if you don’t grow, we don’t grow.
- Competitive salary.
- Generous pension scheme.
- Retail and leisure discounts.
- Holiday and travel discounts.
- Life cover.
About Biffa -
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.
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.
