# Site Chemist

**Company**: Biffa
**Location**: Welham Green
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Manufacturing
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4904749

**Apply**: https://apply.workable.com/j/0D64547197
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_81b1b836-f36

## Description

## Join Biffa as a Site Chemist – Where Science Meets Sustainability

We're on the lookout for a Site Chemist to join our team at Welham Green, helping us safely manage and process hazardous waste in an industry that keeps the UK moving.

### Your Core Responsibilities

- Support with technical assessments, waste classification, and preparation for compliant storage and onward processing.

- Maintain high standards of housekeeping, safety, and documentation in all work areas, following company SOPs and PPE requirements.

- Accurately complete and upload necessary documentation for waste movement, including PTAFs, WDDs, packing lists, and supporting records.

- Assess waste for conformity and compatibility, using chemical knowledge to ensure safe packaging and segregation of materials.

- Assist in creating load plans and packing strategies that comply with regulatory standards and internal procedures.

- Help develop and improve risk assessments, operating procedures, and safe systems of work for Hazpack activities.

- Collaborate with internal teams (e.g., Sales, Customer Services, Technical) to resolve queries, support job costing, and provide job detail for planning.

- Promote a positive health and safety culture through hazard spotting, near-miss reporting, and adherence to environmental and safety standards.

### Benefits

- 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.

## Skills

### Required
- IT literate – Using MS Office
- Proven record of working to clearly defined KPI’s
- Knowledge & understanding of the hazards associated with chemical functional groups and relevant laws
- Able to interpret a safety data sheet
- Knowledge & understanding of the chemical hazards associated with COSHH symbols and associated road transport diamonds
- Knowledge and understanding of the requirements of working within an time critical hazardous waste environment