Graduate Trainee Chemist

Type: Graduate
Region: London

A quick look at the role

The Graduate Trainee Chemist is responsible for efficiently processing and dispatching incoming wastes through a hazardous waste treatment and transfer facility. You will ensure a high standard of customer service is delivered to all stakeholders. This is a key development role, providing you with a planned and structured exposure to a wide range of hazardous waste treatment activities, and enhancing the specialist services talent pipeline.

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Your core responsibilities

• Monitor and control all processes within the facility in terms of hazardous waste and equipment to ensure operational productivities and plant availability.
• Ensure inputs and outputs meet defined standards e.g., permit requirements, discharge consent, pre acceptance, onward transfer caveats, whilst driving best practice and continuous improvement in cost control and processing operations.
• Support, under the direction of the Operations Manager in controlling material flows through the site to ensure delays and backlogs are minimised
• Support specific Specialist Services Compliance activities that are typically related to the central maintenance of the Specialist Services system and/or management reporting requirements and /or processing and administration of periodic / annual activities
• Support the review of system and the way data and information is used to drive business performance and decision
• Maintain a high level of housekeeping in all areas and ensure any housekeeping activities are carried out in an effective and timely manner.

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Our essential requirements

• Recent Chemistry graduate with a 2.1 or higher
• Three A to C grades at A-Level
• Confident with all Microsoft Applications including advanced Excel
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills

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Biffa – we’re 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 11,000+ people around the country, who trust us to provide them with a career that’s always rewarding, often challenging, but never dull.

We believe different ideas, perspective and backgrounds are key to developing a creative and effective working environment which is why you’ll find us championing diversity and equality at every turn.