Graduate Chemist

About us

Acumen is a leading provider of specialist waste management services, offering tailored and cost-effective hazardous and specialist waste management, treatment, transfer and site service solutions to both the public and private sectors in the UK.

Acumen is the specialist arm of the Beauparc group of companies, with combined revenues above £800m across the UK and Ireland, and over 3,000 employees, the Beauparc Group consists of many major UK waste companies including B&M, AWM, JWS, LSS, Mid-UK, Mountain, Scotwaste in the UK along with Panda, IPM, Tyrone Energy and many more in Ireland, we are ideally positioned for growth and development with the full backing of our group and sister companies.

The Acumen business’s headquarters are in Knottingley, Yorkshire, and we have a series of waste facilities across England which allow us to deliver comprehensive and wide-ranging services across the entire waste management arena. Our clients range from large corporates to local authorities and environmental regulators, which includes the Environment Agency and the National Trust.

About the role

An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, self-motivating Graduate Chemist to join our team across our waste facilities. The successful candidate will learn the processes and support all staff at our sites including hazardous waste transfer, liquid waste treatment and waste recovery sites that are based across North Yorkshire

Some of the duties and responsibilities of this role:

• Completing regulatory paperwork such as consignment notes and duty of care paperwork
• Assessing waste to determine best disposal/treatment route and ensuring the best price is achieved
• Ensuring all hardcopy/computer record systems are kept accurate and up to date
• Support/assist in supervision of the vehicle loading or labelling of drums/tankers etc.
• Ensure the profit margin is maintained and enhanced wherever possible. Understand costs of disposing of material and reduce these where possible
• Receipting, sorting and cataloguing of waste at our hazardous waste transfer station
• Ensure that all company systems are utilised correctly and rigorously to ensure compliance at all stages
• To liaise with customer service to resolve issues such as non-conformance
• Ensuring that all site operations are carried out in compliance with all legislative requirements
• General waste handling/bulking

About your Knowledge, Skills & Qualifications

• Degree level qualification in Chemistry or related subject
• Analytical mindset
• Strong chemical awareness
• Interest in hazardous waste
• Proactive and self-motivated
• Ability to work as a team player and to demonstrate individual initiative and promote new ideas
• Customer focused
• Reliable and responsible attitude

Job Types: Full-time, Graduate

Salary: £23,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• On-site parking

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Dewsbury WF13