Job Description

Senior Chemist

  • Salary: £30000 per annum
  • REF Number: v-168439
  • Consultant: Emily Mills
  • Contact: 01246 457720
  • Date Published: 22.12.2025
  • Industry: Chemical
  • Location: Walsall, West Midlands, England
  • Functional Expertise: Laboratory

CK Group are recruiting for a Shift Senior Site Chemist to join a hazardous waste management company based at their site near Birmingham, on a full time, permanent basis for a salary of £30,000 per annum.

Please note that this is a shift role involving nights and working in the outdoors, not in a laboratory.

As a Senior Site Chemist, you will be responsible in bringing value to the business by accepting and inspecting all incoming assignments of Hazardous and Non-Hazardous Waste by following the relevant regulations and site procedures. This is a shift-based role working 40 hpw with the morning shift from 6am-3pm, the afternoon shift from 1pm-10pm and night shift from 10pm-6am.

Location:

The site is based near Walsall and is commutable from Birmingham.

As a Senior Site Chemist, the main purpose of your role will be:

  • Ensuring all incoming consignments of wastes have appropriate paperwork
  • Responsible for thecompletion of waste safety checks to allow acceptance to site
  • Responsible for the completion of regular sampling of received waste

  • Waste acceptance is recorded using the SAP system.
  • Ensuring all waste is labelled correctly with all relevant information.
  • Processing of waste as required – to include bulking, sorting, segregating, listing and re-packing of wastes.
As a Senior Site Chemist, you will have the following qualifications, skills and experience:

  • Degree Level or HNC Qualification in Chemistry or a similar related field.
  • Previous experience of the Waste Industry is essential.
  • SAP experience is essential.
  • Willingness to work in outdoor conditions in a hazardous chemical environment undertaking a manual/hands on approach.
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Please quote job reference 168439 in all correspondence. It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK.

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