Ethypharm
Chemical Waste Specialist
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Chemical Waste Specialist
Location: Romford
Contract Type: Full-time, permanent
Working Hours: Monday - Friday, 6am - 2.30pm
Right to work: Please note that Ethypharm is unable to provide sponsorship for this role. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK.
What you will do:
The Chemical Waste Specialist's primary responsibility is to actively manage and process the receipt, storage, processing, and disposal of hazardous waste in all work streams.
Your key responsibilities include:
- Manage waste operations end-to-end, including preparation, handling, storage, and coordination of waste shipments.
- Plan, prepare, and oversee waste collections, including load creation, palletisation, and ensuring safe loading practices during collection activities.
- Operate a forklift for the weekly collection pickup of waste, in line with site procedures and licence requirements.
- Ensure all waste is correctly segregated, classified, labelled, and packaged in accordance with regulatory requirements and company procedures.
- Maintain accurate waste documentation, including consignment notes, hazardous waste records, and contractor documentation, ensuring full compliance with legal requirements.
- Verify all waste documentation for accuracy and completeness.
- Support the preparation and submission of waste-related documentation to contractors and regulatory bodies where required.
- Monitor waste metrics, including volumes, costs, and trends, and support reporting to drive cost control and continuous improvement.
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About you
You will have experience working with chemicals, hazardous materials or controlled substances in a regulated environment, with a strong understanding of safe handling, storage, segregation and disposal requirements. Organised, safety-conscious and detail-focused, you will be confident maintaining accurate records, identifying risks, and working collaboratively with teams to support compliance, continuous improvement and a positive HSSE culture.
Basic skills and qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Chemistry or a related scientific discipline.
- GCSE Maths and English, or equivalent.
- Experience working with chemicals, hazardous materials, or controlled substances in a manufacturing, pharmaceutical, laboratory, warehouse, or regulated environment.
- Good understanding of COSHH requirements, chemical labelling, safe storage, segregation, handling, and disposal of hazardous materials.
What we offer you
- Up to £38,000 salary per annum
- Holiday - 25 days rising to 30 with length of service plus bank holidays
- Holiday Buy/Sell - an opportunity to buy or sell up to an additional 5 days' holiday
- 3% Bonus - In addition to our competitive salaries, all our employees are entitled to join a discretionary bonus scheme (based on policy eligibility)
- Bravo Benefits Platform - offering a variety of discounts across well-being and lifestyle
- Salary Sacrifice scheme for Electric vehicles with Tusker (dependent on meeting policy eligibility)
- Medicash health cash plan
- Pension Scheme
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About us:
Ethypharm is a leading mid-sized international pharmaceutical company, with strong European roots, that manufactures and provides essential medicines, with a focus on hospital care, central nervous system (severe pain and addiction) and internal medicine.
Ethypharm has 1,700 employees dedicated to its various pharmaceutical activities, of which 1400 are in industrial operations. Our six production sites located in France, the UK, Spain, and China have expertise in injectables and complex oral solid forms.
At Ethypharm, you will be a part of a team dedicated and committed to improving patients' lives.
Our Romford facility located 20 miles from the centre of London, consists of over 6700 square metres of a high-quality, modern pharmaceutical facility where we mix, fill, sterilise, inspect, pack, and label a wide range of medicines.
At Ethypharm we recognise the value of diversity in the workplace and provide equal opportunities for all. We are always open to discussing flexible working arrangements where this meets with the needs of our business.
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