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Environmental Technician - Landfill Groundwater & Leachate

Canterbury
4 weeks ago
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE OR GEOLOGY GRADUATE OR ANYONE THAT IS PRACTICALLY MINDED AND HAPPY WORKING IN A HANDS-ON ROLE REQUIRED TO OVERSEE LANDFILL OPERATIONS – FULL TRAINING GIVEN

ROLE: Environmental Technician - Landfill Groundwater & Leachate

SALARY: £25-35,000 DOE Plus Van and Pension (would require previous experience in this exact role to get £32k+)

HOURS: 45 per week

LOCATION: Canterbury

PREVIOUS ROLES COULD HAVE BEEN: Leachate Technician, Farm Hand, Environmental Technician, Process Operator, Operations Technician, Operative, Process Technician, Environmental Graduate, Landfill Operative, Laboratory Technician

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE: Environmental Science Graduate, Farming, Agriculture, Waste Management, Recycling, Landfill, Wastewater, Sewage Treatment, Anaerobic Digestion, Chemicals, Process Industry, Plumber, Chemistry Graduate, Biology Graduate, Biochemistry Graduate, Geology Graduate

ROLE: Environmental Technician - Landfill Groundwater & Leachate

You will work on an open landfill site monitoring and treating leachate, groundwater
You will take samples on site and undertake basic lab work inc. spectroscopy
Basic maintenance of site equipment
You will complete require paperwork / reports
You will provide cover at other sites in the region on occasion
You will work within the companies environmental, safety and quality protocol

EXPERIENCE: Environmental Technician – Landfill Operations

You will be happy working in a 70% outdoors based role working in all weathers on a landfill site which will be dirty and smelly

Laboratory or maintenance engineering experience a plus

You will have a UK driving Licence

Previous Roles could have been: Leachate Technician, Environmental Technician, Process Operator, Operations Technician, Process Technician, Operative, Environmental Graduate, Landfill Operative, Laboratory Technician

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE: Environmental Science Graduate, Waste Management, Recycling, Landfill, Wastewater, Sewage Treatment, Anaerobic Digestion, Farming, Agriculture, Chemicals, Process Industry, Plumber, Chemistry Graduate, Biology Graduate, Biochemistry Graduate, Geology Graduate

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