Water Treatment Service Chemist

Job Title: Water Treatment Service Chemist

Location: Derby, East Midlands

Salary/Benefits: £30k - £45k + Training & Benefits

Our client is a leading name within the Water Treatment / Compliance industry, who hold a national presence and wide variety of client contracts, ranging from blue-chip to industrial sites. Due to recently winning new contracts in the Yorkshire region, they are seeking an experienced Water Treatment Service Chemist to cover new and existing client sites. Our client requires someone who holds a strong work history and professional manner, as the role will involve direct interaction and consultation with clients on site. They are offering attractive salaries and benefits to the successful candidate.

Locations of work include: Derby, Nottingham, Beeston, Burton upon Trent, Swadlincote, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Coalville, Loughborough, Melton Mowbray, Leicester, Hinckley, Nuneaton, Rugby, Coventry, Tamworth, Lichfield, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Solihull, Redditch, Cannock, Rugeley, Stafford, Stoke-on-Trent, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Kidderminster.

Experience / Qualifications:

-           Successful record working as a Water Treatment Service Chemist

-           Experience working within a recognised and respected Water Treatment company

-           Ideally will hold a degree relating to sciences / environmental subjects

-           Robust technical knowledge, including HSG 274 and ACOP L8 guidelines

-           Eye for detail

-           Strong client-facing skills

-           Competent literacy and IT skills / experience

The Role:

-           Attending client sites to conduct testing and analysis on Steam Boilers, Cooling Towers and Closed Systems

-           Safely and correctly handling chemicals to dose systems

-           Flushes on LTHW systems

-           Producing thorough technical reports for clients

-           Identifying required works and producing quotations

-           Ordering chemicals and required materials as required

-           Meeting with clients to establish their requirements and provide technical advice

-           Travelling in line with company requirements

-           Representing the company in a professional manner

-           Adhering to set personal and company targets

-           Maintaining excellent service standards at all times

-           Supporting the training of new members of staff

Alternative job titles: Industrial Water Chemist, Water Treatment Engineer, Field Chemist, Water Service Engineer.

Future Select are recruiting in the Water Treatment/Hygiene industry; we work with the best clients & candidates and supply the majority of permanent jobs in the market.

We would be interested in speaking to candidates with experience in any disciplines from Risk Assessors, Service Engineers, Account Managers and Business Development/Operational Managers through to Director level. 

We are inundated with applications, we will endeavour to get back in touch, however if you have applied to Future Select and you have not heard from us after a week, on this occasion, you will not have been successful.  Your details will be saved on our system and you will be contacted in the future if a vacancy matches your skills.

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