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 Job Description:

Position: Chemical Process Technician

Location: McQuillan Environmental, Antrim

Responsible to: Senior Process Chemist

Contract type: Full-time, permanent

Salary: Competitive/Negotiable DOE

Working hours: Shift Working Pattern – (12am – 8am, 8am – 4pm, 4pm – 12am)

 

Why work for McQuillan Companies?

McQuillan Companies is a family-run business based in Northern Ireland, delivering a diverse range of construction, environmental, and facilities management services across the public, private, and commercial sectors. Our expertise spans civil engineering, road surfacing, demolition and quarrying, including the supply of premium aggregates and bituminous materials, alongside total waste management, and accredited environmental testing. We also provide year-round outdoor and facilities maintenance services such as winter gritting, outdoor cleaning, landscaping, property restoration, and insurance reinstatement. Together, these capabilities allow us to deliver comprehensive, fully coordinated solutions for our clients. As a growing company with a dynamic and supportive environment, we value diverse perspectives and are committed to creating a workplace where our people can thrive and build rewarding careers.

McQuillan Environmental is one of Northern Irelands leading waste management companies, providing recycling and hazardous waste management to the region’s leading companies throughout GB & ROI. We are a multi-site waste and resource management organisation serving all industrial and public sectors including hospitality, retail, manufacturing, construction and pharmaceutical to meet their sustainability and legislative commitments. We ensure that Sustainability is at the core of our waste management practices and as we move into the Circular Economy, we offer tailored solutions to support all our customer’s Corporate Social Responsibility requirements.

McQuillan Environmental’s UKAS 17025 accredited laboratory provides testing, monitoring and waste consultancy services to a wide range of industrial companies, environmental consultants, contractors, retailers and government authorities throughout Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and UK. Our services comprise testing of waste water, trade effluents, groundwater, surface water, landfill leachate, soil, waste and other products to assess their quality, impact on the environment and waste classification.

 

We offer a range of benefits including:

• Competitive salaries
• An employee health scheme
• Employee private healthcare
• An excellent employee pension scheme
• 31 days of annual leave, increased in line with years of service milestones
• Working as a part of a dynamic group of professionals who excel at maintaining regulatory standards while fostering a supportive and welcoming environment
• Excellent development, learning and training opportunities
• Participation in a range of team building activities

 

Overall objectives

We seek to appoint a Chemical Process Technician to join our busy and expanding team within McQuillan Environmental.

If you are looking for a career opportunity within a growing business that includes a range of benefits, in a dynamic and engaging working environment then McQuillan Companies is the place for you.

This role will require someone with a ‘can do’ attitude, a commercial approach and demonstrable attention to detail. The successful candidate will report to the Senior Process Chemist and must be hardworking, reliable, and possess excellent communication & inter personal skills. In return you will be awarded a competitive salary, variety within your role, the ability to build upon your existing experience within the profession and the opportunity to work within a friendly and supportive team.

 

Key responsibilities:

• Follow the correct procedure for the labelling and sampling of waste.
• Follow the correct procedure for unloading of waste into the Chemical Treatment Facility.
• Carry out general housekeeping of Chemical Treatment Facility and laboratory.
• Ensure that equipment remains in calibration and functions as required.
• Ensure that waste samples are analysed in accordance with agreed methods.
• Set-up and prepare processing equipment as per relevant procedures.
• Follow Waste Processing Directions as generated by the Process Chemists for the treatment of all wastes within the Chemical Treatment Facility.
• Complete all associated processing documentation as per relevant procedures and policies and ensure that they are signed off as appropriate.
• Be responsible for ensuring that all analysis and processing is performed in accordance with McQuillan Envirocare quality policies and procedures and are in accordance with the appropriate regulatory guidelines.

 

Essential Criteria:

• GCSE (or equivalent) in English Language, Mathematics and in Science related subject (i.e. Biology, Chemistry, Engineering,)
• Ability to work effectively on own initiative and the ability to work within a team environment
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
• Basic level ability in the use of Microsoft Office ((Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

 

Desirable Criteria:

• Educated to A-level (or equivalent) standard OR 2 year’s appropriate experience in a Laboratory Environment.
• Previous experience in a waste treatment environment.
• Previous experience of working with Standard Operating Procedure’s (SOP’S)
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

 

Closing date for all applications is: Friday 28^th August 2026.

This job description should not be regarded as conclusive or definite. It is a guideline within which the individual jobholder works. It is not intended to be rigid or inflexible and may alter as the Company’s strategic direction changes.