£23,752 per annum
40 hours per week
Standard work pattern: Wednesday and Thursday off Monday, Tuesday, Friday: 08:45am - 17:15pm Saturday: 07:45am - 16:15pm Sunday: 09:45am - 18:15pm
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Location: Avonmouth BS11 0YS
About Bristol Waste
We are a sector leading UK service provider with a turnover approaching £40m with a forward-looking vision to accelerate growth during the next 3 years to exceed a £50m turnover. The company concentrates on the provision of integrated waste management services and works with the municipal and commercial areas.
About the role
We are looking for talented Waste Management Operatives with a strong customer service background that share our ambitious vision and values to make Bristol a cleaner and greener place to live and work. Our friendly teams love providing an excellent service for their communities. You will enjoy working in a team environment, in a job that provides variety and long term career prospects.
Based at the Avonmouth Household Reuse and Recycling Centre, you will act as the first point of contact to the public, providing a professional service by giving advice, direction and assistance, ensuring that waste is received and deposited correctly.
You will:
- Control the receipt and segregation for recycling of waste received, engaging with commercial customers as well as members of the public.
- Direct and control the loading and transfer of waste, recyclable and reusable materials to final disposal points.
- Carry out general site duties including housekeeping of site grounds, buildings and staff facilities.
- If trained to drive wheeled loading shovel and other mobile plant, carry out inspections and report defects of mobile plant, vehicles and other equipment.
- Operate weighbridge when required
- Actively participate in full range of recycling and reuse activities/initiatives
- Experience of dealing with a wide range of colleagues and customers and use of appropriate communication skills in responding to operational issues
- Proven experience of effective contribution to team working
- Ability to operate computerised weighbridge (training will be provided)
- Demonstrable experience of ability to work effectively without direct supervision
- Demonstrable understanding of health and safety and other associated relevant legislation
- Experience or ability to demonstrate suitability for physical work involving the lifting of weights up to 25 kg and manual handling to include pushing/pulling waste bins
- Experienced in the routine checking of vehicles/mobile plant
- Forklift driving experience with current qualification
- Front end loading shovel driving experience with relevant qualification
- Class 2 with hooklift experience
- Ability to gain LGV Class II licence and ability to drive/operate a range of mobile plant, equipment and vehicles
- Free onsite parking (subject to availability)
- Shower facilities on all sites
- BUPA wellbeing cash plan (refund on dental, optical and physio)
- Free in-site physiotherapy in working hour
- Cycle to work scheme
- 25 days holiday
- 3 weeks full pay, 3 weeks half pay, rising with each year of service up to 8 weeks full pay, 8 weeks half pay
- Enhanced Maternity entitlement
- Development opportunities
- Employee benefits and discounts
- On-site Citizen's Advice surgeries
Successful applicants will be required to provide proof of their right to work in the UK. Please be advised that Bristol Waste Company does not offer certification of sponsorship for workplace visas.
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