Plant Operative - Bristol, United Kingdom - Bristol Waste Company
Description
£31,519.80 per annumHours: 45 hours per week
Standard work pattern:
Monday to Friday 8am - 4:30pm
Saturday 8am - 1pm
Avonmouth
Is this role for me?
Reporting to the Site Supervisor, your role will be to sort through various types of waste extracting recyclable materials.
Key responsibilities:
- Safely drive and operate vehicles and equipment as required by the company and in accordance with the valid licence, company safety procedures, legal requirements, experience and training for that vehicle/equipment
- 360 Excavator experience, operating a counterbalance forklift, LGV shunter experience, FEL experience
- Liaise with the mobile plant companies to organise repairs
- To efficiently and safely sort and process recyclable material
- Safely load haulage
- Monitor incoming trade and commercial waste to reduce contamination
- Ensure a high level of housekeeping
- Weighbridge duties
- To ensure all tasks and responsibilities are completed within the required timescales and that safe working procedures are adhered to
- Review operational services and identify opportunities to improve the overall efficiency within the yard environment
- Guide and improve employee engagement and the safety culture within the organisation contributing to a positive and safe working environment
- Engage positively with Bristol Waste Company employees, including supervisors and compliance officers, as well as external companies etc.
About you:
Essential:
- Front end loading shovel (FEL) licence
- Understanding of weighbridge operations
- Relevant experience which demonstrates the ability to effectively provide guidance, instruction, support and motivation to an operational team
- Relevant experience of Excavator, forklift truck and loading shovel duties
- Professional and confident interpersonal skills for face to face liaison with both internal and external customers
- Demonstrable experience of the ability to remain effective, whilst adapting to changing tasks or priorities, to meet operational requirements
- A good understanding of health and safety within the workplace
- Driving licence valid for use in the UK
Desirable:
- Operational experience in waste disposal industry
- Baler experience
- An understanding of relevant legislation
- Demonstrable, competent IT skills and relevant experience which demonstrates the ability to undertake general administration duties
- A keen attention to detail
- Prepared to work on HRRCs when required to maintain service availability
- BUPA wellbeing cash plan (discounts on dental, optical and physio)
- Private Pension Scheme
- Onsite showering facilities
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced Maternity Entitlement
- Fully funded DCPC
- 25 days holiday
- Excellent professional development opportunities
- Family friendly daytime hours (8 hour shifts)
- Free onsite physiotherapy in working hours
- Onsite Citzen's Advice surgeries And many more
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