Recycling Operative - Slough, United Kingdom - Grundon
Description
Do you (ideally) have experience of operating machinery and mobile plant, including loading shovels, 360 excavators and forklift trucks? Are you naturally practical, and willing to work outdoors? Does working nights on a 4 on 4 off shift pattern suit you? As Recycling Operative at Grundon's busy facility at Colnbrook, near Heathrow, you will join a committed team on a permanent contract, with starting pay from around £617 per week (including shift allowance), depending on skill level, plus a host of great benefits, including:
- Discretionary company bonuses
- Pension scheme (you contribute 5% of pay, Grundon matches this) with life insurance cover
- 21.5 days' annual leave (inclusive of 8 bank holidays), which will increase with service, plus the option to buy up to 5 extra days' holiday
What you'll be doing as Recycling Operative
Our Recycling Transfer Station (RTS) is a plant where materials are shredded and baled ready to go to our Energy from Waste facility.
It's a varied role: you might go from sweeping one minute to operating an excavator the next, to clearing a blockage that would cause downtime.
What we're looking for in our Recycling Operative
- Ideally, competent and qualified at operating mobile plant – forklift, loading shovel, 360 excavators. However, we'll train you up if you're the right candidate
- A basic understanding of the waste industry, ideally with experience in a recycling processing plant/baler operations.
- Good timekeeping, attendance and teamwork.
Working hours:
Average working week is 40.36 hours on a shift system of 4 nights on followed by 4 nights off. Your normal shift will be 12 hours, 6pm-6am
Grow with Grundon
Grundon is a leading, long-established and award-winning waste management, environmental and quarrying company that develops and invests in the people that work for us. Interest in joining us as Recycling Operative? Click apply. We interview as soon as we have applications that look like a good match. No agencies please