Recycling Centre Site Operative - Braintree (Full Time)

Recycling Centre Site Operative - Braintree

Location: Braintree, Essex
Salary: Up to £25,959 per annum
Job Type: Full Time

Essex Waste Partnership is working to reduce waste and protect the environment. Join our Recycling Centre team as a Site Operative. You may be required to work weekends, Saturdays and Sundays, and will receive a 6% flat rate allowance for Sundays worked.

What will you be doing?

• Assisting the public with any questions, queries, or complaints.
• Maintaining a clean, tidy, and risk free site.
• Assisting in providing clear instructions to subcontractors and hauliers.
• Operating plant machinery and overseeing waste movements.
• Ensuring proper storage of materials for optimal recycling.
• Ensuring compliance with safety standards.
• Contributing to safe and efficient site operations.
• Supporting the team with administrative tasks as and when required.
• Assisting with operations at an alternative Recycling Centre on occasion.

What's in it for you?

• Wide range of learning and development opportunities.
• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with the choice to buy extra.
• Generous Local Government salary related pension scheme.
• Access to hundreds of discounts and benefits through Essex Rewards.
• Access to our health and wellbeing support platform with Vita Health Group.
• Up to 4 days per annum volunteering leave.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• 6% salary uplift for Sunday working.

The Experience You Will Bring

Essential

• Able to work on foot for lengthy periods.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Experience in a customer facing position.
• Able to complete manual handling tasks.
• Able to complete basic reading and writing tasks.
• A willingness to learn new systems.
• Willingness to complete required training, eg First Aid, Plant Operator, Fire Marshall.

Desirable

• Full Driving Licence.
• Computer literate, especially Microsoft Excel and Outlook, with good administration skills.
• IOSH Working Safely or equivalent safety accreditation.
• NPORS or similar Plant Operators Licence/Qualification on Material Handler, with previous experience operating plant machinery preferably within the waste industry.

To perform this role you must be mobile throughout the operational area and have a driving licence and access to a vehicle, or meet the mobility requirements through other means.

Equal Opportunity

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We are committed to interviewing all disabled applicants who meet the minimum requirements of the role under our Job Interview Scheme. Please speak to our recruiters if you require reasonable adjustments during the process. We also commit to interviewing all veterans and care leavers who meet the minimum requirements.

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