Location
Mildenhall, Suffolk | United Kingdom
Job description
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Recycling Operative
Hourly Rate- £10.42 per hour (plus overtime and benefits)
Hours – 33 hours per week
Depot Address (inc. Postcode) – Mildenhall, IP28 7JQ
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As a Recycling Operative at FCC Environment, we will train you to deliver a high standard of customer service to the public by actively encouraging reuse and recycling as well as assisting the public with their waste disposal.
This vacancy is for a full-time position, working 5 days per week.
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Our promise to you
• Competitive salary
• 20 days annual leave (full-time working) plus Bank Holidays
• Pension scheme
• Life Insurance
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• On the job training/progression
• PPE
• Refer a friend
• Recognition
• Flexible benefits including high street savings, cycle to work scheme and Gymflex membership
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme and the Best Doctors Service
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What will you be doing?
• To operate the Recycling Centre safely and efficiently and in line with company procedures and policies, Environmental Permit, Planning Permissions and Contract Specification.
• To assist the Recycling Team Leader in delivering a safe and efficient Recycling Centre service.
• To ensure that the highest standard of customer care is maintained at all times
• To ensure that the site is operated in accordance with the Service Delivery Plan and contract requirements.
• To comply with Health and Safety law, Site Management Plans, Risk Assessments,
Safe Working Procedures, Tool Box Talks, Safety Alerts and any other site instructions.
• To actively promote the principles of Reuse, by identifying and intercepting reusable items in conjunction with our charity partners.
• To actively encourage users of the sites to reuse before recycling and to manage site staff so as to maximise reuse and recycling levels at the site through identification, interception and education.
• To ensure that site daily inspections are undertaken and recorded appropriately in accordance with the Environmental Permit and Contract Operating Procedures
• To ensure that all movements of reuse, recyclables and waste are recorded in line with relevant regulations and contract procedures and all paperwork and information is captured using the sites HData system as instructed.
• To monitor container usage and to provide the Recycling Team Leader with daily reports in relation to container movements for the following day.
• To ensure that all plant and equipment safety checks and inspections are carried and reported in line with the Contract Specification and FCC procedures.
• To ensure that all chargeable waste is identified and appropriate charges applied.
• To ensure that all sales procedures are followed and recorded in line with company policy
• To assist the company in the identification of unlawful deposit of commercial waste at the Recycling Centre.
• To recorded start and finish times each day to comply with Fire Regulations
• To wear issued uniforms, name badges and using PPE correctly at all times.
• To prevent any unauthorised person from sorting, disturbing, interfering or removing any waste from the Recycling Centre
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What are we looking for?
• Experience of working in a customer facing setting desirable, but not essential.
• Experience of working at a Recycling Centre and or in a waste and/or recycling setting desirable, but not essential.
• Experience of working in a heavily regulated environment desirable, but not essential
• No previous knowledge required but a keen interest in improving recycling rates and actively diverting valuable items to re-use such as bikes, televisions, furniture etc.
• Ability to approach public and ask if they need assistance
• Courteous towards customers, clients and colleagues
• Commitment to delivering high levels of customer service.
• Sufficiently resilient and robust to effectively manage third parties.
• Good timekeeper
• Self-motivated.
• Must be able to work by alone or as a team.
• Must be honest and hardworking.
• Must be prepared to work Weekends and Bank Holidays
• Sites open 6 days a week: Required to work any 5 out of 6 days with possible split rest days dependant on operational requirements.
Sites closed Wednesdays, Christmas Day, Boxing Day & New Year's day
• Location - May be asked to work on any Suffolk RC
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About Us
We are FCC Environment, one of the nation’s leading waste and resource management companies. Committed to sustainability, we strive to minimise the amount of waste that ends up in landfill by transforming it into valuable resources wherever possible. Our vision is to be the environmental company of choice, delivering change for a sustainable future.
We operate over 200 facilities in England, Scotland and Wales and employ around 2,500 people.
The profile of the UK's recycling and waste management industry has never been higher. With a real drive for Net Zero and the Environment Act in place, DEFRA’s Resources and Waste strategy has focused our minds on ever more recycling and best practice in waste management. And with more local authorities calling a Climate Crisis, the pressure is on us all as citizens and us as a business to reduce waste and maximise re-use and recovery. We need people who are up for the challenge. We need people with ideas. We need you. Together we will meet the UK’s waste management and energy recovery needs.
FCC Environment are equal opportunities employers, we value diversity and we are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.
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