Location
Folkestone, Kent | United Kingdom
Job description
Are you looking for the right role for you? Then look no further….
HWRC Site Operative
Hourly Rate- £10.68 per hour (plus overtime and benefits)
Hours – 40 hours per week (start / finish depending on shift pattern to be advised)
Postcode of depot – CT20 3UJ
As an HWRC Site Operative, 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 six days on, three days off.
Our promise to you
- 20 days’ annual leave (full-time working) plus Bank Holidays
- Pension scheme
- Life Insurance
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- On the job training/progression
- PPE
- 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
What will you be doing?
- Assisting members of public with the disposal of their waste
- Presenting a positive image and giving a friendly welcome to all users
- Adhering to the council requirements for van users and other rules
- Sorting and moving waste streams deposited by members of the public into the appropriate location
- Escorting members of the public to the asbestos containers
- Complying with the site license and FCC Environment health and safety procedures
- Ensuring good housekeeping within the site is maintained
- Litter picking
- Monitoring levels of waste
- Liaising with Team Leaders and Site Supervisors to arrange collections
- Maintaining site infrastructure – e.g., washing signs, containers and cleaning drains
What are we looking for?
- Experience in a customer-facing role
- An understanding of the importance of Health & Safety
- Attention to detail
- A team player
- A polite and helpful manner
- Good basic verbal and written communication skills
- The willingness to work in adverse weather conditions
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 employees.
With the Environment Bill going through Westminster this year and DEFRA’s new Resources and Waste strategy focusing our minds on ever more recycling and best practice in waste management, the profile of the UK's waste management industry has never been higher. With more local authorities calling a Climate Crisis and a clear push towards net-zero carbon across the economy, the pressures 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 is an equal opportunities employer, values diversity and is 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 environment is, the better our work will be.
How to apply
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£10.68 per hour
