Waste Operative

About the Role
North Lincolnshire Council's Waste Services Team is seeking a motivated and reliable Waste Operative Site Attendant to join our Recycling Team.
Working across our Waste Transfer Station and Household Recycling Centres, you will play a key role in delivering an essential public service by helping residents recycle and dispose of waste safely and responsibly.

This is a physically demanding role that involves working outdoors in all weather conditions. Operating mobile plant machinery. The successful candidate will be committed to providing excellent customer service, maintaining high standards of health and safety, and supporting the Council's environmental and recycling objectives.

Key Responsibilities:
As a Waste Operative Site Attendant, you will:
• Assist customers by removing or receiving household, industrial and commercial
• waste in accordance with established procedures.
• Provide advice to customers regarding the disposal of their waste and recycling.
• Assist drivers in safe manoeuvring of the vehicles at the disposal location.
• Carry out all duties in a safe and efficient manner.
• Maintaining a high standard of housekeeping on site. i.e. site to be kept clean and tidy at all times.
• Managing site containers effectively (weight of waste, maximising payload, arranging service collections)
• Making sure records are correctly completed and secured.
• Drive vans and large mobile plant.
• Operation of a single staffed household recycling site.
• Machine operating, driving (JCB, Loading Shovel, Tele-Handler etc.) Including preventative maintenance.
• Be able to transport yourself around waste sites in North Lincolnshire.
• Deal with contamination issues.
• Comply with site permit conditions and council procedures.

About You
To be successful in this role, you will hold a full UK driving licence and have experience and relevant certification to operate mobile plant equipment such as loading shovels, telehandlers and forklift trucks.
Previous experience within the waste management, recycling, environmental services, or logistics, sectors would be advantageous, although full training will be provided.

Ideally, you will have:
• A strong work ethic and positive attitude.
• The ability to undertake physically demanding outdoor work.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills.
• A good understanding of health and safety responsibilities.
• The ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Experience operating plant and machinery safely.
• An interest in environmental services, recycling and sustainability.

What We Offer
• Full time 37 contractual hours per week, plus one additional banked hour for training requirements.
• Opportunities for overtime with enhanced pay.
• Generous annual leave entitlement, increasing with length of service.
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Access to comprehensive training and development opportunities.
• A range of employee benefits and wellbeing support services.
• The opportunity to contribute to environmental improvement within North Lincolnshire.

Join Our Team
If you are looking for a rewarding role where you can make a positive contribution to the environment while helping deliver an essential service to local communities, we would love to hear from you.

Apply today and become part of North Lincolnshire Council's Waste Services Team.

Please see attached job description and employee specification which you should refer to when completing your application to demonstrate you meet the essential criteria for the role.

For an informal discussion, please contact Ian Wilkinson at Ian.Wilkinson@northlincs.gov.uk

Candidates must be able to evidence their right to work in the UK. Please note the council does not hold a sponsor licence to sponsor people to work in the UK.

Attachments

• Job Description and Employee Specification.pdf