Location: Horsham
Salary: £12.40 per hour
Hours: Thursday to Monday (Tuesdays & Wednesdays off)
Summer hours (1 April – 30 September): 08:45 – 18:15
Winter hours (1 October – 31 March): 08:45 – 16:15
A quick look at the role:
As a Site Operative, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring our recycling centre runs safely and efficiently. From helping members of the public to maintaining the cleanliness and safety of the site, you’ll be supporting a greener, cleaner community every day.
Your core responsibilities:
- Support the day-to-day running of the site and ensure smooth operations
- Assist visitors in sorting and recycling waste correctly
- Keep the site clean, safe, and well organised
- Prevent commercial or non-compliant waste from entering
- Promote recycling and help maximise segregation of materials
- Provide great customer service while working outdoors in all weathers
- Be part of a friendly, supportive team making a real impact locally
Requirements
Our essential requirements.
- Excellent customer service skills with a friendly, helpful attitude.
- A team player who can also work independently.
- A proactive and organized approach to site maintenance.
- The ability to handle challenges with a problem-solving mindset.
Benefits
And here’s why you’ll love it at Biffa.
- Competitive salary
- Ongoing career development, training and coaching – because if you don’t grow, we don’t grow.
- Generous pension scheme.
- Retail and leisure discounts.
- Holiday and travel discounts.
- Bike to work scheme
Changing the way people think about waste.
At Biffa, we love working with waste. Whether we’re turning it into sustainable power, finding new ways to recycle it or simply keeping it off the streets, we believe every day is an opportunity to improve the lives of millions. It’s a view that’s shared by our 11,500+ people around the country, who trust us to provide them with a career that’s always rewarding, often challenging, but never dull. And it’s why we’re the UK’s No. 1 choice for business waste management.
Dedicated to diversity.
Being inclusive is core to our culture at Biffa; we believe different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds are key to developing a creative and effective working environment that represents our communities and generates the best outcomes for colleagues, customers and stakeholders, which is why you’ll find us championing diversity, equity and inclusion at every turn.