Job description
Role: Skilled Recycling Operative
Location: Wallace Way, Hitchin
Hours: 48 per week, Monday to Friday - Day shift
Salary: Competitive
The Business:
Global Ardour Recycling Limited are a national recycling and waste management business, operating sites nationwide to offer services to recycle scrap metal, scrap cars and much more. We’re industry leaders, developing ground-breaking Energy from Waste technologies. We’re also one of the country’s largest scrap car recyclers, processing up to 10,000 every month across our sites. At the heart of our business are our employees and to support the growth and development of everybody who works for us, we have developed a dedicated training facility that caters for all learning styles and supports the development of all employees.
The Role: We are looking to recruit a Skilled Recycling Operative with scrap experience to join our established team based at our site in Hitchin.
What you will be doing:
- Working on the picking line
- Banksman duties
- General yard work
- FLT duties (training can be given)
- Operate plant machinery (if qualified)
- Responsible for ensuring the safe loading of containers on site
- Ensuring the safe movement and manoeuvring of vehicles on and off the container tilter loader
- Working closely with others, ensuring good communication and following instructions
- To work within and to adopt all H&S procedures that are in force at all the companies’ depots.
- To inform management immediately of any defects that may cause any item of equipment to be either unsafe or unroadworthy.
- To keep the yard clean and tidy and free from hazards.
- Undertaking the depollution of End-of-Life Vehicles (ELVs) – removing and storing parts safely (full training provided)
- Removing of catalytic convertors from vehicles
- Any other ad-hoc duties required.
The ideal candidate:
- Crane experience (desirable, not essential)
- Recycling / scrap experience
- Experience of removing engines
- An ability to work under pressure, solve problems and provide a consistently positive contribution to the team
- Mechanical experience
- You will also: ensure high standards of delivery and customer service; be determined, resilient and flexible; demonstrate a positive attitude
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.
Health, safety and wellbeing are our priority and as such all roles are subject to pre and post employment drug testing.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Schedule:
- Day shift
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Hitchin, SG4 0SE: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):
- What is your salary expectation?
- Are you comfortable working outdoors?
Work Location: In person
