Salary: £578 per week
Contract: Full-time, permanent
Working hours: Monday-Friday, 7am-5pm – 45 hours per week
Are you looking for a hands-on job where you're on your feet operating machinery and plant? Here’s your opportunity to join our busy waste facility between Reading and Maidenhead, where clinical waste from customers like hospitals, vets and care homes is weighed, recorded and sorted before it moves onto the next stage of processing.
What you’ll be doing as Waste Operative
Operating the weighbridges at the Knowl Hill Waste Facility and assisting with the loading and unloading of waste from Grundon vehicles and third-party customers.
Other key duties include:
- Sorting and processing waste, including completion of waste paperwork
- Operating a mechanical bin tipper for loading waste onto a trailer for onward disposal
- Operating bin wash machines
- Carrying out bin repairs
- Cleaning and maintenance of general work area
We have a team of 16 operatives and due to shift patterns, you’d be working with different people each week.
What you’ll need
The 'musts' for this Waste Operative job are competency at operating machinery and plant safely, basic computer skills (we’ll train you to use the weighbridge software), strong team work and a flexible approach.
We believe in nurturing talent and offer plenty of training and professional development opportunities, plus a supportive and inclusive work environment. As Waste Operative you can expect a perks and benefits package that includes:
- Discretionary company bonuses
- Pension scheme (you contribute 5% of pay, Grundon matches this) with life insurance cover
- 30 days’ annual leave (inclusive of 8 bank holidays), which will increase with service, plus the option to buy up to 5 extra days' holiday
Ready to join us?
We interview as soon as strong applications come in, so don’t wait – apply now to become our next Waste Operative and join a forward-thinking team.
Click apply now – we look forward to hearing from you!
(Please note: No agencies)
