General Hand

Community Resources; Newcastle-Maitland; On-site; AUD 30,000 - 41,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Job summary

Soft Landing in Redhead, NSW, is seeking a General Hand to support mattress collection and recycling operations across the Newcastle region. The role involves manual processing, loading and unloading mattresses, and assisting with baling and disposal activities.

Casual position with hours Monday to Friday, 7:00am–3:00pm. Salary packaging available; not-for-profit structure may apply. Candidates from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply as part of our inclusive workplace.

Qualifications

• Ability to work with supervisors and diverse teams.
• Willing to learn and train in all aspects of what we do.
• Must be willing to undertake random site drug and alcohol testing.
• Able to travel to Redhead industrial area.

Responsibilities

• Manual processing of mattresses and bed bases.
• Riding as offsider on collection runs; load/unload with safe handling.
• Prepare separated components for baling or disposal.
• Maintain PPE and a tidy, clean workspace.
• Assist with balers and presses and operating equipment.
• Unloading and stacking mattresses and other recyclable items.

Skills

Teamwork

Physical fitness

Reliability

Tools

Forklift operation

Job description

Soft Landing is a national social enterprise operating across NSW, ACT, VIC and WA. We divert end of life mattresses from landfill and recovery components to recycle. For every 45 mattresses that we collect and recycle each day, we can create a job for someone who really needs it. Soft Landing currently employees 150 staff.

Soft Landing, located in Redhead, NSW provides mattress collection and recycling services across the Newcastle region and beyond. As demand for our service continues to grow, we require a General Hand to commence employment as soon as possible.

The General Hand role at Soft Landing includes:

• Manual processing of mattresses and bed bases (this involves cutting away the material from the shell of the unit and separating components that may include latex, foam, husk, steel and timber)
• Riding as offsider on collection runs including loading and unloading of mattresses with attention to safe manual handling
• Preparing separated components for baling or waste disposal
• Correctuse and attention to PPE
• Maintaining a tidy and clean working area
• Assisting with balers and presses
• General facility manual tasks including unloading and stacking of mattresses and other recyclable items
• Able to demonstrate and maintain good working relationships with supervisors and fellow workers, including people from different backgrounds and cultures
• Good physical fitness is required, along with flexibility and a sense of pride in what and how you work
• Reliable, motivated and have a good work ethic
• Willing to learn and train in all aspects of what we do
• Able to work independently and as a team player to achieve and maintain daily processing targets.

Requirements:

• Able to demonstrate and maintain good working relationships with supervisors and fellow workers, including people from different backgrounds and cultures
• Willing to learn and train in all aspects of what we do
• Willing to undertake random site drug and alcohol testing to ensure a safe work environment for all
• Ability to travel to Redhead industrial area
• Forklift licence highly desirable but not essential - training may be offered should your position become permanent.
• Casual roles are paid in accordance with the Waste Management Award.Hours of work are Monday to Friday between 7.00am and 3.00pm. As a not-for-profit organisation we offer salary packaging, which means you can significantly increase your take-home pay.
• We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with different abilities, and people re-entering the workforce.

Find out more about us by visitingwww.communityresources.org.au

Interviews for these positions will commence immediately.