Cleaning and Waste Operative

Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services; Crawley; On-site; GBP 19,286 - 22,041; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday entitlement

Pension contributions

Discounts to 850+ retailers

Cycle to work scheme

Save as you earn scheme

Job summary

Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services is looking for a motivated Cleaning and Waste Operative to join our warehouse cleaning team in the UK. The role involves daily cleaning, tidying all areas, and handling waste disposal with a focus on safety and efficiency.

You will operate cleaning equipment, follow health and safety policies, and participate in full training. The position offers a permanent contract, a fixed 8-hour day shift, and a competitive hourly rate of £14.13.

Qualifications

• Reliability and punctuality are essential.
• Ability to work in a warehouse environment and follow cleaning protocols.
• Willingness to undergo basic disclosure checks and safety training.

Responsibilities

• Clean and tidy all warehouse areas, including washrooms and canteens.
• Use appropriate cleaning equipment and products and ensure equipment is clean and maintained.
• Handle waste disposal in accordance with safety procedures and client requirements.

Skills

Reliability

Teamwork

Flexibility

Health & Safety awareness

Job description

Better places, thriving communities.

Salary: £14.13 / hour

Hours: 8 hours/ day

Shift Pattern: 6 am to 2 pm, 4 on / 2 off

Contract: Permanent

In your new role as a Cleaning and Waste Operative, you'll be working within a warehouse environment as part of our cleaning and waste team. Your duties will include general cleaning and tidying of all areas within the warehouse including washrooms and canteens. You'll use appropriate cleaning equipment, materials, and cleaning products. You will ensure all equipment is kept clean, well maintained and in safe working order. You'll need to react quickly to call-outs from the client and comply with all Health & Safety legislation and policies (all training will be provided). You will manage waste disposal.

What You'll Get In Return

• Holiday entitlement
• Pension contributions
• Discounts to over 850 high street retailers
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to Save as you earn scheme and share incentive plan
• A free virtual GP service
• Free hot and cold drinks

Plus, we love to recognise our colleagues for their hard work. We do this through our Mitie Stars programme and our Employee of the Month Scheme. We also involve colleagues throughout the year when we celebrate holidays and events.

What are looking for?

We are looking for a motivated, reliable, and hardworking individual to join our amazing team. We would like our new colleague to be flexible in their approach to the role plus to be comfortable working as part of a team. No experience necessary as full training will be provided. You’ll be required to complete a Basic Disclosure Check and may be required to undertake a drug and alcohol screening test. Nothing scary, we’ll support you through this.

Our market‑leading flexible benefits scheme provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible benefits platform, Choices. This gives you the chance to customise your benefits to best suit your lifestyle. You can choose from dental insurance, dining cards, coffee clubs, buying technology products at an affordable cost and much more!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme.

Life cover is the greater of your equivalent annual salary or a minimum of £10,000 - giving peace of mind for your dependants. We also offer a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing at .

Since 1987, Mitie’s 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.

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