Cleaning and Waste Operative (Nights)

Mitie; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading facility services company is seeking a Cleaning and Waste Operative in Ipswich. In this role, you'll ensure the cleanliness of a warehouse environment, perform waste disposal, and follow Health & Safety policies. We're looking for motivated individuals; full training is provided. Enjoy numerous benefits including holiday entitlement, pension contributions, and a flexible benefits scheme tailored to your lifestyle. This position offers a competitive salary of £13.35 per hour for 35 hours per week, on a 6-month fixed term contract.

Benefits

Holiday entitlement

Pension contributions

High street discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Access to savings incentive plans

Free virtual GP service

Free hot and cold drinks

Qualifications

• No prior experience necessary; full training will be provided.
• Must be comfortable working as part of a team.
• Ability to react quickly to call-outs.

Responsibilities

• Perform general cleaning and tidying within the warehouse.
• Use appropriate cleaning equipment and materials.
• Ensure all cleaning equipment is maintained and safe.

Skills

Reliability

Motivation

Teamwork

Flexibility

Job description

Overview

Better places, thriving communities.

Salary: £13.35 per hour

Hours: 35 hours per week

Shift Pattern: 10 pm to 6 am. 4 on / 2 off

Contract: 6 months fixed term

Responsibilities

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 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 we’re 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, 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,-.

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.