General Yard Operative

Emr-Uk; Erith; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

EMR is seeking a Yard Operative to be the friendly face welcoming customers and ensuring a smooth handover of materials. You’ll load, transport across the site, unload, and assist with processing waste streams. You’ll keep equipment in good working order and help maintain safe site operations.

As a key member of the depot team, you’ll support the Manager and demonstrate hands-on, can-do attitude in all weather conditions, showing enthusiasm and teamwork every day.

Qualifications

• Enthusiasm and a positive attitude.
• Ability to work well in a team.
• Capable of staying upbeat in all weather conditions.
• Willingness to get stuck in and be hands-on.

Responsibilities

• Be the face of EMR, making the customer experience enjoyable and easy.
• Help unload, move, and process materials across the site.
• Regularly check machinery to ensure it’s operating correctly.
• Support the Depot Manager as a reliable right-hand person.

Skills

Enthusiasm

Teamwork

Weather resilience

Hands-on

Job description

About our opportunity

All the carbon we save, all the materials we recycle and all the waste we divert starts on our yards and with our Yard Operatives.

United by a willingness to help out and get stuck in, our Yard Operatives inspire loyalty in our customers, so whenever they think about recycling, they think EMR.

No one said protecting the planet would be easy, but with dirty fingernails and well-earned smiles, our Yard Operatives do so much more than just recycle.

What you will be doing

The face of EMR, you’ll help to make the EMR experience enjoyable and easy for our customers.

Once they’ve handed over their unwanted materials, you’ll be the hero in a hard hat that gets it loaded up, transported across the site, unloaded and processed.

Our machinery does all the really tough stuff for us, so we need you to regularly check to make sure it’s all working as it should be.

And our Depot Manager will think of you as their right-hand person, knowing they can call on you for support.

About you

We don’t believe in shutting doors on potential, so we don’t ask for qualifications or experience. We can teach you everything you need to know. What we can’t teach is:

• Enthusiasm

• Teamwork

• Smiling through all weather conditions

• Getting stuck in and hands on

If you have these qualities, you’re already well on your way to being an incredible Yard Operative. We’ll happily fill in the gaps by developing your knowledge, skills and expertise on the job. And we won’t stop training you once you’ve reached peak Operative status, because when you work for a global leader in sustainable materials, there is no limit to your career progression.