General Yard Operative

EMR UK Careers; Thurrock; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recycling company in Thurrock is seeking a General Yard Operative. This role involves loading and unloading materials, ensuring machinery is checked, and providing excellent customer service. The ideal candidate will be hands-on, possess good teamwork skills, and enjoy working outdoors. Training and career progression opportunities are provided.

Benefits

Attractive pay rates

Bonus scheme

Cycle to work scheme

25 days annual leave

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Wellbeing scheme

24/7 colleague assistance programme

Employee support services

Qualifications

• Ability to work outdoors in all conditions
• Good teamwork and communication skills
• Willingness to learn and progress in the role

Responsibilities

• Loading, unloading, processing and transporting materials
• Conducting machinery and work area checks
• Assisting customers on site
• Supporting depot management with daily tasks

Skills

Good customer service skills

Team player

Hands-on attitude

Job description

Package Description

• Attractive pay rates + Increased overtime rates
• Plus great benefits such as:
  • Bonus scheme
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, plus the option to buy and sell leave each year
  • Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
  • Wellbeing Scheme, provided through Health Shield, giving every colleague – and their dependents – unlimited access to GPs and counselling, as well as cash back on a wide range of health and wellbeing treatment
  • Employee Support to include Life Assurance and critical illness pay
  • 24/7 Colleague Assistance Programme and Financial Wellbeing Support – access to affordable loans, savings accounts, advanced earned pay, and financial education via salary finance
  • Online savings with major retailers, utilities, entertainment plus many more

About Our Opportunity

Are you looking to have a sustainable career? Whilst truly making the world better, fairer and greener for the next generation.

You will be a true hero in the eyes of future generations to come by playing a key part in our bold commitment to transform our business into a provider of net zero carbon sustainable materials by 2040. You truly will be making the world a better place to live for the next generation.

This role is bursting with opportunity for the right person. As a General Yard Operative, you will develop fundamental knowledge, skills and expertise throughout your career. We will support you with all the training you need to be successful, including upskilling to operate our plant, giving you the opportunity to progress with your career.

What You Will Be Doing

This role has a variety of responsibilities to keep you busy throughout the day:

• Whether you’re loading, unloading, processing and transporting various materials on site
• Conducting regular checks on machinery and work areas
• Assisting customers and clients on site while offering excellent customer service
• Supporting depot management with day-to-day requirements

About You

If you’ve got a ‘can do’ attitude, you’re a good team player, you enjoy being ‘hands-on’, you have good customer service skills, and you enjoy working outdoors in all conditions in an industrial environment, then this role will be right up your street!

Who We Are

Our purpose is to create a future where the materials we use don’t need to be extracted from the planet. At EMR, we give new life to unwanted materials. Every year, we recycle 10 million tonnes of metals and plastics, saving 19 million tonnes of carbon from entering the Earth’s atmosphere, diverting waste from landfill and protecting resources and habitats.

We couldn’t do any of this without our team members. In return for all they do, we do everything we can to create an environment of belonging, value, support and growth. We’re proud to have achieved Great Place To Work status, but it’s about so much more than a badge. It’s about being recognised by our people for the continuous work we do to do better for them:

‘The people who work here are from varied backgrounds and have a variety of beliefs, all of which are accepted and respected.’

‘I’m encouraged to keep a healthy work-life balance so that I can be performing at my best.’

‘I’ve been supported every step of the way in my career progression.’

‘EMR offers a fantastic and inclusive environment; collaboration across the whole business, humility and hard work.’

We couldn’t do any of this without our team members. In return for all they do, we do everything we can to create an environment of belonging, value, support and growth, underpinned by our Company values of We Care and We Do.

• We Care
  • Integrity – our people are Respectful and Honest
  • Trust – our people are Collaborative and Genuine
• We Do
  • Accountable – our people are Determined and Responsible
  • Innovative – our people have a Growth Mind-set and are Progressive

If you want to be part of something bigger than yourself, have a role that really makes a difference and work with likeminded people towards the same purpose, click the link to apply.

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