HWRC and Plant Operative

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Lichfield; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading local authority seeks a team member for their household waste recycling centre. Responsibilities include ensuring safety, assisting the public, and operating machinery while adhering to health and safety standards. The ideal candidate will have a valid UK driving license, first aid training, and experience in waste management operations.

Benefits

Access to employee rewards and benefits

Qualifications

• Strong team player with flexible approach to duties.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Willing to learn and be trained.

Responsibilities

• Help the public use the site safely and adhere to health and safety guidelines.
• Provide professional customer service and operate site equipment responsibly.
• Report unauthorized waste depositing and promote environmental sustainability.

Skills

Teamwork

Health and safety knowledge

Communication skills

Numerical skills

Literacy skills

Understanding of recycling

First Aid training

Equipment operation

Education

Full UK driving licence

Tools

360 wheeled excavator operation

Job description

Our 14 household waste recycling centres accept around 85,000 tonnes of waste per year and accept 42 types of material.

The recycling centres are visited approximately 1.6 million times a year by residents. You will play a key role in helping us maintain the best service for residents, be sustainable, and provide good value for money.

Main Responsibilities

Your day-to-day duties will vary, and may include the following:

• Helping the public use the site in a safe manner, adhering to all Health and Safety guidance.
• Being the accountable fire marshal and first aid trained responder on site.
• Providing friendly, informative, and professional customer service.
• Protecting yourself and your team by promoting high standards of health and safety.
• Safely operating equipment and machinery and reporting any faults and issues.
• Working with commercial traders, providing advice and handling payments.
• Reporting unauthorised waste depositing and promoting environmental sustainability.
• Supporting other HWRC teams as part of the Staffordshire HWRC Network.

The Ideal Candidate

You'll be:

• A strong team player.
• Have a working knowledge of health and safety legislation and operations.
• A flexible approach to duties, willing to learn and be trained.
• Good verbal and written communication skills – to communicate with site staff, management, clients, contractors, and the public.
• Strong numerical and literacy skills and paperwork and recording skills.
• An understanding of recycling and recyclable materials is an advantage.
• Trained First Aider, or willing and capable of being trained.
• A Full UK driving licence.
• Experience in operating a above 10-ton 360 wheeled excavator, or willing to learn.
• Experience in the operation of Household waste recycling centres (HWRCs).

Interviews will be held during the week commencing 30 June 2025.

If you'd like to discuss the role further, please contact Danny Wraxton at [e-mail].

Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.

About Staffordshire County Council

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values: The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice, and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

Our benefits: We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and maintain a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire.

Our recruitment process: As an Authority, we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and a Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and communities.

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer, and our support for care leavers, we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.