Landfill Site Maintenance Operative

WasteRecruit Ltd; Chelmsford; Remote; GBP 24,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company van

Fuel card

Job summary

WasteRecruit Ltd is seeking a Landfill Site Maintenance Operative to cover East Anglia, Cambridgeshire, Kent and Essex. You will conduct site checks, supervise contractors and assist repairs across inert and closed landfill sites, ensuring safety and environmental compliance.

The role is full-time, 37.5 hours weekly (8:00–16:30, Mon–Fri). You should be comfortable working outdoors year-round and willing to travel to different sites as required.

Qualifications

• Understanding of leachate and gas systems.
• Awareness of environmental issues including gas control and leachate.
• Experience working outdoors.
• Full UK driving licence required.
• Basic Health & Safety at Work Act knowledge.
• Basic IT skills: email, Word, smartphone use.

Responsibilities

• Carry out daily, weekly and monthly checks on closed sites per procedures.
• Identify and escalate issues needing repairs or inspections.
• Repair site equipment and sourcing spares; support maintenance programming.
• Check leachate and gas infrastructure; investigate issues.
• Support disposal of landfill gas and leachate to improve environmental compliance.
• Induct temporary labour, contractors and visitors; manage paperwork.
• Oversee contractor activities and ensure compliance with procedures.
• Inspect site security and systems; take remedial action as needed.
• Assist with repair and maintenance of plant and equipment as directed by Site Manager.

Skills

Leachate systems

Gas systems

Environmental issues

Outdoors experience

Full UK driving licence

Health & Safety Act

IT skills

Microsoft Word

Smartphone use

Lone working

Travel during day

Work across locations

Outdoor work year-round

Initiative

Job description

Landfill Site Maintenance Operative

Home-based covering sites in East Anglia, Cambridgeshire, Kent and Essex

£-Attractive salary and benefits including company van and fuel card

Our client is one of the UK's leading waste and resource management companies, with over 200 facilities and around 4,500 employees across the UK.

As Landfill Maintenance Operative, you will carry out site checks, oversee contractor activities and support repair and maintenance activities across inert and closed landfill sites. You will help ensure that work is carried out safely, efficiently and with proper regard for environmental compliance.

This vacancy is for a full-time position, working 37.5 hours per week, 8:00am to 4:30pm, Monday to Friday.

Main Duties:

• Assisting with daily, weekly and monthly checks across closed sites in accordance with company procedures


• Identifying and escalating issues that require remedial works or statutory inspections


• Undertaking appropriate repairs to site equipment and infrastructure, including sourcing spares and supporting maintenance programming


• Carrying out relevant infrastructure checks on leachate systems and investigating and repairing issues where required


• Supporting the efficient extraction of landfill gas and leachate to maximise environmental compliance


• Managing and carrying out inductions for temporary labour, contractors and visitors


• Controlling contractor activities and maintaining relevant paperwork in line with Company procedures


• Carrying out regular inspections of site security and management systems, taking remedial action where necessary


• Supporting the repair and maintenance of plant and equipment as directed by the Site Manager and Supervisor


• Ensuring site activities take account of relevant planning consents, ecological licences and environmental permits

Candidate Requirements:

• An understanding of leachate and gas systems


• An understanding of environmental issues, including gas control, leachate and surface water


• Experience of working outdoors


• Full UK driving licence


• A basic understanding of the Health & Safety at Work Act


• Basic IT skills, including email, Microsoft Word and smartphone use


• The ability and willingness to work alone, use your own initiative and follow Lone Working Procedures


• Willingness to travel during the working day and work across different locations depending on operational requirements


• Comfortable working outdoors throughout the year

Ref: J9741