Waste Operative

EMCOR UK; Barrow-in-Furness; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

EMCOR UK is seeking a Waste Operative in Barrow-in-Furness on a permanent full-time basis. The role covers daily waste collections, coordination with EFS and EMCOR helpdesk, and ensuring waste streams are properly managed.

Salary is £13.45 per hour with Monday–Friday, 7:30–16:00 shifts. Full UK driving licence is essential and full training will be provided. The role focuses on compliance, waste hierarchy, and safe handling on site.

Qualifications

• Current full UK driving Licence essential.
• Site knowledge and experience not essential but an advantage; training provided.

Responsibilities

• Ensure smooth operation of daily waste collections, and co-ordination as per site's requirements, ensuring compliance with manual handling, risk assessment, method statements and client procedures.
• Ensure that the General and all co-mingled waste streams are collected by EFS waste partner, and all departments are adequately covered.
• Manage and co-ordinate additional waste exchanges/collections with EMCOR helpdesk.
• Ensure that waste holders and areas (including the waste compound) are kept tidy, preventing spills, leaks or dispersal.
• Adherence to all EFS and contract processes for Environmental and Waste Management.
• Work with site waste provider to ensure best practices for waste collection, storage, reuse, recycling and treatment.
• Work with site Compliance team to apply the waste hierarchy per Regulation 12 of Waste England and Wales Regulations 2011.

Skills

Full UK driving licence

Job description

Salary: £13.45 per hour

Working hours: Monday to Friday, 7.30 to 16.00

• Ensure smooth operation of daily waste collections, and co—ordination as per site's specific requirements, ensuring compliance with manual handling, risk assessment, method statements and client specific procedures.
• Ensure that the General and all co—mingled waste streams are collected by EFS waste partner, and all departments are adequately covered.
• Manage and co—coordinate additional waste exchanges/collections with EMCOR helpdesk.
• Ensure that waste holders and areas (including the waste compound) are kept tidy, from accidental spilling, leaking or leaching, waste blowing away or faIling whilst stored or transported and scavenging of waste by animals or humans.
• Adherence to all EFS and contract processes for Environmental and Waste Management.
• Work alongside site waste provider to ensure that site Is working to the best available practices with regards to waste collections, storage, reuse, recycling and treatment of waste.
• working with site Compliance team to help apply the waste hierarchy (as required by Regulation 12 of the Waste England and Wales Regulations 2011) to prevent, prepare for reuse, recycle and other recovery and disposal.

Role Overview

Location: Barrow-In-Furness

Salary: £13.45 per hour

Working hours: Monday to Friday, 7.30 to 16.00

Contract Type: Permanent Full Time

• Ensure smooth operation of daily waste collections, and co—ordination as per site's specific requirements, ensuring compliance with manual handling, risk assessment, method statements and client specific procedures.
• Ensure that the General and all co—mingled waste streams are collected by EFS waste partner, and all departments are adequately covered.
• Manage and co—coordinate additional waste exchanges/collections with EMCOR helpdesk.
• Ensure that waste holders and areas (including the waste compound) are kept tidy, from accidental spilling, leaking or leaching, waste blowing away or faIling whilst stored or transported and scavenging of waste by animals or humans.
• Adherence to all EFS and contract processes for Environmental and Waste Management.
• Work alongside site waste provider to ensure that site Is working to the best available practices with regards to waste collections, storage, reuse, recycling and treatment of waste.
• working with site Compliance team to help apply the waste hierarchy (as required by Regulation 12 of the Waste England and Wales Regulations 2011) to prevent, prepare for reuse, recycle and other recovery and disposal.

About The Role

• Site knowledge and experience not essential but an advantage, however full training will be provided.
• Current full UK driving Licence essential.

At OCS, we deliver facilities management for the Defence sector by combining our engineering heritage with advanced innovation to support mission critical environments. We put people at the heart of everything we do, working closely with Defence customers to understand their needs, from strategic estate priorities to the safe, reliable delivery of day-to-day services across secure sites.

For our people, working in Defence offers long term stability and the opportunity to build a meaningful, lasting career. Defence contracts are typically longstanding, providing job security, continuity of work, and the chance to develop deep expertise within complex, high profile environments.

Our purpose is to ensure Defence infrastructure remains resilient, compliant, and ready to support operational effectiveness.

Through our One Data World platform, we use secure, data-driven insights to optimise performance, proactively manage critical assets, and adapt services to evolving operational demands, while enhancing the experience of personnel on-site.

By taking on the complexity of facilities management, we enables Defence organisations to stay focused on their core mission, while we ensure the infrastructure behind it performs without compromise.

EMCOR UK Benefits

Not Specified