Waste Operative

GET STAFFED ONLINE RECRUITMENT LIMITED; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading event venue in Liverpool is seeking a Waste Operative to manage waste efficiently across their campus. The role entails collecting, sorting, and disposing of waste and maintaining records in alignment with health and safety practices. Ideal candidates have experience in fast-paced cleaning operations and a good understanding of COSHH regulations and sustainability. This position offers many employee benefits, including enhanced holiday schemes and access to health care policies.

Benefits

Enhanced holiday scheme

Excellent pension scheme

Premium health care policy

Free onsite parking

Employee Reward Platform

Wellbeing strategy support

Qualifications

• Experience in cleaning operations in a fast-paced, commercial environment.
• Understanding of COSHH regulations and health and safety protocols.
• Knowledge of recycling and sustainable practices.

Responsibilities

• Collect, sort, and dispose of all waste across the campus.
• Transport waste safely around the campus.
• Maintain accurate waste data records.
• Ensure external areas of the campus are well-maintained.
• Adhere to necessary risk assessments and SOPs.
• Maintain all waste areas to the highest possible standard.

Skills

Cleaning operations experience

Manual handling

COSHH regulations knowledge

Health and Safety understanding

Recycling and sustainable practices

Job description

Our client operates the city's waterfront event campus – the interconnected M&S Bank Arena and Exhibition Centre Liverpool as well as ticketing agency Ticket Quarter and the Pullman Liverpool Hotel. Playing a leading role in shining a spotlight on Liverpool, they have successfully staged a wide array of national and international events, from shows and conventions, business gatherings to exhibitions, developing their offer over the last decade to that of a world-class provider of venue and event services.

They are currently looking for a Waste Operative to join their team.

The successful candidate will safely and efficiently manage all waste throughout the their campus.

The ideal candidate will have experience of cleaning operations in a fast-paced, commercial environment, ideally within the events industry, along with experience of manual handling, COSHH regulations, a good understanding of Health and Safety and a good understanding of recycling and sustainable practices.

Company Benefits

They are an award-winning, world-class venue where their people are at the heart of everything that they do. Recognition and reward are of huge importance to them, and just some of the benefits staff can enjoy include:

• An enhanced holiday scheme which increases with length of service.
• An excellent pension scheme is available.
• Access to a premium health care policy, which includes an employee assistant line, contributions towards a wide range of medical costs, such as dental and optical and staff discounts.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave schemes.
• An excellent occupational sick pay scheme.
• Free onsite parking right in the heart of the city centre.
• Employee Reward Platform.
• A dedicated wellbeing strategy to support staff when at work.
• 25 Qualified Mental Health First Aiders on site.

Our client is a place where you can truly make a difference. Some of the wonderful things they have achieved / continue to work towards:

• Disability Confident Employer
• Member of the Fair Employment Charter
• Real Living Wage employer
• Social value impact plan – last year they contributed over £6.4m
• Green Meeting’s Gold Standard
• Sustainability Strategy
• Positively influencing biodiversity – in the grounds of their campus, they have 3 beehives
• Carbon Neutral Campus
• Accessibility Strategy
• AccessAble Guide

Main Duties of this Role Include:

• To deliver the operational elements of our client’s waste strategy, by collecting, sorting and correctly disposing of all waste across the campus, including both event and non-event waste.
• To safely transport waste around the campus in accordance with all relevant risk assessments and SOPs.
• To maintain accurate event waste data records to feed into the energy impact statements.
• To maintain the external areas of the campus well maintained and presentable.
• To ensure all equipment is used in a safe manner, adhering to all necessary risk assessments and SOPs.
• Perform regular stocktakes on all consumables items as instructed by the Waste Supervisor or Cleaning and Waste Manager.
• To maintain all waste areas to the highest possible standard.
• Ensure compliance by wearing correct PPE at all times.
• To work in accordance with all COSHH regulations.

Our client highly values the behaviours, attitudes and skills which will help you to develop and excel in this role. In this case, they are looking for someone who is:

• Resilient
• Pragmatic
• Confident
• Customer facing

If you are a hardworking and committed professional ready to contribute to their continued success, they would love to hear from you.

Join our client and be part of something extraordinary.

Please note, they may close this vacancy before the stated closing date if they receive sufficient applications for the position. Therefore, if you are interested in this position, please submit your application form as soon as possible.

Closing Date: 31 December 2025

Interview Date: January 2026 (date TBC)

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Our client knows the value of having a diverse and representative team across their organisation. They promote equal opportunities and are committed to having an inclusive work force where everybody feels respected, are treated fairly and diversity is celebrated. As such they strongly encourage and welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates from all members of the community regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, race, religion, belief or sexual orientation.