waste operative

Kenect Recruitment Ltd; Wirral; On-site; GBP 19,286 - 22,041; Full time

Job summary

Kenect Recruitment Ltd. is seeking a site operative to uphold company values and safely manage waste collection and yard duties on a day shift.

You will operate a counterbalanced forklift, perform waste handling, and follow all safety and environmental protocols. Regular reporting, documentation, and liaison with clients are required.

Responsibilities

• Representing us by upholding and practising the company’s values and expected behaviours.
• Working in a safe and diligent manner to ensure own safety and the safety of others.
• Complying absolutely with all health, safety and environmental policies and procedures in place including those of the company and the client and complying with waste legislation when dealing with waste.
• Reporting unsafe conditions, unsafe acts, near misses, incidents and accidents to the company and/or client via the client and company reporting systems.
• Safe operation of a counterbalanced forklift truck including baled material ready for onward disposal.
• Safe operation of static baling and compaction equipment to process waste.
• Completing daily check sheets and relevant defect sheets as necessary for all equipment used.
• Safely loading and unloading waste and other goods or equipment as directed.
• Collection of waste from service yards and terminals as directed by the scheduled collections and adhoc client requests.
• Collecting, segregating, storing, moving and processing, as applicable, routine and non-routine waste as directed.
• Manually lifting and moving large and bulky items in a safe manner.
• Liaising directly with the client to complete adhoc collections requests.
• Conduct regular litter picks in the working areas to ensure tidiness and clean working standards.
• Completing all work-related documentation accurately and on time.
• Undertaking any other work at the direction of a company or client representative which is within the current level of training and development.

Job description

Responsibilities

• Representing us by upholding and practising the company’s values and expected behaviours.
• Working in a safe and diligent manner to ensure own safety and the safety of others.
• Complying absolutely with all health, safety and environmental policies and procedures in place including those of the company and the client and complying with waste legislation when dealing with waste.
• Reporting unsafe conditions, unsafe acts, near misses, incidents and accidents to the company and/or client via the client and company reporting systems.
• Safe operation of a counterbalanced forklift truck including baled material ready for onward disposal.
• Safe operation of static baling and compaction equipment to process waste.
• Completing daily check sheets and relevant defect sheets as necessary for all equipment used.
• Safely loading and unloading waste and other goods or equipment as directed.
• Collection of waste from service yards and terminals as directed by the scheduled collections and adhoc client requests.
• Collecting, segregating, storing, moving and processing, as applicable, routine and non-routine waste as directed.
• Manually lifting and moving large and bulky items in a safe manner.
• Liaising directly with the client to complete adhoc collections requests.
• Conduct regular litter picks in the working areas to ensure tidiness and clean working standards.
• Completing all work-related documentation accurately and on time.
• Undertaking any other work at the direction of a company or client representative which is within the current level of training and development.

07:30-16:30 Monday to Friday £14.80 per hour