Waste Operative (Thirteen Recycling Centre)

Thirteen; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary – £26,453 per annum

Annual leave – 28–31 days + birthday

Pension – up to 17% contributions

Simply Health

T’dar – discounts

Leave buy/sell options

Job summary

Thirteen Group is seeking a Waste Operative to join our specialist team at Billingham's Recycling Centre. This full-time role involves supporting our waste transfer, recycling and in-house waste-management services across the Tees Valley, with some travel.

You will work in a small team delivering safe, efficient operations, handling manual tasks, operating weighbridge and basic equipment; training provided. The role emphasizes safety, environmental performance and reducing waste to landfill.

Qualifications

• Experience in waste industry or frontline at a waste transfer site is a plus.
• Ability to operate basic site equipment; training provided.
• Commitment to safe working practices and health and safety regulations.
• Passion for improving environmental performance.

Responsibilities

• Manual handling duties for waste collection, sorting and disposal.
• Quality checking to improve recycling yield and quality.
• Carry out site housekeeping and general semi-skilled tasks.
• Operate the weighbridge and other basic site equipment.
• Ensure site complies with policies and health and safety rules.

Skills

Manual handling

Quality checks

Site housekeeping

Tools

Weighbridge operations

Telehandler training

Job description

Join us as a Waste Operative at Thirteen Group!

Role Overview:

Thirteen Group is on the lookout for a Waste Operative to join our specialist team. You’ll be based full time from our state‑of‑the‑art site Recycling Centre in Billingham, with some travel to locations across the Tees Valley. As part of a small team, you’ll support the delivery of our waste transfer, recycling and in‑house waste‑management services. Our overall aim is to reduce waste, increase recycling and divert waste from landfill.

If you enjoy working outside and have experience of physical and manual work, we’d be interested in hearing from you.

Thirteen Benefits:

• Salary – £26,453 per annum
• Annual leave – starting at 28 days and rising to 31 days after three years, a day off for your birthday, plus bank holidays.
• Pension – up to 17% contributions (flexible contribution rates of up to 7% colleague and up to 10% employer).
• Simply Health – save money on common health expenses and get access to health and wellbeing support services.
• T’dar – our Discount and Reward platform giving you huge savings on everyday brands.
• Opportunities to buy and sell annual leave

Key Responsibilities:

• Manual handling duties to assist with the collection, sorting and disposal of waste and materials.
• Quality checking to improve the amount and quality of materials sent for recycling.
• Carry out housekeeping duties on site.
• Complete a range of general semi‑skilled works such as operating the weighbridge.
• Ensure that the site operates in line with policies, procedures, environmental, and health and safety legislation.

About You:

• If you’ve worked in the waste industry or in a frontline at a waste transfer site, that would be a plus!
• Experience of operating specialist equipment such as a telehandler and commercial weighbridge would be an advantage, but training will be provided.
• A commitment to safe working practices and a good grasp of health and safety regulations.
• Someone who shares our passion for improving our environmental performance.

Why Thirteen:

At Thirteen, we work together to provide quality homes, build stronger communities, and support people to live well. As the largest housing association in the North East and among the top 25 nationally, we manage over 36,000 homes, with over 1,600 colleagues providing services for around 100,000 customers.

Our vision is to be the most trusted housing association, with happy customers. In fact, we put customers at the heart of everything we do.

• Join a team that’s local at heart but welcomes talent from everywhere.
• Be part of an organisation that values diversity and inclusivity.
• Be a part of a company that offers tailored support services, going beyond just housing solutions.

Interested?

For more details, please refer to the attached documents.

If you’d like to talk more about the role, please contact Scott Barmby, Head of Supply Chain on 07815 007143 for an informal discussion.

If you’ve interviewed for this role within the last 6 months, we wouldn’t be able to reconsider your application at this time.

Are You Ready for a Rewarding Challenge?

Join us at Thirteen Group and be a part of our vision to improve lives every day.

As part of our hiring process, if you’re successful we’ll need to verify your right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are not a Skilled Worker Sponsoring Employer at this time.