Weighbridge Operator

Biffa Waste Services; Sunderland; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Biffa Waste Services in Sunderland is seeking a weighbridge operative to accurately weigh vehicles, manage paperwork for loads, and ensure load compliance. You will handle daily duties with attention to detail and safety, supporting site operations in a busy waste management environment.

You will complete tonnage reconciliations, produce routine reports, maintain the traffic management system, and assist at other sites as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience operating a weighbridge and processing paperwork for loads.
• Accurate data entry and basic reconciliation using Excel.

Responsibilities

• Accurately weighing vehicles entering and leaving the site
• Ensuring correct paperwork is completed for incoming and outgoing loads
• Checking compliance of loads according to local operating procedures
• Ensure tickets are processed in compliance with the performance framework
• Complete basic tonnage reconciliations for waste leaving and entering sites
• Report running on a daily, weekly and monthly basis
• Maintaining the traffic management system and to ensure the safe operation of the site
• Ensuring vehicle turnaround times are adhered to or report delays
• Able to work across other sites when needed

Skills

Weighbridge experience

Excel

Job description

Pay: £13.41 per hour / £31,379.40 per annum

Shift: 07:30-17:00 Mon to Fri

The main purpose of the role is to process incoming and outgoing transactions at a weighbridge in the Sunderland area. If you have Weighbridge experience or are an excel whiz, then we want to hear from you!

Your key responsibilities:

• Accurately weighing vehicles entering and leaving the site
• Ensuring correct paperwork is completed for incoming and outgoing loads
• Checking compliance of loads according to local operating procedures
• Ensure tickets are processed in compliance with the performance framework
• Complete basic tonnage reconciliations for waste leaving and entering sites
• Report running on a daily, weekly and monthly basis
• Maintaining the traffic management system and to ensure the safe operation of the site
• Ensuring vehicle turnaround times are adhered to or report delays
• Able to work across other sites when needed

Changing the way people think about waste.

At Biffa, we love working with waste. Whether we’re turning it into sustainable power, finding new ways to recycle it or simply keeping it off the streets, we believe every day is an opportunity to improve the lives of millions. It’s a view that’s shared by our 11,500+ people around the country, who trust us to provide them with a career that’s always rewarding, often challenging, but never dull. And it’s why we’re the UK’s No. 1 choice for business waste management.

Dedicated to diversity.

Being inclusive is core to our culture at Biffa; we believe different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds are key to developing a creative and effective working environment that represents our communities and generates the best outcomes for colleagues, customers and stakeholders, which is why you’ll find us championing diversity, equity and inclusion at every turn.