Yard Operative

Biffa Waste Services; Burgess Hill; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Ongoing career development

Generous pension scheme

Retail and leisure discounts

Holiday and travel discounts

Bike to work scheme

Job summary

Biffa Waste Services is hiring a Yard Operative at Burgess Hill Transfer Station. The role involves assisting in the day-to-day operation and aiding the public, with a focus on waste segregation and recycling at the site.

You will work 50 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with a pay of £34,918 per annum (£13.43 per hour). Embrace Biffa’s policies, safety culture and opportunities for career development.

Qualifications

• Customer service skills to assist members of the public and other site users.
• Clear and effective communication with visitors and colleagues.
• Ability to handle diverse public interactions with professionalism.
• Accurate record keeping and documentation as part of site operations.

Responsibilities

• Assist in safe, efficient site operation and interact with the public.
• Support picking and segregation of waste and yard cleaning tasks.
• Advise centre users to maximise recycling and redirect commercial customers as needed.
• Follow H&S, EMS and IMS policies and use PPE correctly.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Public interaction

Record keeping

Job description

Keep Our Communities Clean – Join Us as a Yard Operative Today!

Burgess Hill Transfer Station Yard Operative.

50 hrs per week, Mon-Fri 6:45-17:15.

£34,918.00 Per annum - £13.43 per hour

A quick look at the role.

You will assist in the safe and efficient day-to-day operation of the site, together with assistance to general public visiting the site. Also ensure that waste brought onto the site is segregated as much as possible for recycling. At all times adhering to Company policies and procedures including H&S, environmental and operational requirements.

Your core responsibilities.

• To assist in the safe, efficient and profitable operation by providing operative services together with interface with the general public.
• By serving the needs of the site operations in respect of operative services generally within (but not exclusive to) the following areas – picking and segregation of waste within the site and floor, cleaning of yard areas.
• Advise and assist centre users, to maximise segregation and recycling. Redirect commercial customers and portray the best corporate image.
• You must remain aware at all times of your responsibilities for your own H&S and for the H&S of those directly responsible to you and your work colleagues. You must ensure that at all times the correct PPE is worn. Please refer to the H&S Policy for further details on your specific responsibility.
• You must adhere to all Company Policies & Procedures, including but not limited to, those specified in the Employee Handbook, H&S Policy, EMS System, IMS System and any financial systems.
• Apart from the duties summarised in your Role Profile, we retain the right to include other reasonable duties which are part of, and incidental to, this type of work.

Our essential responsibilities.

• Customer service skills – ability and willingness to assist members of the public and other site users.
• Good communication skills
• Dealing with public
• Record Keeping

And here’s why you’ll love it at Biffa.

• Competitive salary
• Ongoing career development, training and coaching – because if you don’t grow, we don’t grow.
• Generous pension scheme.
• Retail and leisure discounts.
• Holiday and travel discounts.
• Bike to work scheme

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.