Yard Operative (Job ID: 1802)

ASCO Group Limited; Peterhead; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a progressive company as a Yard Operative in the Environmental Team, where you will play a crucial role in managing client waste materials. This position involves loading and unloading vehicles, processing hazardous waste, and ensuring compliance with industry standards. You will thrive in a fast-paced environment, utilizing your strong communication skills and attention to detail. With a commitment to health, safety, and environmental quality, this role offers the opportunity to contribute to continuous improvement initiatives while building effective relationships across the business. If you're motivated to achieve high performance and support a culture of innovation, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Practical experience in waste management operations is essential.
• Ability to adapt to changing workloads and maintain high standards.

Responsibilities

• Load and unload vehicles safely using supplied equipment.
• Process hazardous waste and maintain quality standards.

Skills

Waste Management Operations

Communication Skills

Attention to Detail

IT Skills (Microsoft Suite)

Problem Solving

Education

Full UK Driving Licence

Working at Height Certificate

NPORS or Equivalent

Dangerous Goods Awareness

Tools

Forklift Trucks

Digger

Air Tools

Job description

Working as Yard Operative within our Environmental Team, you will assist in the processing of client waste material in accordance with all laws, regulations and industry standards/codes. Key responsibilities of the role include:

•Loading and unloading of vehicles at site, utilising business supplied equipment in a safe and effective manner including diggers, forklift trucks, air tools / pumps.

•Safely handling, processing and preparing for dispatch all hazardous / special waste.

•Processing materials through sorting, bulking and repackaging as directed by the Site Chemist.

•Maintaining re-usable shipping containers through visual inspections, cleaning and re-labelling.

•Ensuring quality of work meets business expectations and customer requirements.

•Accurately completing Company documentation, ensuring information is logged / circulated.

•Maintaining housekeeping standards within the yard and operating areas.

•Continuously promoting a pro-active HSEQ culture, ensuring participation and compliance with meetings, procedures, work instructions, Company initiatives etc.

•Building effective relationships across the business, continually seeking to improve operations and identify cost savings.

Minimum Competencies (Skills, Knowledge and Behaviours)

•Established practical experience within waste management operations.

•Accustomed to working effectively in a fast-paced environment, adapting to changing workloads and priorities, where high standards are not compromised under pressure.

•Ability to work stand-alone, demonstrating initiative and ownership, while team-working.

•A strong communicator, with attention to detail and excellent planning and organising skills.

•Solutions based, motivated to achieve the highest standards of performance, customer support and HSEQ, maintaining a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.

•Computer literate with well-developed IT skills across the Microsoft suite.

Minimum Qualifications

Full UK Driving Licence

Working at Height Certificate

NPORS (or equivalent)

Dangerous Goods and Oil Spill Awareness

Water Jetting Qualification/Experience

Confined Space and Rescue

As you would expect from a highly progressive company, an attractive remuneration package is available to the successful applicant. When applying, your CV should include your current/most recent employment, which clearly demonstrates examples of the skills and behaviours required for the above role.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (ED&I)

ASCO is committed to supporting and promoting Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (ED&I). This commitment is embraced by our Group Board and our Management Board and informs all of our activities and their impact on our customers, employees and our stakeholders.

Closing Date:

20/05/2025

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