Plant Operator
United Kingdom
Plant Operator
Location: Leicester, LE8
Salary: £13 per hour PAYE
Hours: Full time, 37 hours per week, Monday- Friday
My client, a leading public sector organisation, are seeking a Plant Operator. The purpose of the transfer station plant operative is to oversee the acceptance of waste into the WTS, appropriate segregation and sorting and bulking for onward transport to treatment destinations regularly operating plant such as loading shovels, telehandlers and forklift trucks.
Day-to-day of the role:
To assist and help maximise and improve the segregation of recyclables on the site including picking and sorting of waste from trade customers
To operate the sites loading shovel, telehandler, waste master, RORO shunter, forklift truck in addition to any other heavy plant as reasonable directed by Team Leader
To undertake cleaning and oversee maintenance of all the site’s mobile plant
To undertake inspections in line with agreed timescales.
To ensure that all waste entering the site is verified as being in accordance with the relevant site permit
To assist in the traffic management on site, including vehicles entering and exiting the site when moving or exchanging waste containers
Required Skills & Qualifications:
Basic level of literacy / Good standard of education including English and Mathematics at GCSE (or equivalent)
Loading Shovel Ticket or able and willing to gain this qualification within a reasonable timeframe- essential
Previous experience in a customer facing role- desirable
Operating waste transfer heavy plant e.g. Telehandler and/or loading shovel- desirable
Waste Operations and specifically of Waste Transfer Station operations with a good level of commercial awareness- desirable
Knowledge of health & safety procedures
Ability to travel to different locations across the County as required
You will need to be flexible and have access to a vehicle as you will be covering all RWHS.
Please apply today with your CV!
What Reed can offer you as a temporary employee:
A dedicated consultant who will act as your key point of contact during and between any bookings
Secure & online time sheet system which is quick and easy to use
A self-service portal to access holiday requests/ Payslips/ P45 at your own leisure
A dedicated payroll team
Access to free training
Access to discount club/ healthcare/ reed rewards
Pension /paid holiday scheme/ maternity benefits
Contacts for other Reed consultants and divisions
Opportunities to work with some of the UKs leading employers including local authorities, NHS and local SME's
Please see attached job description for details.