Yard Operative / FLT - Fixed Term

Salary: £31,118.86 per annum 

Hours: 40 per week, Monday – Friday- 08:30-17:00

Yard Operative/ FLT- 6 months Fixed term contract 

About Bristol Waste Company:

What we do is important – we’re here to keep Bristol, and beyond, clean, and safe.

We do this for our city’s residents, workers, visitors, and businesses. Our work helps deliver Bristol’s sustainability targets in partnership with the council. Bristol Waste’s commercial operation, where we serve businesses and organisations across the region, is also growing.

Our ambition is to provide good quality, value for money services, and we continue to deliver a social value impact worth more than £30 million every year. We want people who share our values and want to work with us to drive our business forward.

Purpose of the role:

• Duties will include loading, transporting and unloading waste and recycling materials in accordance with Bristol Waste procedures and in line with agreed customer and external legal requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Driving and operating vehicles and equipment as required by the company and in accordance with the valid licence, company safety procedures, legal requirements and training for that vehicle/equipment. 
• Operating the sort-line and baler machine, keeping downtime to a minimum, as well as loading and unloading recycling and waste materials in accordance with Bristol Waste policy, procedures, training and legal requirements.
• Operating a counterbalance forklift, with rotator attachment (training will be provided for the rotator attachment). 
• Maintain the site, vehicle and equipment cleanliness to a high standard, including daily vehicles checks on any vehicle driven. Some paperwork will be required where the Yard Operative must complete, check and return all paperwork required in undertaking these duties, including the monitoring of all yard incidents.

Essential Requirements for the Role:

• It is essential to have a full driving licence valid for use in the UK and a Forklift licence (Counterbalance) qualification.
• Experience or the ability to organise and prioritise their work, working independently, as well as using initiative and as part of a team. 
• Able to communicate effectively and appropriately in a range of situations, including basic use of a computer, or willingness to undertake training. 
• Given the nature of the role, the successful candidate must finally demonstrate suitability for work involving lifting of boxes and other recyclable materials as well as be able to work bank holidays and the occasional Saturday.

Our Benefits:

• Annual leave package of 25 days plus 8 bank holidays.
• Employer contribution of 5% into the company pension scheme.
• Support for Mental Health, including a BUPA Employee Assistance Programme that provides support covering Mental Health, Financial and Family related topics. We also have Mental Health First Aiders across the business.
• Support for your Physical Health with our BUPA Health Cash Plan (we cover the cost of coverage for you), Cycle to Work scheme and an onsite Physiotherapist. All are free for our colleagues.
• Because we value our colleagues, we want to recruit more employees just like them, which is why we have our employee referral scheme.
• Dedicated learning and development team. We take pride in developing our colleagues and some examples of this include our In-House Driver Development Programme and internal promotions. Many of our Senior Leadership Team have developed from Operational roles, such as one of our Contract Managers who started as a Street Cleanser.
• Employee recognition ‘Stand Out Award’ and long service awards. To celebrate our colleagues wherever they are on their journey with us, we recognise and celebrate talent.
• We recognise that everyone is different and strive to create an environment that supports all colleagues through flexible working. We have introduced a hybrid working model where possible and actively encourage part-time working, job sharing and flexibility on hours. If this interests, you please do get in touch, and we can start a conversation.