Established in 1980, the WasteCare Group now employs over 500 people based at 9 regional service centres and 8 recycling facilities throughout the UK. We collect and recycle over 200,000 tonnes of hazardous and difficult waste, on behalf of over 20,000 organisations, annually throughout the UK. The Group currently has a turnover of over £65m pa, returning over £21m pa to customers for recovered value.

Our growth and success are due to our commitment to providing our clients with a first-class service combined with the highest environmental standards. As a private company, we are continually investing in innovative technology and sustainable growth. This has enabled us to combine a deep understanding of our clients' requirements with a uniquely flexible service that can be readily tailored to any organisational requirement, within an evolving market and ever-changing regulation. The waste industry is highly regulated and complex, we set our standards higher than those mandated by legislation and embrace technology to improve service levels to our customers. We pride ourselves on transparency and simplicity and being fair to our customers.

This is an opportunity with long term great personal development opportunities, we invest heavily in training and personal development as we want you to get to grips our approach to waste management and to help push us further to constantly improve. We are a large business with a small business ethos, the role needs to embrace and support our values both to customers as well as our colleagues.

The Role

As a General Operative, you will develop a solid foundation of knowledge and expertise of what it takes to be at the forefront of recycling and sustainability.

Key Responsibilities

* Sorting and segregating materials for reuse and recovery

* Loading and unloading vehicles

* Manual handling

* Adhering to Health & Safety

* Operating plant machinery including Forklift trucks (if applicable)

* Assisting in other duties on site as and when required

The Right Candidate

* Must be a self-motivated team player who is passionate about their work with a “can do” attitude

* Must have a “hand on” approach as the working day will be varied

* Is physically fit as this is a fast-paced role

* Must be enthusiastic and hardworking

* A sense of humour

* Ability to work under pressure

* Good organisation skills

Personality Type

* PASSIONATE - We care about our colleagues and our customers. You'll be passionate about delivering an exceptional service.

* CHALLENGING - we're always looking to improve and find the best way

* DETERMINED - Things aren't always easy and change is hard, but we need to keep evolving. You'll want to see things through to completion, even when the going gets tough.

* GROUNDED - We're down to earth and straight-talking, this isn't a glamourous industry but it is fascinating and you'll need to be comfortable dealing with a wide range of personalities.

* INTELLIGENT - Our business is complicated, and you'll need to be able to pick things up quickly, even when they're new concepts.

We Offer

* Generous holiday allowance starting with 30 days holidays (including Bank Holidays)

* In-house and external personal development and training. Apprenticeship Schemes also available

* Death in service benefit - 2 x your annual salary. (after 3 months service).

* Contributory pension scheme.

* Discounts on our refurbished IT and domestic appliances.

* Subsidised canteen