Operative (Household Waste Recycling Centre), Seamer

Salary: £12.70 per hour

Hours: Working 3 days over 7, approximately 24 hours per week

Contract: Part-time, permanent position

Location: Seamer Carr Household Waste Recycling Centre, Scarborough YO12 4QA

Join our team at Yorwaste! These new roles are part of our ongoing partnership with North Yorkshire Council, offering a stable and secure position in a well-established company. You will play a key role in helping your community recycle more and waste less. You’ll work outdoors, helping visitors, keeping the site safe, and making sure materials are sorted properly.

Based at our Seamer Carr Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) you will also be required to regularly work at other sites within a reasonable travelling distance as part of your role.

“Our people are the key to our success”

What you’ll do:

Assist the public and provide great customer service
Follow health & safety rules and keep the site tidy
Operate machinery and report any issues
Use basic IT systems to complete simple reports
Support your team and step up when needed

What you’ll need:

A positive and helpful attitude
Good verbal and written communication skills, with basic IT competency
Your own personal transport (our sites aren’t accessible by public transport)
To be comfortable working safely in the outdoors, in all weather conditions

What you’ll get:

£12.70 per hour – with extra pay for Sundays and bank holidays
24 days’ holiday (rising with service), plus bank holidays
Pension scheme, reward programme & staff discounts
Training & career development
Access to a health cash plan, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support & more

This is a permanent position working 3 days out of 7. As our site operates 6 days a week, including bank holidays (closed on Wednesdays), flexibility in your availability is essential. You will also be expected to cover holidays and sickness, including additional hours and shifts to support this and other local HWRC sites.

For further details, please read the HWRC Operative Job Description

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Complete a short application form on this page to join our friendly, supportive team and make a difference every day.

If you have further questions about the position, please contact Bradley on Bradley.Naylor@northyorks.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role and recruitment process.

The deadline for applications is midnight on Sunday 27^th April 2025.

Interviews are planned to take place week commencing 5^th May 2025.

We reserve the right to remove this vacancy before the proposed deadline in the event of the position being filled, or a high number of applications are received. Yorwaste is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff.

Yorwaste are committed to the health and safety of our employees as well as the general public. Yorwaste has a responsibility to ensure employees do not attend work whilst under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Individuals offered employment with Yorwaste will be subject to the Workplace Substance Misuse policy, and random alcohol and drug testing may take place during the course of employment.

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