Role: Plant Operative

Location: York (Harewood Whin) Tinker Lane, York YO23 3RR

Hours: Permanent, full-time, 40 hours’ per week, regular overtime available

Salary: £14.25 per hour, plus allowances for Sunday and Bank holiday working

Are you a positive and outgoing individual looking for a new role you can get stuck into, drawing on a wealth of skills and where every day is different?

We are looking for a Plant Operative to join our team in Harewood Whin, who wants a hands-on and rewarding job in an industry focused around making our community safer.

Joining Yorwaste as a Plant Operative, you will ensure that all parts of the mobile plant are well maintained, record site information such as hours and fuel, whilst working efficiently for the client and business.

You will be practical, motivated, and enthusiastic, working independently on site to ensure a safe and positive working environment. Every day is different, and duties can extend from loading materials, customer service to housekeeping to maintaining a clean site. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work across three areas including, Compost, the Transfer Station and MRF.

It is essential as a Plant Operative that you hold a current licence for loading shovel and/or 360 tracked excavator, and advantageous if you also have a Drivers Licence. Desirable characteristics would be knowledge of health and safety legislation and procedure, environmental protection policy and the general waste industry operations.

With this role, there will be regular overtime available.

For a more comprehensive outline of the responsibilities, you can read the Job Description here
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Why Join Yorwaste?

Yorwaste is North Yorkshire’s leading waste management company, passionate about supporting community and local environment, while delivering a warm and professional customer experience. We believe in investing in our team and the tools you need to succeed. Currently our sites achieve over 90% recycling rates to help keep North Yorkshire looking beautiful.

Our vision at Yorwaste is to create a cleaner, greener future. We aim to be at the forefront of the industry, committed to reducing environmental impact of waste, whilst supporting our customers to make more sustainable choices. We treat safety as our priority at all times, seek new ways to make the most of what we have to achieve our goals and solve problems, as well as being knowledgeable, credible and taking pride in what we do. Read more about our mission, vision and values here.

Joining us at Yorwaste is more than just a job. We strive to provide our team with a long-term stable career, training and development, and a positive engaging working environment. As an equal opportunity’s employer, alongside our commitment to inclusion and diversity, we take pride in supporting the development of North Yorkshire and its people.

What we can offer

In return, we are offering an hourly rate of £14.25 per hour, working a minimum of 40 hours per week. We offer an extra allowance of £20 for working Sundays and £30 for working Bank Holidays, and there may be opportunity for additional hours. We can offer 20 days’ holiday per year, plus bank holidays, increasing to 25 days with 5 years continuing employment.

This is a permanent role working 40 hours a week over 5 days with regular daily overtime. The working pattern will cover 1 weekend shift per working week, therefore availability over this schedule is important. Working at our Harewood Whin Transfer Station, you may be required to cover holiday, sickness and illness on other nearby sites, therefore holding a driver’s licence and having access to personal transport is an advantage.

At Yorwaste you will have access to a company pension as well as benefits and discounts such as a cycle to work scheme and technical equipment scheme. Through our Employee Assistance Programme, we offer great access to health and wellbeing resources as well as acknowledging and rewarding great health and safety procedure, innovative ideas, and recognition for long service with us.

How to Apply

To apply please complete the application form and document upload on this page. We would recommend you upload a CV and short supporting statement.

If you have further questions at this stage, please call Danielle on 07977743718 or email danielle.mcdowell@northyorks.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role and the recruitment process.

It is important that your CV includes your full contact details, employment history, any qualifications and explanation of any gaps in employment or experiences. Your supporting statement should outline your motivation for applying and how you meet the criteria for the role.

Key Dates

Closing date for applications is midnight on Monday 15^th of July 2024

Shortlisting will be completed on Tuesday 16^th of July 2024 and Interviews are planned to take place after Tuesday 23^rd of July2024.

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. We welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, any disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, or belief.

We will not accept applications from agencies and can only consider applications from individuals with right to work within the UK.

Closing date: 15th July 2024

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