ELV Operative

The only way to truly know the benefits of this culture is to experience it as an EMR employee, but some examples of the support we offer include:

• Competitive pay rates and a bonus scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus the option to buy or sell leave
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Employee support, including life assurance and critical illness pay
• Wellbeing Scheme, giving every colleague and their dependants unlimited access to GPs and counselling, as well as cash back on a wide range of health and wellbeing treatments
• 24/7 anonymous access to advice on any aspect of health and wellbeing
• Financial wellbeing support, including access to affordable loans, savings plans, advanced earned pay and financial education
• Savings on online purchases from retailers and utilities to entertainment and beyond

At EMR, we’re not patting ourselves on the back for being able to recycle, reuse and repurpose most materials within every vehicle – we’re obsessed with getting to 100%. If you’re happiest with your head under a bonnet, your mechanical mind might be just what we need to make sure none of these precious materials go to waste and we can leave a legacy that will be felt for generations to come.

It’s no secret that combustion engines aren’t doing our planet much good – but we can reuse, repurpose and recycle the materials inside every end‑of‑life vehicle (ELV), putting them back into the supply chain so that they can become something new tomorrow – meaning mining for materials becomes a thing of the past and our planet can start to rebuild.

As an ELV Operative, you’ll become an expert in transforming every part of a car into something more valuable – not simply deconstructing, but also looking for opportunities to save the most possible carbon through reuse and repurposing as well as recycling. You will gain your FLT license, operate cutting‑edge tools and machinery, handle depollution, conduct health assessments and more. The role offers endless opportunities for learning and development, and you will be trained in future‑proof skills while exercising your social muscles by meeting, greeting and helping customers bring their old vehicles for responsible recycling.

We don’t require specific qualifications or experience – we can teach you everything you need to know. What we can’t teach is the drive to continuously learn, the competitive spirit to top the EMR ELV leader board, a desire to provide incredible customer service, the ability to smile through all weather conditions, a willingness to get stuck into hands‑on processes, organised production and outside‑the‑box problem solving, and mechanical and mathematical competence.

• The drive to continually learn and compete with your team.
• A strong customer‑service focus.
• Smiling under all weather conditions.
• An eagerness to engage in hands‑on processes, organised production and outside‑the‑box problem solving.
• Mechanical aptitude and mathematical competence.

If you have these qualities, you’re already well on your way to being an incredible ELV Operative. We’ll happily fill in the gaps by developing your knowledge, skills and expertise on the job, and we won’t stop training you once you’ve reached peak Operative status.

Our purpose is to create a future where the materials we use don’t need to be extracted from the planet.

At EMR, we give new life to unwanted materials. Every year, we recycle 10 million tonnes of metals and plastics, saving 19 million tonnes of carbon from entering the Earth’s atmosphere, diverting waste from landfill, and protecting resources and habitats.

We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List (PSL) and do not accept speculative CVs. Any unsolicited CVs, whether related to a specific position or submitted speculatively, will not be considered.