Mobile Plant Operative
Listed on 2026-10-03
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Trades / Skilled Labor
Maintenance Technician / Mechanic, Waste Management
Salary: £31,324.80 per annum
Mon-Fri week 1 - 05:30-14:30 and week 2 - 14:00-23:00
Overtime paid at 1.5 times.
Your primary function in this role is to load and sort waste using mobile plant machinery, ensuring compliance with the site environmental permit and municipal contract.
Your key responsibilities:- Assist with the MRF Plant blockages while ensuring compliance with Health and safety rules and regulations.
- Assist with MRF plant cleaning when needed.
- Work in accordance with QHSE policies, including the reporting of close calls & incidents
- Involvement in best practice and continuous improvement, undertaking regular site audits/checks
- Stock control & accurate reporting of contract & non contract waste
- Comply with changes to company standards and legislation
- Providing light maintenance of equipment
- Assist site supervisor in reviewing maintenance activities, cost control, health & safety, behavioural safety observations, KPI’s and implementing necessary remedial actions in the event of variance
- Ensure the highest level of housekeeping is maintained
- Previous mobile plant experience (E.g. FLT, Telehandler, loading shovel, ro/ro, TUG).
- Knowledge of MRF operations
- Willingness to learn and undertake studies to obtain level 2 City and Guilds Qualification in Sustainable Waste Management
- Good understanding of health, safety and environmental compliance
- Good people skills; be able to communicate at all levels throughout the company and externally
- Full UK car driving licence
At Biffa, we love working with waste. Whether we’re turning it into sustainable power, finding new ways to recycle it or simply keeping it off the streets, we believe every day is an opportunity to improve the lives of millions. It’s a view that’s shared by our 11,000+ people around the country, who trust us to provide them with a career that’s always rewarding, often challenging, but never dull.
We believe different ideas, perspective and backgrounds are key to developing a creative and effective working environment which is why you’ll find us championing diversity and equality at every turn.
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