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About this Yard Operative role at Biffa Waste Services

Biffa Waste Services · Onsite · Crawley, England, United Kingdom

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Working Days: Monday to Friday, 7:00am to 5:00pm, plus every Saturday, 7:00am to 9:30am

Break: 30 minute unpaid break (Monday to Friday)

Pay Rate: £13.43 per hour

A quick look at the role.

You will assist in the safe and efficient day-to-day operation of the site, together with assistance to general public visiting the site. Also ensure that waste brought onto the site is segregated as much as possible for recycling. At all times adhering to Company policies and procedures including H&S, environmental and operational requirements.

Your core responsibilities.

  • To assist in the safe, efficient and profitable operation by providing operative services together with interface with the general public.
  • By serving the needs of the site operations in respect of operative services generally within (but not exclusive to) the following areas – picking and segregation of waste within the site and floor, cleaning of yard areas.
  • Advise and assist centre users, to maximise segregation and recycling. Redirect commercial customers and portray the best corporate image.
  • You must remain aware at all times of your responsibilities for your own H&S and for the H&S of those directly responsible to you and your work colleagues. You must ensure that at all times the correct PPE is worn. Please refer to the H&S Policy for further details on your specific responsibility.
  • You must adhere to all Company Policies & Procedures, including but not limited to, those specified in the Employee Handbook, H&S Policy, EMS System, IMS System and any financial systems.
  • Apart from the duties summarised in your Role Profile, we retain the right to include other reasonable duties which are part of, and incidental to, this type of work.

Requirements

Our essential responsibilities.

  • Customer service skills – ability and willingness to assist members of the public and other site users.
  • Good communication skills
  • Dealing with public
  • Record Keeping

Benefits

And here’s why you’ll love it at Biffa.

  • Competitive salary
  • Ongoing career development, training and coaching – because if you don’t grow, we don’t grow.
  • Generous pension scheme.
  • Retail and leisure discounts.
  • Holiday and travel discounts.
  • Bike to work scheme

Changing the way people think about waste.

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 11,500+ people around the country, who trust us to provide them with a career that’s always rewarding, often challenging, but never dull. And it’s why we’re the UK’s No. 1 choice for business waste management

Dedicated to diversity.

Being inclusive is core to our culture at Biffa; we believe different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds are key to developing a creative and effective working environment that represents our communities and generates the best outcomes for colleagues, customers and stakeholders, which is why you’ll find us championing diversity, equity and inclusion at every turn.

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About Biffa Waste Services

Biffa have been servicing the waste management needs of the UK since 1912 and we’re now a UK leading integrated waste management company.

We are proud to lead the waste and recycling industry. With operations at over 195 sites spanning the length and breadth of the country, we service over 2.3 million households and collect 4.3 million bins per week just within our municipal division. From our conception in 1912, our business has developed far beyond waste collection and into recycling, treatment and energy generation services

Our Vision

To be the leader in UK sustainable waste management.

Our Purpose

We're here to change the way people think about waste.

Our values truly reinforce what we are all about:

We act as a team

- We are working towards a common goal

- We look out for each other

- We all have an equal voice and respect each other

We make things happen

- We are hands on and get stuck in

- We find a way

- We go the extra mile and always deliver

We do the right thing

- We are honest, transparent and responsible for our actions

- We keep our promises

- We build trust by being consistent and fair

We take pride in what we do

- We continually develop our knowledge and expertise

- We know our work matters

- We take price in a job well done


We are a progressive business and innovation is core to our strategy. This means continually developing and improving our extensive UK-wide infrastructure to provide greater flexibility, an innovative and broad range of services and the utilisation of technology to ensure we are easy to do business with.

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