Waste Operative

Veolia is hiring a Waste Operative for a permanent, full-time position in Cambridge, UK, with a salary of £26,000. The role involves collecting, processing, and recycling waste, operating machinery, and ensuring safety practices. Candidates should have experience in manual handling and customer service. The job offers benefits like annual leave, pension scheme, and training opportunities. Work hours are Monday to Friday, 7 am to 4 pm, with occasional Saturday overtime.
Salary - £26,000

Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday- Friday 7am -4pm

Saturdays as required as overtime

Location: Cambridge, CB21 6DF

This is a permanent position for Veolia but based on a customer site.

When you see the world as we do, you see the chance to help the world take better care of its resources and help it become a better place for everyone.

Whether you’re looking to overhaul the industry, or just do a good day’s work, we know that everyone here at Veolia can help us work alongside our communities, look after the environment, and contribute to our inclusive culture.

What we can offer you;

- 25 days of annual leave

- Access to our people’s pension scheme

- Free physiotherapy service

- Discounts on everything from groceries to well known retailers

- Access to a range of resources to support your physical, mental and financial health; so

you can lean on us whenever you need to

- Ongoing training and development opportunities, allowing you to reach your full potential

What will you be doing?
• Ensure the collection. processing and recycling of site generated waste including de-packing material, sorting recyclable items and labelling outgoing loads.
• Safe use of the operational machinery (Training provided)
• Occasional use of forklift trucks for unloading and loading of vehicles (Training provided)
• Decanting of small volumes of hazardous wastes. (Training provided)
• Carry out housekeeping of operational areas on an ongoing basis
• Being a Veolia representative in a client facing environment.

What are we looking for?
• Experience of health and safety processes and procedures within the workplace
• Exceptional levels of customer service
• Previous experience within a similar operational manual handling role
• FLT licence, IOSH qualification, dangerous good knowledge and hazardous waste experience is desirable

What's next?

Apply today, so we can make a difference for generations to come.

We're proud to be listed in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024, being named as a Top 10 Very Big Organisation to work for two years in a row! This accolade further demonstrates our commitment to our people and our actions in creating an environment where everyone can be their true selves and enjoy working at Veolia.

We want to ensure that you feel supported throughout the application process and provide reasonable adjustments where necessary and requested. If you require any reasonable adjustments as part of your application and interview process please do not hesitate to let us know.

We know how important it is to be fully committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive place to work for every one of our colleagues. We are committed to ensuring that all job applicants and members of staff are treated equally, without discrimination because of sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: £26,000.00 per year

Schedule:
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Application question(s):
• Do you have the right to work in the UK?

Experience:
• similar operational manual handling: 2 years (required)
• dangerous good / hazardous waste: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:
• FLT licence (preferred)
• IOSH (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: JR22785