Biffa Waste Services
Mobile Plant Operator

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Mobile Plant Operator - Poplars Landfill, Cannock
Salary: £13.41 per hour
In this role you will maintain and operate mobile plant equipment in a safe and efficient manner, working in a busy landfill operation both unsupervised and under instruction by the site supervisor or management team.
Key responsibilities for this role:
- To follow instruction from site supervisor/management and work in a safe and efficient manner.
- Ensure that the landfill traffic management plan is adhered to. Maintain bunds, signage and roadways to ensure safe operation for customers and plant operators.
- Daily maintenance on site plant and completion of daily plant check sheets and reporting of any defects on plant immediately.
- Operate the site plant according to the training given and within the requirements of site rules. Ensure that the 5m rule and reversing rules are maintained.
- To promptly report customer query`s, complaints or damage.
- Dust control by ensuring road and tip face are regularly dampened down by plant or fixed systems.
- Control of mud on site and peripheral roads.
- Pest control including birds, flies and rodents.
- Odour control by ensuring odour control systems on site are working and effective waste management operations at the tipping area.
- Litter control by usage of fixed and mobile litter netting and screens.
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Essential criteria for this role:
- CPCS or equivalent mobile plant training certification
- Relevant experience in waste or environmental capacity
- Ability to carry out essential daily maintenance of site plant
- Full car driving licence


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