Hertfordshire County Council
Senior Recycling Operative
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Job Introduction
Job Title: Senior Site Operative
Starting Salary: £28,129 progressing to £28,547
Hours: 40
Location: Hertfordshire
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Growth & Environment
About The Team
Currently recruiting for vacancies in Elstree
Hertfordshire County Council is made up of over 8500 talented, passionate, and caring individuals across Adult Care Service, Child Care Service, Community Protection, Environment & Transport, Public Health, Central Resources, and Sustainable Growth.
At HCC we are committed to working towards:
- A cleaner Greener Environment for all
- Providing Healthy and Fulfilling lives for ALL of our residents
- Sustainable, responsible growth in our county
- Excellent council services for all
Whichever part of HCC and whichever role you join us in you will be certain that the role that you do will play a significant part in achieving our goals.
Our Recycling Centre service team are looking for self-motivated individuals to work alongside us to achieve our vision to increase recycling rates and divert waste from landfill in Hertfordshire.
About The Role
As a Senior Site Operative you will be:
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- Acting as the Senior Operative on site, instructing and mentoring operatives when the Site Manager is on leave.
- Responsible for the safe opening and closing of site.
- Manage all documentation for the site both paper form and computerised in the site managers absence.
- Show and help service users put their waste in the correct areas as appropriate.
- Check permits for vans and trailers and check for certain types of waste.
- Ensure that the waste streams do not get mixed up.
- Maintain a clean and tidy work environment.
- Look for ways to improve customer service and recycling rates.
- Compaction of waste through use of JCB’s and compactors (training provided)
- Opportunity to be part of the staff engagement group.
- Manage and implement trials for new waste streams and improvements to the service.
About You
We’ll need you to have a proven track record of delivering excellent customer service and be able to ensure work is carried out to a high standard. With highly developed interpersonal skills you will be confident in advising residents of how to dispose of their waste. Ability to remain calm under pressure, work safely and follow procedures. Be able to maintain a high level of service in all weather conditions. Have experience of working under prolonged periods of sustained physical effort. Be able to support and manage a team of operatives. Be the first aider and fire marshal on site.
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All training is provided including but not limited to First Aid, Fire Marshall, Manual Handling and Plant. Opportunity to progress within the team.
If there are no vacancies in your preferred team/location, please continue to make an application and we will add you to a waiting list. You will be contacted when vacancies become available to see if you are still interested in working in Waste for Hertfordshire County Council.
We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.
This job role is within the Operational Services, level OPS5 job profile. Please locate this via:
Job profiles - Operational services
Interview Date: Interviews are held on an ongoing basis
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