Job Description

Post:

Recycling Operative

Location:

Gates (UK) Ltd, Cramlington, NE23 8AS

Salary:

12.75 per hour rising to 13.75

Hours:

40 Hours per week

Working Pattern:

Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 16:30pm

Purpose of the role:

To assist the site management in the day-to-day operation to ensure that all waste is handled and disposed of correctly. To ensure health and safety, and compliance, is a priority in everything we do.

Main role responsibilities:

To undertake collection of mixed waste recyclables (paper, bottles, cans etc) Cardboard and general waste from the production areas and ensure that segregation is carried out. Also maintain cleanliness of the service yards on site. To manage the stocks of waste held on site and to report any collections required to the relevant departments to ensure the customer site is running correctly. To improve recycling percentages, separating contaminated waste streams into relevant receptacles. To do this within a safety-conscious and customer-focused environment to ensure that all parties on site are serviced according to work procedure, and have no cause for complaint. Assist in the efficient and effective running of the site in accordance with Health & Safety legislation and contractual obligations Carry out recycling tasks as required Complete any relevant site/operations daily check sheets on time and in full, filing as required Assist with the quick and effective turnaround of vehicles delivering or collecting material from site Share ideas on ways of improving the efficiency or effectiveness of the site, with the management team. Regularly refresh yourself on the appropriate working instructions and risk assessments for your role Support the team by working on any part of the site as requested by the Site Manager or Chargehand Contribute to the security of the site; at the end of the shift switch off all plant, lights, etc., and return all keys to the key box, ensuring that all facilities are locked and secure Maintain a high level of housekeeping in all areas and ensure housekeeping activities are carried out in an effective and timely manner Build and maintain good relationships with colleagues and customers Demonstrate a conscientious and personable attitude toward any site visitors (e.g., Drivers, members of the public etc.), whilst carrying out duties To work flexibly, to cover for holidays/absence as required

Qualifications / Experience

Counterbalance forklift truck license

No other formal qualifications are required for this role - full training will be given.

Company Description

Cumbria Waste Group is the largest regional waste management contractor operating in Cumbria and across the north of England and southern Scotland. The group has been operating for over 30 years and now has over 5,000 customers spanning the commercial and public sectors.

We offer the very best solutions to our customers to ensure that their waste resources aren't wasted but instead the value is recovered in the best way possible.

The needs of the smallest business customers are very different from the largest and most complex industrials - but we cover them all so you can be assured of a solution that is right for you and helps you to make a contribution to our environmental goals and challenges.

Our focus is on resource recovery through recycling. Not all recycling is the same. Our goal is to create substitute raw material products for use in remanufacturing processes and to maximise the environmental benefit from the materials we collect from you.

We employ around 390 staff at more than 20 locations across Cumbria, North Lancashire and Teesside and our customer base also reaches from the Scottish central belt, across to Northumberland, Tyneside, Teesside, Yorkshire, and down to Cheshire and Humberside and all points in between.

For our many local authority customers we not only collect recyclable materials from the doorstep but process them in our state-of-the-art processing plants to extract maximum value from recycled materials.

Our customers range from single holiday lets to property management companies, utility companies, hotels, retails outlets to the most complex industrial plants. We have in-house experts, including chemists and a technical team coupled with an extensive fleet of over 50 vehicles that enable us to tailor solutions to meet any customer's requirements.

We pride ourselves on our reputation for compliance, ethics and transparency. We have a core set of values and behaviours that we operate to at all times.

Our operational sites consist of four materials recycling facilities (MRFs), a liquid waste treatment plant, aggregate recycling plant and a hazardous waste transfer station.

Our Company values are:

As a

team

, We take

pride

in the work we do, We

care

about our colleagues, customers, communities and environment, We love to learn and

improve

, and We are always

safe

.
These values underpin all that we do in our business, and we would want you to love our values as much as we do. The personality traits below are what we are looking for in the successful candidate:

Enjoy

working outdoors

in all weather and

take pride in your work

; always

ensuring a safe working environment

for yourself and colleagues Own and

take responsibility

for your actions; owning up if you make a mistake, and learning from it A

positive, enthusiastic work ethic

; you approach problems with a

'can-do' attitude

and look to solve them where appropriate

Communicate honestly, openly

and

respectfully

with your colleagues and customers Enjoy working as

part of a team

and

building good relationships

with people

HOW TO APPLY

You can either apply via the button below, or send your CV directly to the HR Department at Cumbria Waste Group (hr@cumbriawaste.co.uk). Alternatively, contact us on 01228 822101 for an application form.

Please note due to the high volume of applicants we receive, we are unable to notify all unsuccessful applicants. If you have not been notified of the outcome of your application within four weeks of the closing date, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From 12.75 per hour

Expected hours: 40.00 per week

Benefits:

Additional leave Company pension Cycle to work scheme Health & wellbeing programme Life insurance On-site parking Sick pay
Schedule:

8 hour shift
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 23/05/2025
Reference ID: Gates (UK) Ltd_May 25