Mobile Plant Operator

Job Description

Job Overview

Salary: £30,010.50 plus Veolia benefits.

Location: Battlefield Plastics Recycling Facility, Battlefield Way, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 3EQ.

Hours: 37.5 per week, Monday to Friday 08:00-16:00 initially; thereafter rotating shifts of 6:00am-2:00pm, 2:00pm-10:00pm, and 10:00pm-6:00am, changing shifts every week. Shift allowance rate for anti-social hours to be confirmed.

Key Responsibilities

• Operate a mobile plant in accordance with mobile plant operation guidelines.
• Conduct pre-operational safety checks and routine maintenance on mobile equipment.
• Support production schedules by providing timely material movement, ensuring materials are processed efficiently to achieve maximum throughput.
• Meet vehicle unloading and loading turnaround times.
• Inspect all input material and report any non-conforming loads to ensure quality meets customer specifications.
• Communicate operational information to the weighbridge and plant shift supervisor.
• Follow safety protocols and wear appropriate PPE.

Required Qualifications

• Yellow plant licence: Loading Shovel, Telehandler and FLT.
• Experience in operational manual handling.

Benefits

• 20 days of annual leave, increasing by one day per year after 2 years of service to a maximum of three days.
• Access to the company pension scheme.
• Free physiotherapy services.
• Discounts on groceries and well-known retailers.
• Resources to support physical, mental and financial well-being.
• Ongoing training and development opportunities.

Equal Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. All applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability or veteran status.