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Waste Operative

3 months ago

Lerwick, United Kingdom Shetland Islands Council Full time

Advertisement Details

To participate in working a fixed 12 hour shift pattern including days, nights and weekends.

Undertaking a range of duties required to operate the Energy Recovery Plant. Ensuring a suitable feedstock of waste is continually fed into the furnace and that the plant operates within authorisation parameters. 

This vacancy is being advertised as a Career Graded post, which is a career development opportunity. This means that the Council is committed to supporting the successful candidate to obtain the necessary skills, abilities and knowledge to become fully competent in the role. Please see the Career Grade documentattached to this advert that outlines the entry level requirements for the job and the expected career progression route. The successful candidate will be supported to become fully competent in the role and progress through the career grade. Where there is a requirement to achieve a qualification, this will be fully funded by the Council.

More detail is provided in the Job Profile, Person Specification and Conditions of Service Summary attached to the bottom of this advert.

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Additional Information

The grade of this post is G/H This post is career graded - your salary and career progression will depend on your experience and qualifications Salary shown in the advert is inclusive of Distant Islands Allowance of £2, per annum Permanent Full Time post for 37.0 Hours per Week , 52.18 weeks per year A relocation package does not apply to this post We will pay interview expenses from within Shetland We are happy to talk flexible working

During the application process you are required to give the names of two persons not related to you, who we can contact to provide a reference to support your application.

This post is based at Waste Energy Plant, Greenhead, Lerwick, ZE1 0PY

For further details relating to this post, please contact: Stuart Paton, Plant Engineering Manager, on or email

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