Incinerator Operator

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 339654**Salary**:

- £21,333 - £21,333- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Administrative Officer- Level 2**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DSTL - Chemical, Biological & Radiological Division - Specialist Facilities**Type of role**:

- Industrial**Working pattern**:

- Shift working**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

Location

About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Porton DownAbout the job

**Job summary**:
An exciting opportunity to join a small team who support Dstl and other Government agencies to undertake the thermal destruction of waste.

Based at Porton Down, the Dstl Specialist Facilities Group is responsible for disposing of hazardous waste produced by Dstl, other government agencies and external companies. We operate the incinerator, a national asset and our main disposal facility for hazardous, clinical, explosive, radiological and sensitive wastes.

The incinerator operates day and night so we are looking for an Incinerator Operator to join a small shift team to ensure the waste facility is run in an efficient, safe and sustainable manner.

**Job description**:
In this role you will:

- You will, handle, move and process clinical / chemical and hazardous waste.
- Undertake routine Incinerator site (non-intrusive) maintenance tasks.
- Undertake mandatory and role specific training including:

- Working at Height.
- Confined Space.
- First Aid at Work.
- Forklift trucks and lifting equipment.
- Work to relevant safety and site procedures.
- Work to relevant quality standards
- Work 12hr shifts including nights and weekends.
- Complete waste documentation.
- Use facility vehicles to escort visitors, attend training and undertake on/off site deliveries.

You will be expected to have an annual medical (carried out on site), and have continuous health monitoring (carried out while working at the incinerator).

**Person specification**:
We are looking for someone who has:

- Evidence of good standard of general education e.g. GCSEs or equivalent including English and Mathematics at Grade C or above.
- Driving licence B and own transport.
- Good communication skills.
- Ability to use MS Office Applications (Outlook, Excel, Word).

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Communicating and Influencing
- Managing a Quality Service
- Delivering at Pace
- Changing and Improving
- Working Together

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £21,333, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory contributes £27 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.**Benefits**

Dstl’s full range of great benefits can be found in the information pack which includes:

- ** Financial**: An excellent pension scheme starting from 26% employer contribution (find out more here). In Year Rewarding Achievement bonuses and thank you vouchers. Rental deposit scheme and cycle to work scheme.
- ** Flexible working**:Options include alternative working patterns such as; compressed hours (e.g. working a 4 day week/ 9 day fortnight), job shares and annualised hours (agreed number of hours per annum paid monthly i.e. working term-time only).
- ** Working hours**:Flexibility around your working day (e.g. start time, finish time). Ability to bank hours in a 12 month reference period including the ability to accrue and use 3 days per calendar month.
- ** Where you work**:Depending on your role, blended working may be available including remote working to suit you and your team. This can be discussed at interview.
- ** Annual leave**: 25 days pro rata (rising to 30 after 5 years) plus 8 public holidays with the ability to buy/sell 5 additional days per annum.
- ** Family**:Maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks with full pay, an additional 13 weeks statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid
- ** Learning and Development**: Dstl encourages and supports charterships, accreditations and provides employees access to fully funded apprenticeships up to level 7 (Masters Degree). Dstl will pay for 2 memberships with relevant bodies/institutions. Employees also have access to Civil Service Learning.
- ** Facilities**: Onsite parking, EV Charging points, restaurants, cafés and gyms.

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**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours.Sift will take place week commencing 22nd April with successful applicants to be invited to attend an interview week commencing 29th April on site at Porton Down

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.**Security**:
- See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).- People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) chec