Shovel Driver

**Newbridge Energy** are looking to recruit a **Shovel Driver** with the necessary drive, enthusiasm, ambition and commitment to complement our already well-established team_. _Offering **£11.70 - £12.66 per hour **on a full-time, permanent basis.

**Based in Ruthin, Denbighshire,** Newbridge Energy manufacture and supply 6mm ENplus® A1 wood pellets and is listed on the biomass suppliers list (BSL). We have invested heavily in the plant and infrastructure and are seeking to recruit a Shovel Driver to provide a first-class service.

**About the Shovel Driver role**:
**Shovel Driver Key Responsibilities**:

- To operate a JCB excavator to transfer material and product around the plant safely and efficiently and within the speed limit
- Sorting and blending the product
- Loading silos
- Managing the operation of the burner
- Ensuring good quality control of the product
- Measuring JCB bucket weights
- Accurate completion of documentation
- Ash waste management - emptying of ash waste to appropriate skips and replacement of cover on skip at all times
- Report any faults to management
- Maintain a clean and safe working environment with excellent housekeeping
- Complete vehicle safety checks before and after shift, and sanitize the cab regularly throughout the shift and particularly at the end of the shift before handover
- Always maintain a high level of safety awareness
- Adherence to the Company’s health, safety, and environmental policies and procedures
- Complete any other reasonable tasks or requests as required.

**Shovel Driver Requirements**:

- A valid Shovel Driver/rough terrain licence (or equivalent)
- A minimum of one years' experience in operating mobile plant equipment
- A good level of education - i.e., 5 GCSE’s, grades 9-5 (A*-C) (or equivalent), is desirable but not essential
- An IOSH Working Safely qualification (or equivalent) is desirable
- Good numeracy and paperwork skills
- Excellent housekeeping and quality standards
- Full clean driving licence
- Able to prioritise and work under pressure
- Able to work independently, using own initiative and as part of a team
- Personal attributes include a positive disposition, a “can-do” attitude, tenacity, assertiveness, resilience, and a high degree of determination to succeed.

**Benefits**:

- Company pension scheme
- Employee assistance scheme

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £11.70-£12.66 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company pension

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: NBE001