Plant Operator

4 weeks ago


Knaresborough, United Kingdom Thalia Waste Management Full time

We have an exciting opportunity for an individual to join our team as an entry level plant operator, full training will be provided The role is based at Allerton Waste Recovery Park near Knaresborough (HG5). In this role you be trained and giving the skills to perform a variety of cross functional skilled technical duties to ensure ongoing operation and productivity of the facility. We are looking to train someone to operate the baler, to drive mobile plant such as a forklift truck / front loaded shovel, and operate an overhead grab crane. There are opportunities to progress and develop skills further for the right person.
- Must have a full and valid driving license
- Salary for the role is £27,241 per annum
- Weekly shift pattern of 6am-2pm / 2pm - 10pm (Monday - Friday)
- Opportunity for Saturday overtime - time and a half

Key Responsibilities
- Operation of the Baler machine
- Operating the overhead crane
- Reporting any HSE hazards or incidents to the Shift Supervisor / Lead Supervisor
- Operating mobile plant, including forklift truck, telehandler and front-loading shovel, 360 excavators
- Performing first-line maintenance on equipment
- Management and removal of the IBA (Incinerated Bottom Ash)
- Maintaining clean working conditions in the fuel reception area, tipping hall and delivery routes
- Carrying out waste inspections and reporting non-conforming waste
- Loading collection vehicles and static plant
- Report all Near Misses, Incidents, Safety and Environmental concerns using Thalia’s Airsweb System
- Maintain housekeeping standards throughout the facility
- Ensure that all waste is handled and received in accordance with the company procedures and legislation.
- Ensure that all tools, mobile plant and equipment checks are carried out on daily basis and maintained in a proper working condition and defects are reported to the Shift Team Leader.
- Control the feeding process of waste into the treatment lines such as to ensure required treatment efficiencies
- Ensure the welfare and safety of all operatives working in the team and to make sure that all work is carried out in full compliance with health, safety, welfare and environmental regulatory requirements.

Skills and Experience
- Full UK Driving Licence
- A flexible approach to working
- An ability to work in a changing, fast paced environment
- Willingness to learn

Our Business
At Thalia Waste Management, we are creating a future to be proud of. We think differently, questioning everything, enabling us to develop progressive waste into energy solutions and services. Being motivated, tackling problems together, inspiring others to take responsibility, making a difference, being ambitious and contributing value.
We operate the best technology available across our four strategic sites in North Yorkshire, Milton Keynes, Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Wight. Our technology includes everything from mechanical and biological treatment, traditional mass-burn energy from waste and material recycling technologies to in-vessel composting, advanced thermal treatment, innovative small-scale energy from waste and anaerobic digestion. In a single year we process 300,000 tonnes of waste that is turned into energy. This generates the same amount of energy as approximately 600 million solar panels. Similarly we recycle circa 95,000 tonnes of waste.

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