Machine Operator

**Changing the way people think about waste.**

Biffa is looking for a **Machine Operator** in **Cornwall** to maintain and operate mobile plant in a safe and efficient manner, working in a busy landfill operation both unsupervised and under instruction by the site foreman or management team.

**Hours of work**: 06:30 - 17:00 Mon-Fri / 50 hours per week.

(Bonus on top of salary also paid on machine competency, attendance, punctuality)

**A quick look at the role.**
- To follow instruction from site foreman/management and work in a safe and efficient manner.
- Ensure that the landfill traffic management plan is adhered to. Maintain bunds, signage and roadways to ensure safe operation for customers and plant operators.
- Daily maintenance on site plant and completion of daily plant check sheets and reporting of any defects on plant immediately.
- Operate the site plant according to the training given and within the requirements of site rules. Ensure that the 5m rule and reversing rules are maintained
- Give clear communication via the two way radio to customers and colleagues.
- To share responsibility for the health and safety of the team. Attend toolbox talks, SIT meetings and report near misses and hazard spots.
- To promptly report customer query's, complaints or damage.
- To carry out any other such reasonable job related tasks as the company may require you to undertake from time to time.
- To understand relevant items of the site licence and rules via site induction and training as required.

**Why it’s an opportunity not to be wasted.**
- Maintain the site to ensure the smooth running of the waste infilling operations including void availability, road maintenance and compliance with the tip management plan.
- Follow the site traffic management plan to ensure pedestrian and vehicular segregation is maintained on site.
- Report any health and safety matters and environmental compliance issues to site foreman /manager
- Dust control by ensuring road and tip face are regularly dampened down by plant or fixed systems
- Control of mud on site and peripheral roads
- Pest control including birds, flies and rodents
- Odour control by ensuring odour control systems on site are working and effective waste management operations at the tipping area.

**Requirements**:
**Here’s what we require**:

- Ability to work unsupervised or under instruction
- Able to communicate verbally and can speak and understand English
- Good time keeping essential
- Must be able to read and understand simple information relating to daily work
- Must be able to write simple but clear reports such as defect reports, near misses
- Resides within a reasonable distance of the site
- Ability to remain calm in busy periods.
- Willingness to adapt and develop skill-sets and knowledge as determined by post.
- Able to complete physical checks on mobile plant and to carry out a range of manual handling duties.

**Benefits**

**And here’s why you’ll love it.**
- Ongoing career development, training and coaching - Because if you don’t grow, we don’t grow.
- Generous pension scheme.
- Retail and leisure discounts.
- Holiday and travel discounts.
- Life cover.

**We are dedicated to diversity.**

At Biffa we believe different ideas, perspective and backgrounds are key to developing a creative working environment that delivers real results. It’s why you’ll find us championing diversity and equality at every turn.