Yard Banksman

2 weeks ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom NWH Group Full time

**Role: Yard**Banksman**
**Location: Leith Site**
**Pay Rate**:£12.98 per hour**
**Shift Pattern: Full-time, Monday to Friday with overtime available**

**Who Are We?**
The NWH Group is one of the UK’s leading recycling and waste management businesses with a mission to change our industry for the benefit of the planet. As a progressive, second-generation family business, we provide waste management services to the industrial, commercial, and construction industries. Our team of over 350 employees operates across ten sites in Scotland and North East England.

**What Will You Be Doing?**
- Directing safe and efficient vehicle movements within the yard
- Ensuring materials are tipped in line with the site working plan
- Monitoring incoming loads to ensure compliance
- Enforcing PPE and health & safety standards for all site visitors
- Keeping the yard area clean and tidy, particularly around the banksman shed
- Using water suppression systems to control dust
- Communicating clearly with machine operators and weighbridge staff
- Covering weighbridge operations when required
- Acting as a visible ambassador for NWH values, challenging unsafe behaviour professionally

**What Are We Looking For?**
We’re looking for someone with:

- Completed Banksman training
- A solid understanding of health and safety in a yard or industrial setting
- Confidence to communicate effectively and enforce safety standards
- Basic IT skills to support weighbridge cover
- A proactive, team-focused attitude
- Good organisational skills and attention to detail
- Experience in a quarry or recycling environment and Fire Warden training would be a bonus, but not essential.

**What We Offer**
- Weekly pay with a competitive hourly rate
- Overtime opportunities available
- Ongoing training and support
- Uniform and PPE provided
- Employee Benefit Scheme
- Be part of a company committed to safety, sustainability, and supporting its people

**Come as You Are**

The NWH Group is an equal opportunities employer. We value people as individuals with diverse opinions, cultures, lifestyles, and circumstances. All employees are covered by this policy, and it applies to all areas of employment including recruitment, selection, training,

deployment, career development, and promotion. These areas are monitored, and policies and practices are amended if necessary to ensure that no unfair or unlawful discrimination, intentional, unintentional, direct or indirect, overt or latent exists.

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