Site Operative (Shifts) – Brownhills
£13.00/hr + night premium + overtime + training + career growth
Looking for a practical job where you’re active, learning new skills and working with real equipment? Want to be part of a team that values safety, teamwork and getting the job done right?
If that sounds like your kind of work, you’ll feel right at home here.
What’s in it for you?
Joining our team means stepping into a role where your development and wellbeing matter. You will benefit from:
- Secure, steady employment with structured hours
- On‑the‑job training and recognised equipment certifications
- Overtime earning potential, especially at weekends
- A varied, hands‑on role that keeps your day interesting
- A strong safety culture and supportive colleagues
- Opportunities to build long‑term industry experience
- Work that contributes directly to safe and responsible waste processing
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Health & wellbeing support (HSF)
- Life insurance (after qualifying period)
What You’ll Be Doing
You’ll be part of a busy, physical and hands-on operational team working across our inspection bays, storage areas and Bulking Bay. Your responsibilities will include:
- Unload and move palletised incoming waste for Chemist inspection
- Complete all pre use FLT inspections and PUWER equipment checks
- Safely operate a counterbalance FLT in line with company P.A.S.S. policy
- Weigh incoming loads on the site weighbridge prior to unloading
- Control vehicle movements (if trained as a banksman)
- Assist Chemists during inspections (removing clips/lids, re stacking etc.)
- Weigh individual items when priced by weight
- Sort, segregate and store materials in the correct bays
- Ensure waste stability, compatibility and clear labelling (HSG 71 compliant)
- Repalletise materials for safe double or top stacking
- Complete general housekeeping — sweeping, litter picking, drum crushing
- Repack materials into new containers as required
- Operate within the Bulking Bay, consolidating compatible waste streams
- Complete batch sheets/lists for full traceability
- Prepare and load outgoing vehicles including hook loaders
- Promote a positive safety culture — report at least one near-miss per month
- Support other teams and undertake other duties as required
This role is hands on, physical and sometimes outdoors — perfect if you like variety and staying active.
Shifts (40 hours per week)
Rotating Monday–Friday:
- Nights: 22:00–06:00 (Sunday night–Friday morning)
60‑minute unpaid break (8 paid hours per shift).
Pay & Extras
Overtime (pre approved):
- Saturday: x1.5 hourly rate
Skill premiums:
- +£0.50/hr (shunter duties)
- +£1.00/hr (digger licence)
Who We’re Looking For:
- Safety‑first, reliable, ready to get stuck in
- Comfortable working outdoors and with waste materials
- Able to follow instructions and complete simple paperwork
- Basic literacy and numeracy
- Experience in waste or warehousing helpful — not essential
- Strong understanding of H&S, COSHH, manual handling, LOLER, RIDDOR (advantage)
- Willing, flexible, eager to learn and progress
- Valid Counterbalance FLT licence (required)
What Happens Next
Shortlisted candidates will be invited for a realistic job preview at our Brownhills site. You’ll get to see the plant, equipment, work areas and meet the team — so you know exactly what the job involves before joining us.
Need an interview outside normal hours?
Just let us know when you apply.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £13.00 per hour
Application question(s):
- How many years of experience in FLT do you have?
- Are you willing to work in shift patterns?
- Do you have experience in warehouse work?
- What skills can you bring to this role?
Licence/Certification:
- Forklift Licence (required)
Work Location: In person
