Service: Roads and Infrastructure Services
Closing Date: Friday 26th September 2025
A vacancy has arisen for a Waste Disposal Site Operative to work at Blackhill Civic Amenity Site in Helensburgh for Argyll and Bute Council.
Argyll and Bute is one of Scotland’s most stunning areas. As its award-winning council, we play a vital part in the day-to-day life and long-term future of our beautiful and diverse communities. Our unwavering purpose is to make Argyll and Bute the place to be, the place where people want to live, to work and do business. And we are committed to making the council the place to have a great career, by providing excellent benefits and a friendly, dynamic working culture so that each of our 5000 colleagues can deliver services that help our corner of Scotland thrive. Join us to make a difference.
The successful candidate will be responsible, individually or as part of a team, for the operation of a waste disposal location, landfill site, recycling site, transfer site or destruction site and other duties as required.
This is a part time permanent post, worked 11 hours Saturday and Sunday 10:00 - 16:00.
Our employees make good things happen in the day-to-day life and for the longer term future of Argyll and Bute. We want you to feel valued working for us. We offer various benefits to support you, such as a competitive salary, pension scheme, generous leave entitlement, cycle to work scheme, discounts on gym memberships and leisure centres, wellbeing initiatives, and opportunities for learning and career growth. We also embrace a modern approach to work, offering a flexible first approach where possible to requests from our employees to how they work.
We care about our people and the world around us and always aim to do the right thing. From employee recognition schemes to environmental policies we have many initiatives in place to help us look after the things we all care about.
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Argyll and Bute Council recognises the numerous benefits of a positive work-life balance to the wellbeing and productivity of our employees. We will take a flexible first approach to requests from our employees to change the way that they work. While we must balance such requests with the need to ensure the quality of the important services we deliver are not compromised, we will ensure that each request is given careful consideration with a view to achieving a positive outcome wherever possible.
Applicants should note that:-
1. This post is not suitable for job share.
2. The salary shown is the full time equivalent salary, the actual salary will be paid pro rata for the hours worked.
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