As a Day Operator at our Waste Treatment Plant near Knaresborough, you'll be part of a skilled and supportive team responsible for ensuring the safe and efficient running of our site. The role will focus on operating mobile plant to move waste materials across the facility, particularly transporting skips and baled waste using a forklift truck. You'll also have the opportunity to work with a range of plant and equipment, including the telehandler and overhead grab crane, and develop your skills further with training and progression opportunities available.
* Salary for the role is £31,163.75 per annum
* Weekly shift pattern of 6am-2pm / 2pm – 10pm (Monday – Friday)
* Opportunity for Saturday overtime – time and a half
Key Responsibilities
* Safely operate the baler machine and overhead crane.
* Move and transport skips, pallets and baled waste around site using a forklift truck (essential requirement).
* Operate mobile plant, including forklift truck, telehandler (training can be provided if not already ticketed), front-loading shovel, and 360 excavator.
* Carry out first-line maintenance on equipment and ensure tools/plant are checked daily and reported if defective.
* Manage and remove IBA (Incinerated Bottom Ash).
* Maintain clean working conditions in fuel reception areas, tipping hall and delivery routes.
* Carry out waste inspections and report non-conforming waste.
* Load collection vehicles and static plant.
* Control the feeding process of waste into treatment lines to maintain treatment efficiencies.
* Report all hazards, near misses, incidents, and environmental concerns.
* Ensure all waste is handled safely, in line with company procedures and legislation.
* Maintain high housekeeping and safety standards across site.
Skills and Experience
* Valid Forklift Truck licence – essential (role requires daily use for skips, pallets and baled waste).
* Telehandler licence – desirable (training can be provided if not currently held).
* Full UK driving licence.
* A flexible approach to working across different site tasks.
* Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, changing environment.
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.
Inclusion
At Thalia Waste Management, we work hard to make sure we are an inclusive and diverse place to work. This means we don't just look at your CV, we're focused on who you are, your skills and passion that can be brought to Thalia Waste Management. We know and understand the everyone is different and has a life outside work, so we're happy to discuss flexible working and any adjustments that could be needed We'll do all that we can to support everyone from their first contact with us. For any support or adjustments needed through our recruitment process, please speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. As a Disability Confident Employer, we will make sure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.