Machine Operator

Biffa is looking for a Machine Operator 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 supervisor or management team.

Salary: £36,609 per annum / £13.41 per hour

Please note Saturday working will be required.

Principal Accountabilities

• Follow instruction from site supervisor/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.
• Perform daily maintenance on site plant, complete daily plant check sheets and report any defects immediately.
• Operate the site plant according to the training given and within the requirements of site rules, ensuring that the 5m rule and reversing rules are maintained.
• Give clear communication via the two‑way radio to customers and colleagues.
• Share responsibility for the health and safety of the team: attend toolbox talks, SIT meetings and report near misses and hazard spots.
• Promptly report customer queries, complaints or damage.
• Carry out any other reasonable job‑related tasks as required by the company.
• Understand relevant items of the site licence and rules via site induction and training as required.

Nature and Scope

• 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 the site supervisor/manager, including but not limited to:
• 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.
• Litter control by usage of fixed and mobile litter netting and screens.
• Report any damaged infrastructure which may cause environmental pollution, e.g., gas wells.
• Ensure that site mobile plant is maintained and report defects to ensure that repairs are carried out in a timely manner.
• Operate only plant you are trained to operate. Complete and maintain CPCS or equivalent training to operate all landfill plant.
• Keep the plant clean.
• Carry out manual handling as required.

Person Specification

• Plant related activities.
• Ability to carry out essential daily maintenance of site plant.
• Display ‘Be Safe’ attitude and behaviours.
• Attitude for compliance.
• 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.

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