Location: On site / South Shields, UK
Job type: Permanent / Full-time
Sector: Engineering | Administration
Annual salary: £29,368.16 per annum
Benefits: Westfield Health, Auto enrollment pension, Life Insurance
Closing date: 21st July 2026
Overview
A vacancy has arisen for a Plant Operative to join our team at the Port of Tyne.
Hargreaves Industrial Services provides a varied operations, maintenance and industrial cleaning service to our client at the Port of Tyne Biomass handling facility.
We are responsible for the day to day maintenance and operations of a material handling system consisting of traditional and air glide conveyors including a number of transfer towers and three 25,000 ton storage silos which transfer biomass wood pellets from vessel to a rail loading facility with which we also maintain and operate sending the biomass material via rail to Lynemouth Power Station.
The site is also supported on a day to day basis with our industrial cleaning team ensuring a very strict cleaning regime is adhered to at all times.
Responsibilities
- Operating vacuum and other housekeeping equipment to allow cleaning activities to be carried out.
- Ability to react and clean any unplanned spillages.
- Operate to high levels of cleanliness.
- Ability to identify defects & reporting of defects.
- Operate site vehicles and complete relevant documentation.
- Operate equipment and complete relevant documentation.
- Inspection of site ensuring Health and Safety procedures are being adhered to.
- Continually look for ways to improve service.
- Assist other site members if required to do so.
Qualifications & Requirements
- Experience of similar operations.
- COMPEX awareness certificate.
- Knowledge of plant (especially working within ATEX zones).
- Telehandler licence (preferable but not essential).
- Operator of mobile vacuum equipment.
- Positive attitude to safety.
- CPCS safety passport or equivalent.
- Site safety induction training.
- Adhere to Permit to Work procedures.
- Hargreaves safety induction training.
- Comply and understand all site golden rules, safety instructions and procedures.
- Undertake all mandatory e-learning as required.
- Undertake site specific training as required.
Please note: Hargreaves Industrial Services is committed to equal opportunities and encourages applications from all qualified persons.
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