Mobile Plant Driver
Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Garlaff, East Ayrshire is currently looking to recruit a Mobile Plant Driver for an 8-12 week contract on a rate of £13.90/hour (PAYE). Grab/Telehandler/Loading Shovel
 
Responsibilities:
 
– Recycling Driver will plan, implement and monitor all mobile plant machinery processes through good practice to maximise the processing of recyclable materials and ensuring health and safety and environmental compliance is in place at all times throughout the MRF, Household Waste Recycling Centre and the operational site. 
– Responsible for the operation of waste and recycle mobile plant machinery, including vehicles, conveyors and balers.
– Responsible for processing the loose recyclable material by loading the MRF operational hopper in a timely manner ensuring that the feedstock is continually processed for the other members of the team to process on the picking station.  
– Identify any contamination within the reception hall and remove where necessary to ensure no blockages within the operational plant as far as reasonably practical.
– Operate recycling vehicles to carry out loading of contractor vehicles, empty bulking bays and sorting materials for collection and other associated works as directed to ensure the smooth running of the operational area including the household waste recycling centre (including routine maintenance as required).
– Operation of processing plant associated in the sorting and baling of recycle material, collecting baled materials and stacking in a safe manner within the allocated storage bays (including routine maintenance as required).
– Maintain a clean and safe environment, ensuring traffic management routes are clear and accessible at all times.  Maintain the cleanliness of the vehicle you are operating on a daily basis ensuring the health and safety of yourself and others. 
– Complete daily vehicle inspection checks in the morning before mobile plant duties commence and at the end of the shift when operations stop.  Assist in the undertaking of required routine maintenance checks such as oil and water reporting any defects to the foreman.
– Responsible for the security of all mobile plant machinery within Recycling Operations which are used in connection with the processing of recycled material.  You will be a responsible key holder and ensure keys are collected in the morning and returned at the end of each shift and safely secured.  All doors and locks must be applied at the end of each shift.
– Ensure the safe operation of mobile plant machinery and vehicles in connection with recycling of materials adhering to onsite Safe systems of work at all times while in operation.
– To maintain the cleanliness of areas associated for the processing of recycle material and ensure the safety of yourself and colleagues at all times.  Completing cleaning schedules at the end of each shift and maintaining the cleanliness of hard to reach locations within the operational plant.
– Responsible for the daily recording of bale counts and waste cages for compliance and recording purposes and reporting all daily figures to the chargehand and foreman.
– Liaise with the weighbridge operator on a daily basis to ensure you are aware of arriving contractor vehicles and ensure all weights have been recorded on arrival and exit for compliance and recording purposes.
– Assist with onsite projects and help to implement best practise to ensure we are maximising our recycle targets. 
– Liaise appropriately with any contractors attending site ensuring that prior to works commencing they have signed in, completed a site induction, submitted all relevant paperwork related to the task to the foreman/team leader, and are wearing full PPE within the operational area. 
– To undertake any other duties as appropriate to the post and in line with the needs of the Recycling Operations Section.
– Ensure the safety of yourself and all employees on site by ensuring full PPE being worn appropriately to complete the tasks within the operational areas.
– To undertake any other duties as appropriate to the post and in line with the needs of the Recycling Operations Section.
 
Essential Skills:
 
– Mobile Plant Operational Licence:  Forklift Truck and Loading Shovel.
– Good reading and writing skills
– Basic knowledge of IT skills
– Driving Licence.
– Knowledge of Waste Management industry including recycling materials and targets.
– Health and Safety Procedures
– Good reading and writing skills.
– Good IT skills.
– Incab software.
– Fork Lift Truck Licence
– Front Loading Shovel Licence
– Awareness of Health and Safety Procedures.
– Working within a team and leading by example.
– Working in a fast paced environment.
– Implementing SSW and H&S.
 
Desirable Skills:
 
– MRF Operations / Control Panel experience / Knowledge.
– Knowledge of wastes management best practises and Health and Safety awareness.
– Previous experience of working within a waste management environment.
– Mobile Plant tickets can be refreshed on site.
– MRF operations including loading hopper, baling and conveyor processes.
 
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.

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Mobile Plant Driver
East Ayrshire, East Ayrshire, Scotland, Scotland
£13.90 per hour, Benefits: Weekly pay, holidays, pension -
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