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Salary: £29,530.00 per annum plus Veolia benefits
Hours: 45 hours per week - Monday to Friday (availability for a minimum of 35 weekend days per year to support cruise ship customers)
Location: Normandy Way
Marchwood
Hampshire
SO40 4PB
When you see the world as we do, you see the chance to help the world take better care of its resources and help it become a better place for everyone.
As a Barge Hand you’ll be pushing for innovative solutions to create a more sustainable future for all. We know that everyone here at Veolia can help us work alongside our communities, look after the environment, and contribute to our inclusive culture.
What we can offer you;
25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
Access to our company/people’s pension scheme
Discounts on everything from groceries to well known retailers
Access to a range of resources to support your physical, mental and financial health; so you can lean on us whenever you need to
24 hour access to a virtual GP, 365 days a year, for you and family members in your household
One paid days leave every year to volunteer and support your community
Ongoing training and development opportunities, allowing you to reach your full potential
What you’ll be doing;
Act as a deckhand under the direct supervision of Bargemasters, supporting the safe operation of waste collection vessels whilst at sea in the port of Southampton
Assist with vessel maintenance and daily checks to ensure the barge is safe to go to sea and complies with MCA and Veolia land-based safety procedures
Handle packaged and hazardous waste from visiting ships, ensuring safe collection, transportation and disposal in accordance with regulations
Operate vessel cranes and manual lifting equipment safely to load and transfer waste materials (full training provided)
Carry out additional duties as assigned by line managers to support efficient barge operations and customer service delivery
What we're looking for;
GCSE or equivalent qualifications in Maths and English (essential requirement)
Competent basic IT skills for completing documentation and operational records
Physically fit with the ability to work outdoors in all weather conditions and handle manual tasks
Reliable and flexible approach with availability to work weekends when required to support cruise operations
Safety-conscious mindset with willingness to follow procedures and work under supervision at sea
VHF SRC, Firefighting, First Aid and Personal Survival Techniques qualifications are desirable but not essential - full training including Bargemaster qualification will be provided
What’s next?
Apply today, so we can make a difference for generations to come.
We're proud to have been named as one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work for three consecutive years in 2023, 2024 and 2025. This consistent recognition reflects our commitment to our people, demonstrating that Veolia is not just transforming the environment, we're also transforming what it means to have a rewarding, purposeful career.
We're dedicated to supporting you throughout your application journey, offering adjustments where reasonable and appropriate. As a proud Disability Confident Employer, we will offer an interview to applicants with a disability or long-term condition who opt-in to the Disability Confident scheme, and meet the minimum criteria for our roles.
We're also committed to ensuring that all applicants and colleagues receive fair treatment without discrimination on any grounds, aiming to create a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.
What We Do
Veolia UK provides solutions for ecological transformation. We are a company of almost 14,000 employees, although we prefer to think of ourselves as “resourcers”. Every day across the country our “resourcers” design and deploy useful and concrete solutions, which help our customers fight against climate change, prevent pollution of our water and create a circular economy where nothing goes to waste.
Every year, we serve around 1.8 million people through our municipal wastewater contracts. We complete over 400 million waste collections across our Local Authority contracts, serving over 3 million residential properties; and we treat over 1.5 million tonnes of commercial and industrial waste from our 85,000 private customers. We also produce over 560 MWe of renewable and low carbon electricity, to power over 1.3 million homes.
Veolia UK is an exciting and innovative place to work, but don't just take our word for it - we were named as one of the top 10 'Very Big Organisations' to work for in The Sunday Times' Best Places to Work 2024. We're resourcing the world through our purpose of ecological transformation, and we're doing this by working together to constantly progress. We are reinventing the way things work to reduce our environmental impact and increase efficiency, whether in the reuse of wastewater or the recovery of waste, such as plastics. At the same time, we anticipate the needs of tomorrow with innovative solutions that will decarbonise our energy and heating demands. We do this through the development of microgrids and energy management through our Hubgrade solution, which optimises the management of resources using digital and artificial intelligence.
We are driven by optimism and passion, not to see the world as it is, but how it should be; and we are tenacious in our efforts to achieve our goals.
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