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Salary: £27,684.80 per annum, plus Veolia benefits
Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday 08:00 - 17:00
Location: Tinsley S9 5DL
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. With one of the largest growing fleets in the UK, our drivers are pivotal to delivering essential
services. They work hard to serve their local communities and make a positive impact every day. Whether you’re looking to overhaul the industry, or just do a good day’s work, 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;
- 20 days of annual leave
- Access to our company 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
- One paid day's 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;
- Ensure the destruction and recycling of incoming waste, by de-packing material and sorting each recyclable item
- Unload / load vehicles containing palletised waste
- Carry out the safe operation of the process machinery and fork lift trucks
- Carry out general site cleaning on a daily basis
- To attend any training deemed necessary for the role
- Inspect incoming loads to make sure they comply with the relevant paperwork and site permit
- Undertake all tasks in accordance with Veolia Quality, Safety, Health and Environmental policies and Business Management System
What we’re looking for;
Essential:
- Ability to operate process machinery and forklift trucks safely
- Capability to perform manual tasks including de-packing material and sorting recyclable items
- Willingness to carry out general site cleaning on a daily basis
- Ability to inspect incoming loads and verify compliance with paperwork and site permits
- Willingness to attend training as required for the role
Desirable:
- Previous experience in a recycling or waste management environment
- Valid forklift truck license/certification
- Knowledge of waste types and recycling processes
- Understanding of health and safety regulations in an operational environment
- Experience working in a similar operational role
- Familiarity with quality management systems
- Good attention to detail for inspection tasks
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.
Skills Required
- Ability to operate process machinery and forklift trucks safely
- Capability to perform manual tasks including de-packing material and sorting recyclable items
- Willingness to carry out general site cleaning on a daily basis
- Ability to inspect incoming loads and verify compliance with paperwork and site permits
- Willingness to attend training as required for the role
- Previous experience in a recycling or waste management environment
- Valid forklift truck license/certification
- Knowledge of waste types and recycling processes
- Understanding of health and safety regulations in an operational environment
- Experience working in a similar operational role
- Familiarity with quality management systems
- Good attention to detail for inspection tasks
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. These aren't just empty words
