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Material Handler
Salary: £15.00 per hour
Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 6:00am – 4:00pm
Location: East Lothian Transfer Station
As a Material Handler at FCC Environment, you will play a key role in supporting the smooth and safe running of our site. You will be responsible for operating mobile plant machinery to handle waste materials efficiently, while ensuring compliance with health and safety and environmental regulations.
This is a full-time position, working 5 days per week.
Our promise to you
- Competitive salary
- 20 days’ annual leave (full-time working) plus Bank Holidays
- Pension scheme
- On-the-job training and progression opportunities
- Recognition scheme
- Refer-a-friend incentive
- Flexible benefits, including high street savings, cycle-to-work scheme, Gymflex membership and more (where applicable)
- Access to our Wellbeing Platform, including the Employee Assistance Programme and Best Doctors Service
What will you be doing?
- Carrying out daily start-up inspections and light maintenance on mobile plant machinery, including greasing and clearing debris
- Operating a wheeled loading shovel and other mobile plant equipment safely and efficiently
- Loading third-party vehicles with waste material, ensuring payloads are maximised and vehicles are not damaged
- Maintaining a clean and safe working environment, including general housekeeping duties across the site
- Adhering to traffic management rules and enforcing them for other site users
- Monitoring and reporting fuel usage and stock levels to line management
- Supporting with other duties such as cleaning, grounds maintenance, statutory checks, and inspections
- Covering for colleagues during breaks, holidays, and sickness
- Following all health, safety, and environmental policies and reporting any hazards or incidents
What are we looking for?
- Experience operating wheeled loading shovels and holding a current, valid licence
- Ability to load bulk articulated vehicles with varying materials
- Confidence working and manoeuvring machinery in confined spaces
- Literacy and basic computer skills, as you will complete checklists, reports, and records
- A proactive and team-oriented attitude, with the willingness to get stuck in and help where needed
- Good timekeeping and reliability
- Flexibility to take on a variety of duties as required
- Previous experience in the waste management industry would be beneficial, but is not essential
About Us
We are FCC Environment, one of the nation’s leading waste and resource management companies. Committed to sustainability, we strive to minimise the amount of waste that ends up in landfill by transforming it into valuable resources wherever possible.
We operate over 200 facilities in England, Scotland and Wales and employ around 4,200 people.
The profile of the UK’s recycling and waste management industry has never been higher. We need people who are up for the challenge to help us tackle climate change. We need people with ideas. We need you. Together, we will meet the UK’s waste management and energy recovery needs.
FCC Environment is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants.
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