Transfer Station Chargehand - #1744768

SALARY: £37,588.00 per annum

HOURS: 45 per week, 08:30-17:00 Monday – Friday, 07:00-12:00 Saturday.

LOCATION: Albert Road, Bristol

Transfer Station Chargehand

About Bristol Waste Company

What we do is important – we’re here to keep Bristol, and beyond, clean, and safe.

We do this for our city’s residents, workers, visitors, and businesses. Our work helps deliver Bristol’s sustainability targets in partnership with the council.

Bristol Waste’s commercial operation, where we serve businesses and organisations across the region, is also growing.

Our ambition is to provide good quality, value for money services, and we continue to deliver a social value impact worth more than £30 million every year.

We want people who share our values and want to work with us to drive our business forward.

Purpose Of The Role

• To monitor the performance and supervise/assist the work of a team of Yard Operatives to ensure duties are completed in a safe and timely manner.
• Conduct stock take of materials on site and book haulage accordingly.
  
  

Key Responsibilities

• Prioritise, allocate and monitor the work of Yard Operatives to ensure all tasks and responsibilities are completed within the required timescales and that safe working procedures are adhered to
• Engage positively with BWC employees, including Supervisors and Compliance Officers, as well as external companies etc
• Work closely and communicate with other departments to ensure operation run smoothly
• Liaise with the mobile plant companies to organise repairs
• Review operational services and identify opportunities to achieve efficiencies and improve the overall efficiency within the yard environment
• Guide and improve employee engagement and the safety culture within the organisation contributing to a positive and safe working environment while promoting and working to our company values
• Drive and operate vehicles and equipment as required by the company and in accordance with the valid licence, company safety procedures, legal requirements, experience and training for that vehicle / equipment
• Vehicle tipping and loading, operating a counterbalance forklift, Front end loading shovel and LGV shunter experience (some training can be given)
• Ensure weighbridge tickets and associated administration are completed accurately and to agreed deadlines
• Monitoring and ensuring quality control - contamination checks and compliance testing.
• This job description sets out the key outcomes required. It does not specify in detail the activities required to achieve this outcome.
  
  

Essential Requirements For The Role

• Relevant experience which demonstrates the ability to effectively provide guidance, instruction, support and motivation to an operational team
• Relevant experience of both forklift truck and loading shovel duties
• Professional, confident interpersonal skills for face-to-face liaison with both internal customers and external buyers
• Demonstrable experience of the ability to remain effective, whilst adapting to changing tasks or priorities, to meet operational requirements
• Demonstrable, competent IT skills and relevant experience which demonstrates the ability to undertake general administration duties with a keen attention to detail
• A good understanding of health & safety within the workplace
• Driving licence valid for use in the UK
  
  

Our Benefits

Full Job Description can be provided upon request.

• Annual leave package of 25 days plus 8 bank holidays.
• Employer contribution of 5% into the company pension scheme.
• Support for Mental Health, including a BUPA Employee Assistance Programme that provides support covering Mental Health, Financial and Family related topics. We also have Mental Health First Aiders across the business.
• Support for your Physical Health with our BUPA Health Cash Plan (we cover the cost of coverage for you), Cycle to Work scheme and an onsite Physiotherapist. All are free for our colleagues.
• Because we value our colleagues, we want to recruit more employees just like them, which is why we have our employee referral scheme.
• Dedicated learning and development team. We take pride in developing our colleagues and some examples of this include our In-House Driver Development Programme and internal promotions. Many of our Senior Leadership Team have developed from Operational roles, such as one of our Contract Managers who started as a Street Cleanser.
• Employee recognition ‘Stand Out Award’ and long service awards. To celebrate our colleagues wherever they are on their journey with us, we recognise and celebrate talent.
• We recognise that everyone is different and strive to create an environment that supports all colleagues through flexible working. We have introduced a hybrid working model where possible and actively encourage part-time working, job sharing and flexibility on hours. If this interests, you please do get in touch, and we can start a conversation.
  
  

Everyone Belongs

At Bristol Waste everyone belongs – we are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation.

We give fair and equal consideration to all applications.

We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence.

Important Note On Applying

• Please apply as soon as possible and before 23:59 on the closing date. Sometimes we close vacancies early if we receive a high number of quality applications.
• Due to the high volume of interest, we won’t be able to receive late applications and we are currently unable to respond to all who apply.
• If you haven’t heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, it unfortunately means you won’t be invited to interview on this occasion.
  
  

Contact Us

Please contact our People Services team to discuss this role, your application, or any reasonable adjustments and support in applying for this position:

• [email protected]
• 0117 440 6676
  
  

Thank you for your interest in joining Bristol Waste Company.