A telehandler operator in a waste management company is
responsible for safely and efficiently operating telescopic handlers to move, sort, and load waste, recyclables, and various materials within a fast-paced environment. Unlike construction sites, this role focuses on handling bulk waste, feeding sorting lines, and loading high-sided vehicles or skips.

• Waste Handling & Processing:Operating a telehandler to lift and transport waste materials (e.g., electronic waste, fridges, aggregates) to designated processing areas or storage bays.
• Loading Vehicles: Loading outgoing HGVs, skips, and containers with recyclables or processed materials, such as baled materials, for transportation.
• Site Maintenance & Safety:Performing daily pre-use checks, maintenance, and cleaning of the machinery to ensure safe operation, reporting any defects immediately.
• Yard Management: Sorting, stacking, and organizing materials to maintain a tidy and safe working environment.
• Feeding Operations: Loading waste materials into processing machinery, such as sorting lines, shredders, screeners, or compactors.
• Hours of work 07.00 to 16.30 - 40 hrs basic pay - over 40 hours at time and half.
• Flexibility: Assisting with manual ground-level duties, such as sorting, when not operating the machine, as required by site management.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Valid License/Ticket: A valid Telehandler License (e.g., CPCS or NPORS) is mandatory, with experience with attachments like buckets, grabs, or bale clamps often required.
• Waste Industry Experience: Previous experience in a waste management, recycling, or fast-paced industrial environment is usually required.
• Safety Compliance: Strict adherence to health, safety, and environmental regulations is essential.
• Physical Fitness: Ability to work outdoors in all weather conditions and handle manual tasks, such as manual sorting or using a shovel, in addition to operating machinery.
• Skills: High spatial awareness, good communication skills, and the ability to work as part of a team to meet daily targets. Indeed +5

Typical Working Environment

• Fast-paced surroundings: Waste recycling sites, landfills, or transfer stations.
• Weather conditions: Working outdoors in all types of weather.
• Shift Work: Often involves regular, consistent, and long-term, full-time hours, including early mornings and sometimes Saturdays.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: £15.00 per hour

Work Location: In person