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High Temperature Incinerator Operator

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Recycling & Waste Management
Recycling & Waste Management
£34,435.0/Year
Job, Entry Level
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Description

Location
Addlestone, Weybridge Office, KT15 3NB

Hours
Full Time - Shift pattern: 2.00pm to 10.00pm (with flexibility to cover 6.00am to 2.00pm shifts). Every four weeks the shift is 2.00pm to 9.00pm with five hours worked on the Saturday morning of that week.

Salary
£33,435 per annum

About the Role
Are you ready to operate powerful high temperature incineration systems that protect the environment? This role involves the safe and compliant operation of high temperature incineration and animal cremation facilities within a structured management system and under the prescriptive requirements of an Environmental Permit. You will focus on maximising efficient process throughput within operational equipment parameters and promptly respond to and report any equipment failures or process issues.

Key responsibilities include managing waste reception gates, maintaining documentation and data records for reception and despatch activities, hands-on operation of Fork-Lift Trucks and other mobile plant, and ensuring compliance with Environmental Permit conditions. You will collaborate with campus colleagues to meet service requirements and carry out basic plant maintenance while supporting maintenance teams.

The role also involves tracking daily waste throughput, generating certificates of destruction, handling and consigning off-site solid wastes, monitoring raw material inventory, and contributing to investigations and risk assessments related to environmental compliance and health and safety.

This position requires working on an eight-hour shift basis as part of a full-time team, with occasional travel to other sites and overnight stays for meetings or training events.

Requirements

Experience
- Good team ethics and communication skills.
- Ability to work efficiently, learn from mistakes and implement improvements.
- Experience or willingness to undertake waste management industry specific training modules.
- Ability to undertake continuous physical work.

About you
- Mature, can-do attitude with a commitment to change.
- Detail-driven with a right-first-time mentality.
- Good command of English, both oral and written.

Qualifications
- Driving licence required.
- Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain the required security clearance.

Additional Information
- This role requires adherence to strict environmental and safety regulations.
- Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK and meet nationality requirements.
- Reasonable adjustments are available for candidates with disabilities.
- The role includes shift work and occasional weekend hours.
- Commitment to the Civil Service values and behaviours including Working Together and Changing and Improving.

Expiry date: 11/04/2026
High Temperature Incinerator Operator
Company:
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Salary:
£34,435.0
Job Type:
Job, Entry Level
Location:
Addlestone