# Recycling Centre Operative

> Biffa Waste Services · Wakefield, United Kingdom · Full-time · Posted 2026-06-24

**Salary:** GBP 24,640–24,640

**Workplace:** on_site

**Department:** Operations

## Description

**HWRC Site Operative – Denby Dale Road**

**Salary: £24,640 per annum**

**Shift pattern: 4 on/4 off, averaging 33.53 hours per week**

**Monday – Saturday 07:30 – 17:30**

**Sunday 08:00 – 17:00**

**Summer Time Late Night Tue 07:30 – 20:00**

The main purpose of the role is deliver a high level of customer service to site users as well as ensuring a high level of health and safety of compliance is maintained at all times.

**Your key responsibilities:**

• Providing excellent levels of customer service to members of the public, assisting and advising them on how to use the site effectively and safely

• Ensure segregation of different waste streams into appropriate containers to maximise the recovery of materials

• Ensure hazardous waste is separated and stored appropriately

• Ensure a high level of housekeeping is maintained and that the site is clean and tidy at all times

• Keep all equipment clean and maintained to ensure a safe working environment

• Control traffic flows are managed to ensure a safe operation

• Identify and report any defects on site following the defect reporting procedure

• Follow all risk assessments and safe operating procedure that are relevant to the post

• Report all non-compliance’s and breaches of site rules following reporting systems

• Ensures contract runs in compliance with internal and external safety / environmental / permit / planning processes and procedures, as well as any contract requirements.

• Must be willing to learn other skills and attend training courses to aid service continuity

## Requirements

**Essential criteria for this role:**

• Good communication and listening skills

• Takes pride in providing high levels of customer service

• Demands high standards of themselves and others and is able to translate this into high quality, high pace output.

• Ability to build and maintain strong, cohesive relationships at all levels.

• Good understanding of health, safety and environmental compliance.

• Good organisation skills and the ability to forward plan making best use of time.

## Benefits

**What do we offer you?**

• A competitive salary

• Enhanced employer contribution pension plan

• 23 days’ annual leave entitlement inclusive of statutory holidays (pro rata for part time)

• Numerous opportunities for career development, we have a history of promoting from within

• Access to our wellbeing and reward platform from Day 1

## Apply

[Apply at Biffa Waste Services](https://apply.workable.com/biffa/j/3FC10E0D74/apply)

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