Salary: £12.70 per hour
Hours: 3 days per week (24 hours)
Contract: Permanent, Part-time position
Location: Tadcaster Household Waste Recycling Centre, Station Road Industrial Estate, Tadcaster LS24 9SG
Join our team at Yorwaste! These
new roles are part of our ongoing partnership with
North Yorkshire Council, offering a
stable and secure position in a well-established company. You will play a key role in helping your community recycle more and waste less. You'll work outdoors, helping visitors, keeping the site safe, and making sure materials are sorted properly.
Based at our Tadcaster Household Waste Recycling Centre you will also be required to regularly work at other sites within a reasonable travelling distance as part of your role.
"Our people are the key to our success" What you'll do: - Assist the public and provide great customer service
- Follow health & safety rules and keep the site tidy
- Operate machinery and report any issues
- Use basic IT systems to complete simple reports
- Support your team and step up when needed
What you'll need: - A positive and helpful attitude
- Good verbal and written communication skills, with basic IT competency
- Your own personal transport (our sites aren't accessible by public transport)
- To be comfortable working safely in the outdoors, in all weather conditions
What you'll get: - £12.70 per hour - with extra pay for Sundays and bank holidays
- 24 days' holiday (rising with service), plus bank holidays
- Pension scheme, reward programme & staff discounts
- Training & career development
- Access to a health cash plan, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support & more
This is a permanent position working 3 days out of 7. As our site operates 6 days a week, including bank holidays (closed on Wednesdays), flexibility in your availability is essential. You will also be expected to cover holidays and sickness, including additional hours and shifts to support this and other local HWRC sites.
For further details, please read the Job Description .
Apply Now To apply, complete the online application form on the Yorwaste Careers page by clicking here .
If you have further questions about the position, please contact Frances on frances.richmond@northyorks.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role and recruitment process.
The deadline for applications is midnight on
Sunday 11 th May 2025. Interviews are planned to take place on
week commencing 19 th May 2025. We reserve the right to remove this vacancy before the proposed deadline in the event of the position being filled, or a high number of applications are received. Yorwaste is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff.
Yorwaste are committed to the health and safety of our employees as well as the general public. Yorwaste has a responsibility to ensure employees do not attend work whilst under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Individuals offered employment with Yorwaste will be subject to the Workplace Substance Misuse policy, and random alcohol and drug testing may take place during the course of employment.
We will not accept applications from agencies and can only consider applications from individuals with right to work within the UK.
