Recycling Technician

Job Opportunity: Recycling Technician

Are you an experienced forklift driver with strong attention to detail and solid IT skills? We are seeking a Recycling Technician to join our Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) team for a 12-month contract in Loughborough.

In this role, you will play a crucial part in managing onsite waste centre operations, reconciling customer records, and maintaining a safe, orderly working environment.

Role Overview

Job Title: Recycling Technician
Location: Loughborough - Bishop Meadow Road (Onsite)
Pay Rate: £13.20 per hour (AWD/AWR Salary Equivalent: £25,740.00)
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
Shift Pattern: Monday - Friday, 08:00 - 16:00
Duration: 12-month contract
Start Date: ASAP

Key Responsibilities

As a Recycling Technician, you will split your time between hands-on waste management and electronic record-keeping. Your day-to-day tasks will include:

Waste & Recycling Management: Offloading delivery vehicles; segregating returned bottles, cardboard, and pulp into correct recycling streams; and breaking down and baling cardboard.
Forklift Operations: Safely emptying mini skips into larger skips using a forklift truck.
Vendor & Logistics Coordination: Managing skip collections with preferred waste vendors, loading collection vehicles, and maintaining associated paperwork.
Data & Compliance: Reconciling customer transfer notes, entering details into electronic systems, tracking customer compliance, and reporting any discrepancies to your line manager.
Health & Safety: Identifying and separating hazardous residues in line with strict H&S procedures, and supporting wider waste centre operations (including listing, labelling, and bulking hazardous waste).

Requirements

Mandatory Criteria:

B1 Counterbalance Forklift license is strictly mandatory.
Demonstrable computer skills, including the use of spreadsheets and email systems.
Excellent attention to detail and data accuracy.
Ability to work independently, make decisions, and readily understand English written and verbal instructions.
Passing a standard background check.

Desirable Criteria:

Prior experience handling and transporting hazardous materials.
Previous experience working directly with waste and recycling streams.

What's on Offer?

Full training on all onsite processes, compactors, and tipper skips.
All required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) will be provided.
No overtime or shift allowance required-stable, predictable daytime hours.

Interview Process

Stage 1: Onsite interview with the hiring manager.If you meet the mandatory forklift requirements and have the IT literacy to manage our compliance data, apply today to start ASAP!

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed