Waste Management Technician

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall / Whetstone RHWS & WTS / Loughborough RHWS & WTS 

Worker Category: Field Based Worker

Salary: £27,717 - £30,066 per annum, based on 37 hours per week

Working Hours: 1686 Annualised (Average of 37 hours per week) *Note: Contracted working hours based on under 5 years’ service after deduction of annual leave and public holiday entitlement (25 days annual leave plus 8 public holidays) 

Working Pattern – to be agreed with line manager but will average at 37 hours per week over a year and will typically be between 35 and 45 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Occasional weekend and Bank Holiday work may be required, paid in accordance with Council Policy.

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 12th February 2025

Interview Date(s): TBC

Do you have waste management experience and enjoy working with people and looking after the environment?

Leicestershire County Council is looking to recruit a Waste Management Technician to assist with the management of waste operations and its Recycling and Household Waste Sites (RHWS) and Waste Transfer Stations (WTS). 

About the Role

The successful candidate will be primarily based at County Hall and Whetstone RHWS and WTS, but may be required to support the operations at all its RHWSs and WTSs. 

Candidates must be self-motivated, hard-working, willing to learn and have good customer care skills.

The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the day-to-day operation of the recycling and household waste sites, waste transfer stations and relevant waste contracts, including the operation of the Councils weighbridges and carrying out service standard and duty of care checks.

About You

To apply for this post, you must have:

• A knowledge of Waste Management
• To be able to prioritise and plan workloads and have good organisational skills. 
• To be objective and able to cope with conflicting demands.
• To have good communication skills including the ability to negotiate, resolve issues and to achieve successful outcomes and to be able to effectively engage with customers and stakeholders in resolving issues.
• A valid relevant Certificate of Technical Competence or the desire, willingness and ability to work towards gaining this qualification within a reasonable time. 
• A valid Level 3 First Aid at Work- First Response or equivalent qualification 
• To be computer literate and familiar with MS Office or equivalent packages, competent in the use of spreadsheets; managing financial and numerical data and producing reports.
• The ability to travel to locations across the County as required (access to an appropriate vehicle with business use insurance).
• An understanding of, and commitment to Equal Opportunities, and the ability to apply this to all situations.

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

For informal enquires please contact Rebecca Hollick, Tel: 0116 3055767 Email: Rebecca.Hollick@leics.gov.uk   or Lee Thomas, Tel: 0772 0103500 Email: Lee.Thomas2@leics.gov.uk

How to Apply

Please apply sending us your CV as well a supporting statement, detailing how you meet the requirements of the post. The supporting statement should be no longer than 500 words. Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. 

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.freshdesk.com/support/home. 

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