Waste Plant Operative / Operations
| Posting date: | 18 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £26,000 to £35,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 October 2025 |
| Location: | Corby, Northamptonshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Fox Resourcing and Recruitment Limited |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | FOXANCORBY015 |
Summary
Our client is currently looking for two Operations / Waste Plant Operatives to work for a local company based in Corby.
Hours are Monday to Friday 09.00-17.00pm. Overtime is available.
These roles are permanent.
Key Responsibilities:
• Operate the site in line with legislation, planning permissions, permits, health and safety, plant manuals and documents.
• Maintain site cleanliness and company standards at all times.
• Operating waste processing plant.
• Working in line with all site Health and Safety Procedures.
• Ensuring the efficient processing of waste materials received.
• Work to specified guidelines in order to produce customer feedstock.
• Work effectively as part of a team.
• Maintain the site's performance against production targets.
• Monitor process plant performance utilising the SCADA system including batch feeding, preparation, and adjustments.
• Basic maintenance of plant assets, fault identification and reporting.
• Sampling of all onsite process streams to ensure quality, efficiency, and safety of the plant.
• Identification of process faults and plant asset breakdowns.
• Accept and facilitate tanker deliveries of waste streams.
• Other duties as required.
• All training provided.
Skills:
· The capability to learn process plant engineering.
· Have a good understanding of health and safety regulations.
· Basic maintenance/mechanical skills.
· Experience of operating either agricultural or plant machinery would be an advantage.
· The ability to follow instructions with a keen eye for detail.
· Beneficial - knowledge of AD/biogas/feedstock production.
· Excellent communication skills/personable manner.
· Computer literacy is essential - must be able to complete spreadsheets, emails and operate the SCADA system.
· Forklift driver or similar would be beneficial but not essential.
Reports in to Site Manager.
Experience:
· Waste Processing Plant Operative: 1 year experience would be beneficial but not essential.
Waste Processing/Recovery/Recycling
· Experience in an industrial related field, such as wastewater or recycling, waste transfer station would be highly desirable but not essential.
Benefits:
· Company Pension, Performance bonus, genuine career development opportunities for the right applicant.
• Company pension.
• Free parking.
• On-site parking.
Fox Resourcing is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
Data Protection Notice
Fox Resourcing and Recruitment will use the information given on your application for recruitment and selection, human resource management and for employment and business purposes in respect of successful candidates. The information you give us will be kept confidential and your personal information will not be disclosed to third parties without your prior consent except where necessary to confirm factual information provided by you, to provide services in respect of your employment (such as payroll services) and in compiling anonymous statistical data required to be submitted to Government agencies. Fox Resourcing & Recruitment uses procedures and technologies to maintain the security, integrity and confidentiality of all personal data from the point of collection to the point of destruction. You have a statutory right to request details of your personal data which Fox Resourcing & Recruitment holds and we will correct and update the same from time to time as notified by you.
Candidate Declaration
By submitting my application I agree to the use of my information as outlined in the above statement. I confirm that to the best of my knowledge the information I have provided is correct and true. I realise that if it is found that I have deliberately given false or misleading information I may be disqualified from further consideration or, if appointed, may be summarily dismissed.
Hours are Monday to Friday 09.00-17.00pm. Overtime is available.
These roles are permanent.
Key Responsibilities:
• Operate the site in line with legislation, planning permissions, permits, health and safety, plant manuals and documents.
• Maintain site cleanliness and company standards at all times.
• Operating waste processing plant.
• Working in line with all site Health and Safety Procedures.
• Ensuring the efficient processing of waste materials received.
• Work to specified guidelines in order to produce customer feedstock.
• Work effectively as part of a team.
• Maintain the site's performance against production targets.
• Monitor process plant performance utilising the SCADA system including batch feeding, preparation, and adjustments.
• Basic maintenance of plant assets, fault identification and reporting.
• Sampling of all onsite process streams to ensure quality, efficiency, and safety of the plant.
• Identification of process faults and plant asset breakdowns.
• Accept and facilitate tanker deliveries of waste streams.
• Other duties as required.
• All training provided.
Skills:
· The capability to learn process plant engineering.
· Have a good understanding of health and safety regulations.
· Basic maintenance/mechanical skills.
· Experience of operating either agricultural or plant machinery would be an advantage.
· The ability to follow instructions with a keen eye for detail.
· Beneficial - knowledge of AD/biogas/feedstock production.
· Excellent communication skills/personable manner.
· Computer literacy is essential - must be able to complete spreadsheets, emails and operate the SCADA system.
· Forklift driver or similar would be beneficial but not essential.
Reports in to Site Manager.
Experience:
· Waste Processing Plant Operative: 1 year experience would be beneficial but not essential.
Waste Processing/Recovery/Recycling
· Experience in an industrial related field, such as wastewater or recycling, waste transfer station would be highly desirable but not essential.
Benefits:
· Company Pension, Performance bonus, genuine career development opportunities for the right applicant.
• Company pension.
• Free parking.
• On-site parking.
Fox Resourcing is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
Data Protection Notice
Fox Resourcing and Recruitment will use the information given on your application for recruitment and selection, human resource management and for employment and business purposes in respect of successful candidates. The information you give us will be kept confidential and your personal information will not be disclosed to third parties without your prior consent except where necessary to confirm factual information provided by you, to provide services in respect of your employment (such as payroll services) and in compiling anonymous statistical data required to be submitted to Government agencies. Fox Resourcing & Recruitment uses procedures and technologies to maintain the security, integrity and confidentiality of all personal data from the point of collection to the point of destruction. You have a statutory right to request details of your personal data which Fox Resourcing & Recruitment holds and we will correct and update the same from time to time as notified by you.
Candidate Declaration
By submitting my application I agree to the use of my information as outlined in the above statement. I confirm that to the best of my knowledge the information I have provided is correct and true. I realise that if it is found that I have deliberately given false or misleading information I may be disqualified from further consideration or, if appointed, may be summarily dismissed.