Site Operative

Job Introduction

Role Purpose

Are you looking for a new opportunity? 

BCP Council need a  Site Operative to work at Christchurch’s Recycling Centre, Wilverley Road. The successful candidate will enjoy working as part of a flexible and multi skilled team, contributing to the daily operations of the Council’s Recycling Centre.

Main Responsibilities

Daily activities include sorting waste and recyclable material, loading and sweeping up. In this role, you will ensure the Recycling Centre is clean, maintained and safe for all site users.  Good communication skills are essential as you will be assisting with resident’s questions, directing and helping with their waste and recycling disposal.  

The Ideal Candidate

No previous waste experience is required. The role can be physically demanding and involves being outside in all weathers. We want to give successful candidates the opportunity to learn new skills, therefore training can be provided such as plant driver/operator training. 

The full-time post is 37 hours a week working on a fixed rota basis, including weekends and Bank Holidays. BCP Council's Recycling Centre are open 362 days a year, only closing on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.  If you are a flexible, hardworking, team player, who is able to follow instructions and is proud to get the job done well, please apply.

About BCP Council

BCP Council provides services to a diverse community of 400,000 residents and employs more than 5,000 people. Our area includes over 15 miles of beautiful world-renowned coastline. We can offer career defining roles to transform and improve services. By working with us, you can help deliver a vision of a thriving, world-class, prosperous and inclusive place for generations to come.

Our Benefits

We offer an excellent benefits package to colleagues. Find out more on our website

As a result of the creation of BCP Council in 2019, we are working on simplifying our terms and conditions of service and will be creating a single pay structure which is to be applicable for all employees. It is important to us that we offer benefits that our colleagues value as part of their total employment package and we are reviewing these to make sure we have it right. We have been in a process of collective bargaining since 2019 and have positively worked forward to reach an agreed position with the unions for the new contractual offer. This has taken longer than we hoped and therefore we are having to consider all alternative avenues available to enable us to remove inequality in the organisation as a result of bringing together 3 councils. 

We are in the process of establishing a timescale for implementation, and all colleagues joining us will be included in these changes. We want to reassure everyone that whichever route is taken to reach the new terms and conditions, we can honour continuous service and there will not be any job reduction as a result of the implementation of Pay and Reward.  If you have any questions at all about this process, please feel free to raise this with the hiring manager.