Senior Mobile Plant Operator in Castle Cary

Turn Organic Waste into Opportunity: Lead as a Senior Mobile Plant Operator for Biffa Organics!

Location: Castle Cary (Dimmer Lane)

Hours of work: 45 hours per week

Monday to Friday (opportunity to work Saturdays for time and a half pay)

Start and finish time: 0730 - 1700 hrs

A quick look at the role. The role holder will efficiently organise and supervise the daily operation of a Green Waste Composting Operation, and Wood Processing & Street Sweeping Treatment Operations, ensuring health & safety and environmental compliance, whilst showing continuous improvement in productivity, plant availability and the requirements of sub-products produced in accordance with the site permits and quality protocols. The Supervisor will drive Wheeled Loading Shovels / Telescopic Handlers on a daily basis and operate waste shredders and compost screening machinery as well as leading a small team.

Your core responsibilities:

• Turning organic waste into compost products and producing materials suitable for recycling and bio-mass fuel.
• Oversee resources, including staff, equipment, and stock, ensuring high productivity, equipment availability, and effective housekeeping.
• Manage material flow in and out of the site processes, minimising downtime and controlling waste materials.
• Maintain detailed records of plant operations, stoppages, and unplanned downtime causes.
• Ensure compliance with health & safety, environmental regulations, site licences, and company policies.
• Support planned preventative maintenance programs to minimise downtime and track recurring issues.
• Provide data to support maintenance, cost control, health & safety, and service KPIs, addressing variances as needed.
• Operate mobile plant equipment and supervise contractors, issuing permits and ensuring compliance with procedures and audits.

Our essential requirements:

• CPCS mobile plant qualification or equivalent for operating a wheeled loading shovel and/or telescopic handler
• IOSH managing safety or equivalent H&S qualification (Desirable)
• Assist in other areas of the Company’s activities as required from time to time e.g. working at another site.
• To be available by telephone for emergency call out.

And here’s why you’ll love it at Biffa:

• Competitive salary
• Ongoing career development, training and coaching – because if you don’t grow, we don’t grow.
• Generous pension scheme.
• Retail and leisure discounts.
• Holiday and travel discounts.
• Bike to work scheme.

Changing the way people think about waste. At Biffa, we love working with waste. Whether we’re turning it into sustainable power, finding new ways to recycle it or simply keeping it off the streets, we believe every day is an opportunity to improve the lives of millions. It’s a view that’s shared by our 11,500+ people around the country, who trust us to provide them with a career that’s always rewarding, often challenging, but never dull. And it’s why we’re the UK’s No. 1 choice for business waste management.

Dedicated to diversity. Being inclusive is core to our culture at Biffa; we believe different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds are key to developing a creative and effective working environment that represents our communities and generates the best outcomes for colleagues, customers and stakeholders, which is why you’ll find us championing diversity, equity and inclusion at every turn.