Plant Opertive

CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, 12 hour days shifts

SALARY: : £27,300 per annum

BENEFITS: Westfield Health, Auto enrolment pension, Life Insurance,

CLOSING DATE: 10th June 2025

A vacancy has arisen for a Plant Operative to join our team at the Port of Tyne.

Hargreaves Industrial Services provide a varied Operations, Maintenance and Industrial cleaning service to our client at the Port of Tyne Biomass handling facility.

We are responsible for the day to day maintenance and operations of a material handling system consisting of traditional and Air glide conveyors including a number of transfer towers and three 25,000 ton storage silos which transfers Biomass wood pellets from vessel to a rail loading facility with which we also maintain and operate sending the Biomass material via rail to Lynemouth power station.

The site is also supported on a day to day basis with our industrial cleaning team ensuring a very strict cleaning regime is adhered to at all times.

The role briefly encompasses the following duties: –

• Operating vacuum and other housekeeping equipment to allow cleaning activities to be carried out.
• Ability to react and clean any unplanned spillages.
• Operate to high levels of cleanliness.
• Ability to identify defects & reporting of defects.
• Operate site Vehicles and complete relevant documentation.
• Operate equipment and complete relevant documentation.
• Inspection of site ensuring Health and Safety procedures are being adhered to.
• Continually look for ways to improve service.
• Assist other site members if required to do so.

The ideal candidate will possess the following skills/experience/ attributes:-

• Experience of similar operations.
• COMPEX awareness certificate.
• Knowledge of Plant (Especially working within ATEX zones).
• Telehandler licence. (Preferable but not essential)
• Operator of mobile vacuum equipment.
• Positive attitude to safety.
• CPCS safety passport or equivalent.
• Site safety induction training.
• Adhere to Permit to work procedures.
• Hargreaves safety induction training.
• Comply and understand all site golden rules, safety instructions and procedures.
• Undertake all mandatory E-learning as required.
• COMPEX training.
• Undertake site specific training as required.

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