Environmental Waste Recycling Assistant

Are you passionate about reducing waste and positively impacting the environment? Do you have a creative mindset on how Thames Water can protect the environment more effectively?The role of the Environmental Waste Recycling Assistant will be varied, with no two days being the same.  Your time will be split between office and site, and you will be allowed to work on various waste streams, including sewage grit, sewage screenings, chemicals, spent activated carbon, and much more.

What you’ll be doing as an Environmental Waste Recycling Assistant

• Ensuring Thames Water meets its legal requirements about waste through undertaking audits and reporting for “The Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment, 2013” and “The Waste Batteries & Accumulators, 2009”.
• We advise and guide operational teams and other internal departments.
• Management of Thames Water’s internal free cycle operation “Green Tag” enables our operational teams to reuse and recycle items across the business.
• Classification of waste in line with the Gov.UK Technical Guidance WM3.
• Creation and implementation of waste management processes and procedures.
• Collate, analyse and present waste data.
• Ensuring Health & Safety requirements are met within Company and legal frameworks.
• In addition to these duties, you may be required to undertake other duties in line with the needs of the business, where appropriate training is provided.

Office Based, five days a week – Slough Distribution Centre.36 hours a week, Monday to Friday.

Must have access to a car and a driver's licence.

What you should bring to the role 

• An understanding and experience of waste and recycling management systems.
• Chartered status with the relevant organisation (e.g. CIWM).
• In-depth knowledge of waste legislation and policy in the UK.
• Familiar with relevant codes of practice and guidance documents applicable to the waste management industry, including Definition of Waste: Code of Practice, Quality Protocols and Waste Duty of Care Code of Practice.
• Able to undertake waste classification in line with Gov. UK WM3 Guidance.
• Experience in undertaking audits (waste duty of care) and site inspections.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and confidence in presenting presentations.
• Collaborative skills with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Data management and analysis.
• Fully competent at using the appropriate Company IT systems and Office software.
• Hold a clean driving licence.

What’s in it for you?

This role will allow the successful candidate to have a drive and input within waste disposal at Thames Water and to be able to protect our environment for generations to come.

• Competitive salary between £30,000 - £40,000 per annum.
• Annual Leave 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service. (plus bank holidays).
• Contributory pension – Defined Contribution - Maximum of 12% -2x employee contribution .
• Personal Medical Assessments – Open to all once a year.
• Wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save you money and support your wellbeing.

Who are we? 

At Thames Water, our purpose is crystal clear - to deliver life’s essential service so our customers, communities and planet can thrive.  Water is life’s great leveller. Every living thing needs it, every single day. From people to plants, birds to bees, farms to factories, we all need it to thrive, and we’re committed to taking care of it for us all.  But keeping water flowing is becoming harder. From scorching summers to wetter winters, extreme weather affects everything from our pipes to our local rivers. We need to keep millions more kettles boiling, public services operating, washing machines spinning, showers running and more, so every drop is more precious than ever.

Are you ready to play your part? 

Working at Thames Water

 At Thames Water, we recognise that people are at the heart of our business. To help us succeed in providing life's essential service, we need a range of skills and capabilities, representative of society throughout our business. We seek to attract and retain a cultural mix of people who can offer different but complementary attitudes, values, talents, and knowledge. We understand the importance of appreciating and harnessing the unique skills, experiences, backgrounds, and differences that each individual brings. Our over-arching diversity and inclusion aim is to ensure Thames Water is a diverse and inclusive great place to work. We encourage applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process. 

Find out more about working at Thames Water. 

When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business, meet colleagues and earn some extra money along the way. 

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.