Our client operates the city's waterfront event campus – the interconnected M&S Bank Arena and Exhibition Centre Liverpool - as well as ticketing agency Ticket Quarter and the Pullman Liverpool Hotel. Playing a leading role in shining a spotlight on Liverpool, they have successfully staged a wide array of national and international events, from shows and conventions, business gatherings to exhibitions, developing their offer over the last decade to that of a world-class provider of venue and event services.
They are looking to recruit a Waste Operative to join their team on a permanent full-time basis.
The successful candidate will safely and efficiently manage all waste throughout our client’s campus.
The ideal candidate will have experience of cleaning operations in a fast-paced, commercial environment, ideally within the events industry, along with experience of manual handling, COSHH regulations, a good understanding of Health and Safety and a good understanding of recycling and sustainable practices.
The candidate should also have experience of supervising a team of operatives.
Company Benefits
They are an award-winning, world-class venue and their people are at the heart of everything that they do. Recognition and reward are of huge importance to them, and just some of the benefits staff can enjoy include:
- An enhanced holiday scheme, which increases with length of service.
- An excellent pension scheme is available.
- Access to a premium health care policy, which includes an employee assistant line, contributions towards a wide range of medical costs, such as dental and optical and staff discounts.
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave schemes.
- An excellent occupational sick pay scheme.
- Free onsite parking right in the heart of the city centre.
- Employee Reward Platform.
- A dedicated wellbeing strategy to support staff when at work.
- 27 Qualified Mental Health First Aiders on site.
Main duties of this role include:
- Deliver the operational elements of our client’s waste strategy, by collecting, sorting, and correctly disposing of all waste across the campus, including both event and non-event waste.
- Manage the movement of waste around the campus, ensuring safe working practices are always used.
- Keep accurate event waste data records, to feed into the energy impact statements.
- Ensure the external campus is well maintained and litter free.
- Ensure that all equipment and machinery is safely and properly used by team members and that any faults are promptly reported and fixed.
- Ensure that safe work practices are followed by all team members.
- Monitor casual and agency staff whilst on shift, if applicable.
- Ensure any COSHH items are correctly stored in the relevant cleaning cupboards.
- Maintain PPE to ensure all issued PPE is worn when and where appropriate and stored carefully in the lockers provided when not in use.
They highly value the behaviours, attitudes and skills which will help you to develop and excel in this role. In this case, they are looking for someone who is:
- Resilient
- Pragmatic
- Confident
- Customer facing
In addition to the above, the candidate will need to be enthusiastic, like minded and complement our client’s experienced and talented team. If you have drive, passion, ambition and wish to play a part in their continuing success story this could be just the job for you.
Our client is a place where you can truly make a difference. Some of the wonderful things they have achieved / continue to work towards:
- Disability Confident Employer
- Member of the Fair Employment Charter
- Real Living Wage employer
- Social value impact plan - last year they contributed over £6.4m
- Green Meeting’s Gold Standard
- Sustainability Strategy
- Positively influencing biodiversity – in the grounds of their campus, they have 3 beehives
- Carbon Neutral Campus
- Accessibility Strategy
- AccessAble Guide
Please note, they may close this vacancy before the stated closing date if they receive sufficient applications for the position. Therefore, if you are interested in this position, please submit your application form as soon as possible.
Closing Date: 15 May 2025
Interview Date: week commencing TBC
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
Our client knows the value of having a diverse and representative team across their organisation. They promote equal opportunities and are committed to having an inclusive work force where everybody feels respected, are treated fairly and diversity is celebrated. As such they strongly encourage and welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates from all members of the community regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, race, religion, belief or sexual orientation.
