Refinement Operative
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 18, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 15, 2026. Biffa scores A on the Alion truth index.
Refinement Operator
Salary: £32,891.04 per annum
Four on Four off Shift Pattern
5am - 5pm and 11am - 11pm
Overtime paid at 1.5 times
In this role, you will be responsible for the day to day operating and monitoring of the refinement area of the plant to ensure a safe, clean, and productive environment is maintained at all times.
Our team is a close knit one, and we pride ourselves on our family feel. Joining our Refinement team will mean liaising closely with colleagues responsible for other elements of the site, so it can function as an integrated whole, and run at maximum levels of safety, availability and efficiency.
Your key responsibilities:
- Ensure the highest level of housekeeping is maintained to ensure Health & Safety and Environmental compliance.
- Responsibility for operating refinement to ensure desired outputs and required quality is achieved
- Report on a daily basis performance to the MBT Supervisor
- Providing light maintenance of equipment through autonomous maintenance practice
Requirements
Essential criteria for this role:
- Good understanding of health, safety and environmental compliance
- Good people skills; be able to communicate at all levels throughout the company and externally
- Experience in collecting data/recording/communication of operational data
- Knowledge of MRF plant operations advantageous
- Good organisational skills
- Good understanding of process figures with a drive to hit to targets
- Strong Microsoft office skills
Benefits
Biffa - we’re 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 11,000+ people around the country, who trust us to provide them with a career that’s always rewarding, often challenging, but never dull.
We believe different ideas, perspective and backgrounds are key to developing a creative and effective working environment which is why you’ll find us championing diversity and equality at every turn.