Refinement Operative

Biffa Waste Services · Rotherham, England

Refinement Operative at Biffa Waste Services, based in Rotherham, England. This is a permanent role.

Salary
Competitive
Location
Rotherham, England
Contract
Permanent
Posted
1 day ago
Closes
14 Nov 2026
Sector
Housekeeping

Reference 4DD5E4501E

About the role

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. 

Reference: 4DD5E4501E · Posted 1 day ago · Closes 14 Nov 2026 · Listed via Biffa Waste Services

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