Plant Operative

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.

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.