Plant Operative (Days)

Role overview

This position supports the operations team at Tilbury by manually decontaminating and sorting wood products, helping keep plant and site equipment running, and maintaining a safe and tidy working environment.

Core duties

• Make sure you understand the daily production schedule, your tasks, and how your role fits into the wider site workflow.
• Carry out daily pre-start checks on machinery and escalate any faults or defects.
• Support site activities by clearing tip bins, moving materials when asked, and helping with refuelling and housekeeping.
• Wear the correct personal protective equipment at all times and ensure it remains suitable for use.
• Follow all site and company rules so that work is completed safely and does not place you or others at risk.
• Work alongside the team to keep the site clean, orderly, and safe.
• Remove contamination from all relevant areas, including the picking station.
• Assist with cleaning duties and general site housekeeping.
• Inspect incoming wood loads and remove contaminants such as paper and plastic.
• Unload pallets from arriving wagons using a telehandler where trained and authorised.
• Use air hoses, water hoses, shovels, and brushes for cleaning and housekeeping tasks.
• Support site maintenance tasks within your level of competence.
• Carry out packaging and load inspection duties where trained.
• Operate mobile plant and static plant as required by the department, if trained.
• Follow company policies, procedures, health and safety requirements, and related documentation at all times.
• Keep company and customer information confidential.
• Maintain the “clean as you go” standard in work areas and shared spaces.
• Read, understand, and follow site procedures, emergency procedures, generic risk assessments, and isolation procedures relevant to your duties.
• Never use equipment unless you are trained and authorised to do so.
• Report policy breaches, health and safety concerns, near misses, damage, incidents, and accidents promptly.
• Track and record fuel used by mobile and static plant machinery.
• Record machine and activity defects as soon as they are identified.
• Log packaging details for incoming material according to training and site procedures.
• Handle downgraded, contaminated, or rejected inbound loads in line with site procedures.
• Complete pre-start checks and OEE records.
• Communicate clearly with colleagues, managers, customers, and other internal or external contacts.
• Act as traffic marshal when trained to help ensure safe movement on site.
• Use radio communication in operational areas whenever others may be affected by your actions.
• Work to the objectives and performance measures for your role and department.
• Cover colleagues, other departments, or other sites where required by absence or business need.
• Take part in training and personal development to build skills relevant to the role and business.
• Suggest improvements to work practices and department operations.
• Be willing to take on reasonable additional duties to meet business needs, with training provided where necessary.

Additional information

Application deadline: 19 July 2026. Department: Operations. Location: Tilbury.

About the employer

Enva says it offers more than a job, with opportunities to build a career while contributing to environmental protection. The company states that it provides support, training, and benefits to help employees develop their potential.

Benefits

• Competitive pay in a growing organisation.
• Holiday allowance.
• Company pension.
• Improved family-friendly policies.
• 24/7 employee assistance programme.
• Discounts on lifestyle and leisure activities, including gym, cinema, shopping, and more.
• Life insurance for employees.
• Bike to Work scheme.
• Free parking on site.
• Holiday purchase scheme.