Resource Futures is an employee-owned, ethically driven company which works on sustainable waste management and resource efficiency projects.

Equality in employment is important to us, and we are striving to attract a workforce that reflects the population of the areas we work in - we will consider and fairly assess your application whatever your background.
A selection of our employment and other policies that you may find interesting are available to download and links to these can be found at the bottom of the page.
All our current vacancies are listed on this page:

Waste prevention surveyors in Greater Manchester

Waste Composition Operatives

Short Term Contracts- always wanted

Short-term roadshow workers

required to promote Love Food Hate Waste to householders in Cheshire February/March.
Interested? Please contact Lynsey Gillard on: 0113 200 3964 or send your CV to:

lynsey.gillard@resourcefutures.co.uk
 

 Waste prevention surveyors - Greater Manchester

We are looking for 15 surveyors (some team leader opportunities available) for a second phase of resident surveys on behalf of the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority, investigating residents’ attitudes, perceptions and practices on waste prevention. The work involves conducting face-to-face surveys with residents on their door-step. This is an excellent opportunity to get some hands on experience in survey research in the environmental field. Full training will be provided.

The work starts on Wednesday 10th February for around 6 weeks. Working 6 hours a day, the work will be within the following times: Tuesday to Friday 12:00pm to 7:00pm; Saturday 10:00am to 5:00pm. The work is outdoors.

Pay rate is £7.25/h for surveyors, and £7.75/h for team leaders, plus holiday pay. A bonus may be paid on completion of the contract.

For an application form please email WARO.jobs@resourcefutures.co.uk
All applications forms are to be returned by Monday 1st February, 3pm. Telephone interviews will be conducted from Monday 1st to Friday 5th February.Candidates who successfully complete the telephone interview will be invited to the training and selection day on Tuesday 9th Feb, where the 15 surveyors will be selected. The training day will be paid for those who attend, even if you are unsuccessful in the selection process. Please ensure you are available for the training day before submitting an application form.

For additional information or any queries contact Yo Wood at yo.wood@resourcefutures.co.uk or call 0117 9143449.

Waste Composition Operatives (various temporary work)

£7.35 per hour (guaranteed 7 hours per working day)

The Waste and Recycling Operations team are looking for people to join our pool of casual staff, to carry out waste composition work.  We are particularly looking for experienced drivers of large vehicles such as long wheel base Ford Transits and Mercedes Sprinters.

You will collect household waste and recycling, transport it to a local depot, hand sort it into different categories and record the results.  You will be part of a small friendly team which will travel from our Bristol depot to different parts of the UK, generally for five consecutive days work.

The work helps improve local authority knowledge and understanding of the household waste stream and provides practical waste operations experience for anyone looking for a career in the environment or waste industry.

Accommodation, subsistence expenses and protective clothing are provided.  The work would suit people that want flexibility in their work commitments and are happy to work away from home for short periods.

You must be reliable, motivated, practical, methodical and used to getting your hands dirty.

For more information about this work, please contact Jane Tily. You will need to provide us with details of your driving experience, your address and phone number.

Telephone: 0117 914 1283.  jane.tily@resourcefutures.co.uk

Forthcoming contracts include Milton Keynes, Northampton, Lancashire and Bath.

Short Term Contracts

We are often looking for staff for short term contracts in the following roles in different areas of the country:

Recycling canvassers:

You will talk to people on their doorstep promoting recycling or othe waste issues, for example explaining about a new recycling service and answering questions about it.

Doorstep surveyors:

You will carry out monitoring of individual household recycling using a   doorstep questionnaire to find out how people use the recycling system and barriers to recycling.

Participation/contamination monitors:

You will monitor the doorstep set out rates for various dry recycling and composting kerbside collection systems.

For more information about this work, please contacy Jane Tily

tel. 0117 914 1283

jane.tily@resourcefutures.co.uk

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