Recycling Attendant

1 week ago


Buderim, Queensland, Australia Endeavour Foundation Full time

Casual position based at the Resource Recovery Centre in
Buderim; shifts at other local sites required occasionally

  • If you are a customer orientated person and passionate about recycling, then this is the role for you

Who is Endeavour Foundation?
Endeavour Foundation support people with disabilities to live, learn, work and flourish according to their own interests and priorities. We are people working together, making possibilities a reality for people with a disability.


Endeavour Foundation is one of Australia's largest employers of people living with disability, so being inclusive and diverse is not just an aspiration, it is who we are Fostering a diverse and inclusive culture is at the heart of everything we do and getting it right goes hand in hand with living our organisational values and our purpose of making possibilities a reality.


What can Endeavour Foundation offer you?

  • Salary Packaging Benefits Package up to
    $15,900 of your annual salary tax free. Less tax = more take home pay for you
  • In addition to your taxfree benefit, you can also use up to
    $2,650 of your pretax income to pay for entertainment expenses (meals, holiday accommodation etc.)
  • An Employee Assistance Program a free and confidential counselling service available to all staff and their family members
  • Discounts on Corporate Private Health Insurance Plans, whitegoods and appliances
  • Paid Parental Leave and Salary Continuance
  • Reward and Recognition Program
  • Free flu vaccinations

A little bit about the role...


Endeavour Foundation is a member of
Charitable Recycling Australia (CRA) which promotes the impact of the charitable reuse, recycling and retail sector.

As a
Recycling Attendant, you will play an integral role in the coordination of recyclable goods to ensure objects are recycled appropriately, you will also:

  • Inspect the load of each recycling truck entering the waste facility to ascertain the contents of each load and direct drivers to the appropriate recycling areas
  • Assist customers to unload contents and advise the most appropriate methods of disposing of contents by providing instructions for the separation of specified materials to ensure safety requirements are met
  • Drive our Endeavour Foundation recycling trucks when fellow staff members are on annual leave
  • Maintain a high level of tidiness and presentation of premises to ensure Endeavour and the waste facility's image is of the highest standard
  • Comply with Endeavour's Work Health and Safety policies and procedures to ensure safety in and out of the workplace is upheld

What will you bring to the role?

  • Superb customer service, great communication, and excellent time management skills
  • Flexibility to work during the week and every second weekend, including some short shifts from time to time and shifts at other waste facilities
  • Comfortable with heavy lifting and working on your feet all day
  • You can work with mínimal supervision, but with high levels of respect for others
  • Intermediate computer skills
  • A current Driver's Licence and own transport due to limited public transport at some sites

How you can join Endeavour Foundation?


Please note, before commencing with Endeavour Foundation, you will be required to undertake a
"Fit2Work" National Criminal History Check, hold or be willing to obtain a
Working with Children Check (Blue Card) and a
NDIS Worker Screening Check/Yellow Card.


If this is the opportunity for you, click 'Apply' below. We look forward to hearing from you

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