THE COMPANY
At Goterra, we believe climate change is the crisis of our time. We exist to help solve it. We’re reimagining a future where nature and automation work in tandem to solve complex problems like reducing food waste and securing our food supply chain.
We are the change we want to see in the world. We strive and push as hard as we can for our economy and environment to reap the benefits of our dedicated research, relentless testing and state-of-the-art automated robotic infrastructure.
We process food waste using insects and turn this into to by products, animal protein and high grade fertilizer. And we do this, onsite, in modular, mobile insect farms.
We’re fast moving, agile and collaborative and we work relentlessly to make the world better, Billions of Tonnes Better.
THE ROLE
Our newly opened site in Alexandria is a world’s first site currently processing tonnes of food waste on a daily basis. Being a small site with only two operators, we are seeking a part-time casual waste operator to support our Service Technician on site. The Waste Operator will attend to waste sorting, cleaning and servicing of our units on a five day roster: Mon-Fri (4-5hours per day). Occasionally we are experiencing more work and the flexibility to work beyond the 4-5 hours is appreciated.
Duties include but are not limited to:
- Manual handling of solid and liquid organic (food) waste material
- Manually removing contaminants from the waste stream e.g. glass, soft plastics and metal
- Sorting and separating general waste, recycling and organic waste into individual piles and recording the information into the company digital database
- Managing the processing of waste from received through to de-packaging, maceration and delivery to MIB storage units
- Cleaning and maintaining equipment and site on a daily basis
- Attend to spills and odour control
- Support service technician with various duties
Requirements:
- The ability to meet the physical requirements of the position, e.g. some lifting up to 20kgs, being on your feet for the duration of the shift
- Ability to work handling organic waste within an odour producing environment
- Ability to manage your own workflow by moving between work stations throughout the day to ensure that the waste is processed efficiently
- Digital literacy skills – a Smartphone is required to communicate with team members and for managing tasks through the applications Slack and Asana
- No formal qualifications are required however experience working within a waste operations environment will be highly regarded
We pride ourselves on being an inclusive organisation and encourage applications from anyone with passion for our mission, particularly women, veterans, people with disability, the LGBTIQ+ community, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
