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Pay: £14.61 per hour, £36,466.56 per year equivalent at 48 hours per week

Benefits: 5.6 weeks’ holiday, pension, benefits and discounts

Hours: 4 days’ out of 7 days’, including one weekend day per week.

Contract: Permanent, full-time, approximately 48 hours per week

Locations: Thirsk and York (Harewood Whin)

“Yorwaste is growing and are looking for professionals to help drive the business forward. If you are looking for a competitive hourly rate, better work-life balance, and a change in road, then you might be looking at your new career at Yorwaste.”

About You

As a Hook Loader driver, you will demonstrate a good understanding of the ‘roll-on, roll-off’ vehicle you are operating, as well as the container types to be handled and transported. You will demonstrate good organisational skills, being able to work flexibly to varying routes and schedules created by the changing needs of our clients and the business.

Working mostly independently, you will show good management of personal workload, taking responsibility for loading and unloading containers carefully and securely, and in accordance with our health and safety practice. Yorwaste is proud to have received five stars in the Occupational Health and Safety Audit conducted by the British Safety Council.

You will be a positive and enthusiastic person, able to adapt to operational obstacles that may arise in varying weather conditions. You are able to demonstrate great communication skills, coordinating regularly with our transport planners and wider team to help deliver an efficient and friendly service. You may be asked on occasion to help with other sites if required to support the wider team across North Yorkshire.

Essential Qualifications

• Category 2 Drivers Licence (Category C) with no current or historical driving disqualifications
• Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC)

It is desirable that the successful candidate have previous experience with a Hook Loader vehicle, however not essential.

For further details of the role, please read the Job Description – Drivers Cat C (Class 2)

About Yorwaste

Yorwaste is North Yorkshire’s leading waste management company, passionate about supporting community and local environment, while delivering a warm and professional customer experience. They believe in investing in our team and the tools you need to succeed. Last year they invested over £300,000 in new environmentally friendly, state-of-the-art 26-tonne refuse collection vehicles to add to the fleet.

Joining us at Yorwaste is more than just a job. They strive to provide the team with a long-term stable career, training and development, and a positive engaging working environment. As an equal opportunities employer, alongside our commitment to inclusion and diversity, they take pride in supporting the development of North Yorkshire and its people.

Yorwaste drivers take pride in their work and would want the vehicles to be taken care of as if they were your own; preventing them from unnecessary damage and avoiding future problems developing.

Your Offer

In return, you will receive an hourly rate of £14.61 per hour, equivalent to a basic annual salary of £36,466.56, working 48 hours’ per week. You will also receive extra allowance for working Sundays and Bank Holidays, and there may be opportunity for additional hours. You will be entitled to 5.6 weeks’ holiday, including bank holidays, increasing to 6.6 weeks after 5 years employment.

This is a permanent role working full-time, 4 days’ out of 7 days’. These 4 days’ will fall over a 7-day schedule, including one weekend day per week. Your 3 days off will fall as 2 days midweek, plus one weekend day. Shifts are approximately 12 hours long, resulting in approximately 48 hours per week.

At Yorwaste you will have access to a company pension as well as benefits and discounts such as a cycle to work scheme and technical equipment scheme. Through an Employee Assistance programme they offer great access to health and wellbeing resources as well as acknowledging and rewarding great health and safety procedure, innovative ideas and recognition for long service.

Apply Now

To apply, please complete the application form on the Yorwaste Careers Page, which will allow you to submit your CV. Alternatively please send your CV and a completed Yorwaste Driver Application Form to [email protected].

The application deadline is midnight on Sunday 18th June 2023

Shortlisting will be completed week commencing Monday 19th June 2023

Interviews are planned to take place Wednesday 28th June 2023

We are unable to consider applications from candidates who have not completed both the Application Form and submitted a CV.

Interviews may take place throughout the recruitment process, and we reserve the right to remove this vacancy before the proposed deadline in the event of the position being filled, or a high number of applications are received.

Yorwaste is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff. We welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, any disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, or belief.

We will not accept applications from agencies and can only consider applications from individuals with right to work within the UK.

Closing date: 18th June 2023