Recycling Collections Operative (Agency) Keynsham, England
Job description
Hours: 37 per week + 0.5 hours contractual overtime
Contract Type: Agency
Service Area: Place Management
Department: Waste & Recycling
Our Recycling Department is responsible for the removal of household recycling and waste, industrial and commercial waste, organic waste, and dry recyclable waste from a variety of locations (for example houses, shops and schools) within the Bath & North East Somerset Council area.
Our recycling department is made up of several operational roles and we are keen to encourage training and development. For example, once you join as a B&NES employee we will help you progress from loader to driver role with paid driver training.
Recycling Collections Operative (Post 41878) - £22,777 + contractual overtime per annum pro rata
You will be lifting and emptying waste containers, including, food caddy’s, card sacks, household bins plastic sacks, wheelie bins, and paper sacks into our recycling vehicles.
Team Leader Driver (non LGV) - Recycling (Post 40082A) - £24,054 to £25,878 + contractual overtime per annum pro rata
Our next level with driving our 7.5 tons or below vehicles you may be collecting from narrow access areas, delivering replacement recycling boxes or loading as required.
Team Leader Driver LGV Collections (Post 41877) - £28,900 - £29,439 + contractual overtime per annum pro rata
You will be responsible for supervising allocated staff and will involve driving and overseeing the safe use of vehicles, plant and machinery, including recycling vehicles of different sizes. You will be responsible for the direction of the work of trainees, agency staff and/or other employees assigned to you.
OUR COMMITTMENT TO YOU
We know that whatever your situation, your work is a lot more than just a job description and a salary. And of course, your life is a lot more than your work! As an employer, we aim to create an inclusive working environment where everyone can achieve a healthy work/life balance. We are serious about our responsibility for your personal and professional development and try to ensure that you are equipped with the skills, knowledge, and experience to succeed in your current role, and to progress in your career. Our benefits package is designed to boost and maintain the health, well-being, and general quality of life of all our staff.
Your main place of work will be Ashmead Road, Keynsham.
And don’t forget - Keynsham is a perfect base if you don’t want to drive into a city centre and entering a role with the Council is your first step to a real career.
To apply
You can apply through the following agencies:
Simple Recruitment – Midsomer Norton – www.simplerecruitmentltd.co.uk 01761 235741
Corr Recruitment – Bradley Stoke – www.corr-recruitment.co.uk 01172 141292
Titan Recruitment – Weston Super Mare – www.trsreecruit.co.uk 01174 038722
Interested to find out more?
If you are interested in this post and require more details after reading the job description or just to chat through the role and what’s involved, please contact Glenn Lodder on 01225 396564 or email [email protected]
Bath & North East Somerset Council has one overriding purpose – to improve people’s lives. We have four core values which shape every aspect of our working life and how we look to the future. These values are to be Bold, Empowered, Supportive and Transparent.
Please explain in your application how you could incorporate these values into the role you are applying for.
We are unable to sponsor candidates for this role under the Home Office Tier 2 points-based system (skilled worker route), therefore you must be able to obtain and provide your own right to work in the UK’. Please refer to the Home Office Right to Work Checklist which provides details of which documents are acceptable. Should you be shortlisted you will be asked to bring your right to work documents with you to your interview so they can be copied and verified at that stage.
As an equal opportunities employer, Bath & North East Somerset Council is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and is opposed to discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership.
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us.
Please note the Council operates a policy of prior consideration for roles for any individual on the Council’s at-risk register. This means should a redeployee express an interest in this role, providing they meet the essential criteria for the role, they will be interviewed before any shortlisting or interviewing of external candidates.
