Job description
Salary: up to £13.41, plus weekly £30.90 bonus payment and Veolia benefits
Hours: 45 hours per week, 6 days per week, Monday to Saturday, 06:00 - 13:00
Location: Croydon
**Join us today and you will be eligible for a sign-on bonus - £1,500**
** CPC Renewals and medicals paid for**
** Seasonal bonus payment of £450 paid in February**
**Training - You have the opportunity to train for management**
With one of the largest growing fleets in the UK, our drivers are pivotal to delivering essential services across the UK and Ireland. Our drivers work hard to serve their local communities and make a positive impact every day.
If you’re looking for an improvement in your work life balance, look no further. Here at Veolia, our drivers may start early but they also finish early. Giving you time to enjoy the rest of your day.
Whether you’re looking to overhaul the industry, or just do a good day’s work, we know that everyone here at Veolia can help us work alongside our communities, look after the environment, and contribute to our inclusive culture.
Benefits we can offer you?
- CPC renewals and medicals paid by us.
- Refer a driver to us once you’ve joined and earn £1000.
- Access to join our People’s Pension scheme.
- Physiotherapy service provided by Back In Action.
- Discounts on everything from groceries to gym memberships.
- Mental health and financial support, so you can lean on us whenever you need to.
- Training and development opportunities to allow you to grow with us.
What will you be doing?
- Driving to planned collection locations and loading refuse into truck.
- Helping out loading and unloading vehicles when required
- Completing daily checks of the vehicle as per our driver operator handbook.
- Using onboard technology to complete work notes.
- Complying with all traffic laws and legislation including security and weight of loads.
- Ensuring that the carriageway is left in a clean condition and any spillages are cleaned up.
What are we looking for?
- Class 2 License
- An up-to-date CPC / DIGI card.
- A can-do attitude and good time-management skills.
- Being a team player is key to ensuring our collections run smoothly.
Apply today, so we can make a difference for generations to come.
We want to ensure that you feel supported throughout the application process and provide reasonable adjustments where necessary and requested. If you require any reasonable adjustments as part of your application and interview process please do not hesitate to let us know.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: From £13.41 per hour
Benefits:
- Company car
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Free or subsidised travel
- Free parking
- Gym membership
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Weekend availability
Application question(s):
- This is a physically demanding job. We would be asking for the team co-operation to help with loading and unloading vehicles, when it's safe to do so. Are you happy to proceed?
Licence/Certification:
- Driver CPC (preferred)
- Class 2 License (preferred)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (preferred)
Work Location: On the road
Reference ID: JR9738
About Veolia
CEO: Antoine Frérot
Revenue: Unknown / Non-Applicable
Size: 10000+ Employees
Type: Company - Public
Website: https://www.veolia.co.uk/careers
Year Founded: 1853