Cleansing Driver 1 - Trade Waste

Kirklees Council; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime on Saturdays

Job summary

Kirklees Council is seeking a permanent Driver/Refuse Loader based at Emerald Street Depot, Huddersfield. The role involves driving LGV vehicles up to Class 2, collecting refuse/trade waste, and assisting with cleansing duties across Kirklees.

You will work 39.5 hours Mon-Fri with occasional Saturday shifts, be trained, and contribute to a safe, efficient street environment while upholding a positive public image.

Qualifications

• Drive refuse vehicles in line with traffic regulations, Highway Code and health & safety.
• Contribute to staff training and supervision.
• Maintain driver records, time sheets and in-cab data.
• Provide information to the public on refuse collection arrangements.

Responsibilities

• Drive refuse vehicles up to LGV class where required.
• Work solo or in teams to collect refuse and trade waste from households/businesses.
• Check and maintain vehicles and complete records and tachographs.
• Ensure routes are followed and assist households needing support.
• Communicate service delivery matters effectively.
• Support deployment of staff to meet service delivery goals.

Skills

LGV driving

Supervision

Health & safety

Communication

Record keeping

Job description

We adopt a ‘name blind’ approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made - please note that this also includes any CV uploaded. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.

Organisation

Kirklees

Directorate

Place

Service Area

Environmental Strategy & Climate Change

Hours

39.5

Number of Jobs

1

Location(s)

Across Kirklees

Position type

Permanent

Grade

Grade 6

Salary

£27,274 - £29,071

Enhancements / additional payments details

Overtime on a Saturday will sometimes be needed

Advert Wording

Based at Emerald Street Depot, Huddersfield, HD1 6BY

These roles involve working on public holidays excluding Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. The role is Monday to Friday (39.5 hours) plus some Saturday working.

If we receive a high volume of applicants, we may need to close applications early.

This is a generic job which involves driving LGV vehicles, up to and including Class 2 refuse vehicles to collect refuse, trade waste or skips from households and businesses. You will help to identify and report problems about waste so that appropriate action can be taken to improve the whole street environment.

Your main responsibility will be to drive vehicles up to and including LGVs in compliance with legal obligations and expectations for driver behaviour.

You will work on your own or part of a team performing other cleansing duties or collecting refuse and trade waste from households and businesses. You may also collect and deliver skips.

You must ensure the correct use of lifting equipment and disposal arrangements. You will provide instructions to others on work practices, to comply with expected standards for performance and health and safety.

You will need to follow work schedules and interpret maps or management information to support collection schedule arrangements, for example, ensuring routes are followed or households that require assisted support receive this or to consider if skips should be emptied.

You will check and maintain vehicles. You will need to complete records, tachographs and use technologies such as in-cab to capture data, report variations or areas of concern. You will identify problems about waste, driving conditions or operational matters so that appropriate action can be taken.

In conjunction with Team Leaders, you will make variations to collection arrangements and the deployment of staff to support service delivery.

Ensuring a positive image is maintained with members of the public will be important. You will also undertake duties of a refuse loader or other cleaning duties as required.

To undertake your role, you will receive support and be provided with appropriate training.

Requirements For The Job

• Drive refuse vehicles in line with traffic regulations, the Highway Code and legislation for health and safety.
• Assist in collecting waste, operating lifting equipment, removing, loading waste and provision of liners.
• Assist in stickering and provision of information to the public on refuse collection arrangements.
• Undertake driver checks, maintain and clean vehicles (as far as expected). Report any accidents, faults or repair needs promptly.
• Ensure arrangements for security are followed.
• Ensure driver records, time sheets and other information systems such as In-Cab are correctly maintained in a timely manner.
• Contribute to the performance management of staff, including training, instruction and supervision, providing feedback and challenge where necessary.
• Comply with procedures, risk assessment and Operator’s guidance.
• Ensure feedback is provided on issues regarding refuse collection arrangements and staff performance.
• Work with other supervisors to support service delivery.
• Effectively communicate on service delivery matters.

As a frontline ambassador for the Council, the right behaviours and attitudes are as important to us as the skills you bring to the job. Subject to certain qualifying criteria, the Council may choose to support you through gaining your CPC driving qualifications. You will need to have a standard medical screening as determined by the Employee Healthcare Unit appropriate to occupational risk.

In order to be shortlisted to the role, you will need to explain how you meet the essential criteria outlined in the Person Specification found in the Job Profile.

This job is subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level, please refer to the Job Description/Profile. A conviction may not exclude candidates from appointment but will be considered as part of the recruitment process.

We know there’s a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and we encourage applications from people with all differing abilities. So, if you need any support completing an application form, or any other format for the application or Job Description please contact the Recruitment Team for help by email:or phone: [phone] and ask for ‘Recruitment’.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Closing date

11 October 2026, 11:55 PM