Cleansing Driver (HGV)

4Recruitment Services Ltd; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

4Recruitment Services Ltd is seeking a Cleansing Driver (HGV) in Huddersfield. You will drive vehicles up to 32 tonnes and must hold a valid LGV Class C licence and CPC.

You may work alone or in a team, carrying out cleansing duties and collecting refuse and trade waste from households and businesses, including delivering skips. You will complete tachographs and records to ensure health and safety compliance.

Qualifications

• Hold a valid LGV Class C licence and CPC.
• Experience driving HGV up to 32 tonnes.
• Ability to work alone or in a team, perform cleansing duties and collect waste.

Responsibilities

• Drive vehicles up to HGVs in compliance with legal obligations and expectations for driver behaviour.
• Collect refuse and trade waste from households and businesses; deliver skips as required.
• Ensure the correct use of lifting equipment and disposal arrangements; follow works schedules and routes.
• Complete records, tachographs and use in-cab technology to capture data and report issues.

Skills

HGV driving

Route planning

Health and safety

Record keeping

Tools

Tachographs

In-cab technology

Job description

Cleansing Driver (HGV)

Huddersfield

£17.70ph

Full Time

Holds a valid LGV Class C licence and valid CPC to be able drive vehicles up to 32 tonnes (e.g. HGV Class 2).

Key Skills & Requirements:

• Your main responsibility will be to drive vehicles up to and including HGV’s 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 will 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 works 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.

Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices.

We are an equal opportunity agency