Cleansing Operative

Platinum Recruitment NI Ltd; Lisburn; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking candidates for a role focused on waste collection and street cleansing across Northern Ireland. Responsibilities include manual cleaning, refuse collection, and customer service. Candidates should possess at least one year of manual work experience and ideally have prior exposure to waste collection or street cleansing tasks. Compliance with health and safety regulations is critical. The position offers an opportunity to impact community cleanliness positively.

Qualifications

• Minimum of one year of previous employment experience in manual work.
• Experience in waste collection or street cleansing is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Carry out cleaning and refuse collection services in public areas.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, and welfare legislation.
• Assist in completing necessary paperwork and scheduling.

Skills

Manual work experience

Customer care

Compliance with health and safety regulations

Job description

As a member of the Operational Services Team the post holder will be required to provide an effective and efficient refuse collection & street cleansing and amenity collection service throughout the assigned catchment area. The post holder will assume other delegated duties appropriate to the post reasonably assigned by management.

Responsibilities

• Carry out a full range of duties within the general cleansing service to include litter picking, manual sweeping and collection, removal and disposal of litter / dirt / leaves etc. from public places such as roads, pavements and open spaces.
• Carry out a full range of duties within the general refuse collection service to include collection / removal of household and commercial waste, bulky amenity collections, removal of illegal / indiscriminate dumping waste.
• Collection / disposal of dead and fallen animals, removal of ice / snow and spreading of salt as required. Ensure all duties/day’s tasks are carried out according to schedules and at appropriate times.
• Assist with completing all necessary paperwork in the correct format and on the correct forms. Notify Cleansing Supervisor of any changes to work load and reasons for same.
• Comply with all Council policies and statutory regulations including all requirements under Health, Safety and Welfare at work legislation and all current road traffic regulations, this will include use of personal protection equipment etc.
• Provide a high level of customer care at all times and provide customers with relevant information as required.
• Undertake any training identified as necessary to meet the requirements of the post including first aid training if required. Job holders are reasonably expected to attend briefings/meetings relevant to their role and work practices.
• Be the first point of contact for the crew, liaising with supervisors and relaying instructions to other members of the crew, as directed.
• The services falling within the responsibility of this post are as follows: Refuse, street cleansing.

Skills and Qualifications

• (Please note that Platinum Recruitment NI Ltd require original certificates as proof of all qualifications listed on CV).
• One years’ previous employment experience in performing manual work. Previous employment experience in Waste Collection/ Street Cleansing or relevant related field.

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