Cleansing Technician

Fareham; Fareham; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A local council in England is seeking an individual to maintain the borough's environment. The role involves driving a vehicle for street cleaning and ensuring the town center is tidy. Candidates should possess a full driving license and have some awareness of health and safety. This position offers a supportive working environment with various benefits including a pension scheme and flexible working hours.

Benefits

Great pension scheme

Flexible working

Car lease scheme

Qualifications

• Mature attitude and ability to work without supervision.
• Conduct oneself in a polite and professional manner.
• Common sense and commitment to quality work.

Responsibilities

• Drive a caged vehicle or use machinery for street maintenance.
• Patrol town center for litter management.

Skills

Full, clean driving license

Awareness of Health and Safety

Ability to learn street cleansing methods

Job description

About The Role

We need you to help maintain and improve the environment of the Borough.

This role will cover a working week of Friday to Tuesday and your main duties will be to cover the Borough’s streets driving a caged vehicle or using machinery to aid in maintaining it in a clean and tidy way.

Weekend work will involve patrolling around the town centre areas sweeping, emptying litter bins and removing any other waste.

Hours of work will be:

Friday: 07.30am – 15.30pm

Saturday and Sunday: 07.00am – 15.30pm

Monday and Tuesday: 07.30am – 16.00pm

About You

We are looking for somebody with a mature attitude that can work without close supervision. As a public face of Fareham Borough Council, you will be expected to conduct yourself in a helpful, polite and professional manner as you travel in the borough.

You will need:

• A full, clean driving licence.
• Awareness of Health and Safety including manual handling, street cleansing legislation.
• The ability to learn a range of street cleansing methods and to select which is the best for the situation.

Above all we want somebody with common sense and a sense of pride and commitment to doing a good job.

About Us

We aim to attract, develop and retain the very best people to carry out the work required. In return, you would be joining a well-managed Council. We offer a great pension scheme, authorised parking, flexible working and a car lease scheme, to name a few of the benefits of working for us. We take pride in receiving feedback from others who say we are a friendly and professional organisation.

Fareham Borough Council is committed to being a disability inclusive employer and in order to support this commitment we are proud to be part of theGovernment's Disability Confident schemedemonstratingthat we will provide a fair and equal route to employment with the Council.

Being part of the scheme means we proactively seek to address inequality for those with disabilities by challenging attitudes towards disability, increasing understanding of disability and removing barriers to disabled people and those with long-term health conditions