Driver Team Leader – Streets – Fixed Term Contract (Leafing)

Bristol Waste Company; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer pension contributions up to 5

Generous annual leave

BUPA Employee Assistance Programme

BUPA Health Cash Plan

Cycle to Work scheme

Onsite Physiotherapist

Employee referral scheme

Learning and development team

Long service and recognition awards

Flexible working where possible

Job summary

Bristol Waste Company is seeking a Driver Team Leader on a fixed-term contract (Leafing) to manage streets cleaning routes in Bristol and lead a team of operatives. The role involves driving a small mechanical sweeper or 3.5T van, daily vehicle checks, and ensuring health and safety standards are met.

The role may include weed spraying from March to September, with full training provided. Salary is £33,342.44 per annum, fixed term until 31 December 2026, based in Days Road, Bristol.

Qualifications

• Essential: full UK driving licence.
• Essential: ability to lead a team.
• Essential: excellent communication and interpersonal skills to lead and motivate the team and liaise with the public and colleagues.
• Essential: sound literacy to follow route maps and comply with driving and health & safety responsibilities.
• Essential: ability to work independently and prioritise streets to be cleansed.
• Essential: demonstrable technical knowledge of the vehicle and equipment for safe use.

Responsibilities

• Drive a small mechanical sweeper or 3.5T van and perform daily vehicle checks.
• Sweep manually and empty litter bins, lift refuse sacks and litter pick weeded areas.
• Collect dilly sacks and cleanse shopfronts and bins as per schedule.
• Allocate and monitor tasks, prioritise routes and ensure completion on time.
• Complete route checks and grade work standards of the team.
• Report conduct or performance issues to the Supervisor.
• Promote a safety culture and ensure equipment is safe and well maintained.

Skills

Team leadership

Driving licence

Communication skills

Route maps literacy

Independent working

Vehicle knowledge

Job description

Driver Team Leader - Fixed Term Contract (Leafing) at Bristol Waste Company

SALARY:£ 33,342.44 per annum

LOCATION:Days Road, Bristol

Driver Team Leader–Streets–Fixed Term Contract until 31stDecember 2026

Purpose of the role:

Your role will be to drive, and cleanseallocatedroutes within Bristol and lead a team of street cleansing operatives, ensuring compliance with all aspects of health and safety.You may alsobe requiredto carry out weed spraying from March toSeptember. Fulltraining will be provided.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive {normally} a small mechanical sweeper or 3.5T van, carry out daily vehicle checks to ensure the vehicle is safe to operate, reporting all defects in line with Bristol Waste Company (BWC) policies and procedures and ensure the condition of the vehicle is cleaned and maintained both inside and out
• Manually sweep, pushing/pulling a wheelie bin or barrel, empty litter bins, lift refuse sacks onto van and litter pick and dig out weeds asrequired
• Collect dilly sacks, cleanse shopfrontsand empty litter bins in line with required schedules
• Allocate andmonitorall tasks, prioritise cleansing of individual streets where necessary, proactivelyidentifyareas requiring attention and direct the team to ensure completion of routes to agreed standards and within required timescales.
• Complete route checks and grade work standards of team
• Report any conduct or performance issues relating to operatives to the Supervisor
• Drive the safety culture within the organisation, contributing to a positive and safe working environment, directing, and supporting the operatives to carry out the job function in line with BWC’s health and safety policy and procedures and ensure equipment used is correct for the task, kept safe and maintained to a good standard

Essential Requirements for the Role:

• It is essential to have a full driving licence valid for use in the UK
• Demonstrable ability to lead a team
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to lead and motivate the team and liaise effectively with the public and colleagues
• Sound literacy skills to follow route maps and tocomply withdriving and health and safety responsibilities
• Ability to work independently and to use initiative for example, in prioritising streets to be cleansed
• Demonstrable technical knowledge of the vehicle and equipment to ensure its safe and proper use

Full Job Description can be provided upon request.

• Depending on your role we provide an employer contribution of up to 5% into the company pension scheme.
• Generous annual leave package.(dependant on contract)
• Support for Mental Health, we have an BUPA Employee Assistance Programme that provides support in a variety of different areas such as Mental Health, Financial and Family related topics. We also have Mental Health First Aiders across the business.
• Support for your Physical Health with our BUPA Health Cash Plan (we cover the cost of coverage for you), Cycle to Work scheme and an onsite Physiotherapist. All free for our colleagues.
• Because we value our colleagues so much, we want to recruit more employees just like them. Which is why we have our employee referral scheme.
• Dedicated learning and development team. We take pride in developing our colleagues and some examples of this include our In-House Driver Development Programme and internal promotions. Many of our Senior Leadership Team have developed from Operational roles, such as one of our Contract Managers who started as a Street Cleanser.
• Employee recognition awards and long service awards. To celebrate our colleagues wherever they are on their journey with us. We recognise and celebrate talent.
• Flexible working, we recognise that everyone is different and strive to create an environment that supports all colleagues. We have introduced a hybrid working model where possible and actively encourage part-time working, jobsharingand flexibility on hours. If this interests, you please do get in touch, and we can start a conversation.

N.B:

• Due to a high number of applications,we’reunable to get back to everyone who may have applied but unfortunatelydidn’tget shortlisted. If youhaven’theard from us within 3 weeks of applying, please assume you have been unsuccessful, but we thank you very much for your interest in working for BWC andadvise to checkour website for new vacancies arising.
• We reserve the right to close this role early should we receive sufficient applications.

We are on equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates.