HGV Refuse Driver/Chargehand

Fareham Borough Council; Fareham; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday entitlement

CPC training covered

Pension scheme

Authorised parking

Car lease scheme

Discount schemes

Job summary

Fareham Borough Council is seeking HGV Drivers to operate refuse vehicles and lead a team of Refuse Loaders, ensuring health and safety standards are upheld. You will deliver a professional waste and recycling service across the Borough of Fareham, with some days spent on loading duties.

An early start at 5:30am and flexibility to support colleagues are required. Fareham Borough Council offers benefits including generous holiday entitlement, CPC training covered, a good pension, authorised

Qualifications

• Full, clean HGV driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Drive refuse vehicles to collect household and commercial waste.
• Lead a team of Refuse Loaders and ensure health and safety standards.
• Occasionally perform loading duties as required.
• Adapt to changing priorities and shift patterns including early starts at 5:30am.

Skills

HGV licence

Job description

About The Role

We are seeking HGV Drivers to operate our refuse vehicles and lead a team of Refuse Loaders, ensuring health and safety standards are upheld at all times.

You’ll help us to deliver a professional waste and recycling collection service across the Borough of Fareham. You will carry out the removal of household and commercial refuse and recycling from a variety of properties and locations.

While the primary responsibility of this role is driving, the successful candidate may also be required to carry out loading duties on certain days, depending on operational needs. The position involves physical activity, including manual handling and walking. Flexibility is essential, and applicants should be prepared to support colleagues as needed, manage multiple tasks, and respond effectively to changing priorities throughout the day.

About You

Do you hold a full, clean, HGV driving licence?

Are you an early bird, happy to start work at 5.30am? Would you like to be able to help with your family or enjoy some leisure time later in the day?

Are you helpful, polite, approachable with a sense of pride and commitment to do a good job? Do you have a safety focus and happy to work in all weathers?

Then we would love to hear from you.

About Us

Fareham Borough Council is a forward-thinking authority and we pride ourselves on our customer service which is at the heart of everything we do, and we recognise that every single one of our employees makes a difference.

Working as a Refuse Driver/Chargehand at Fareham Borough Council, you would be joining a well-managed Council. We also offer:

• a generous holiday entitlement with the option to buy more
• the cost of ongoing CPC training covered
• a great pension scheme
• authorised parking
• car lease scheme and other discount schemes

These are just 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.