HGV Refuse & Recycling Driver/Loader

Serco; Stowmarket; On-site; GBP 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a HGV Refuse & Recycling Driver/Loader, where you will play a vital role in maintaining the cleanliness and safety of the community in Stowmarket. This full-time position offers you the chance to work with a dedicated team, ensuring top-notch service while enjoying a supportive culture that prioritizes your professional growth. With excellent benefits including a contributory pension scheme, training opportunities, and health and wellbeing support, this role is perfect for those who are enthusiastic, team-oriented, and ready to make a positive impact in their community.

Benefits

Pension scheme

Training and development opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounts at retailers

ShareSave scheme

Paid volunteering day

Wellbeing app

Qualifications

• Valid Class 1 or 2 driving licence and Driver CPC required.
• Physical fitness is essential due to the nature of the job.

Responsibilities

• Drive a pre-planned route collecting waste and recycling.
• Ensure vehicle safety checks and cleanliness before starting rounds.

Skills

Class 1 or 2 driving licence

Driver CPC

Physical fitness

Teamwork

Customer service

Job description

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Salary: £30,978.60 per annum + excellent benefits

Full Time: 40 hours per week

Working hours: Monday - Friday 6.30am - 3pm with occasional Saturday work & Bank Holidays.

Ready to make an impact?

As a HGV Refuse & Recycling Driver/Loader in our Suffolk team, you'll provide a complete waste and recycling service on behalf of the residents and community in Stowmarket.

With a professional, dedicated, and friendly team of Refuse Collection staff, we ensure that streets, homes and businesses are kept clean, safe and tidy, whilst providing the very best levels of customer service to all members of the community that we serve.

You’ll be entrusted to:

• You will set off on a pre-planned route as the driver with your team of Loaders, collecting waste and recycling from residential homes and commercial properties.
• You will be the public face of Serco’s Environmental Services team in the community.
• Before setting out on your rounds, you will ensure that your vehicle safety checks are completed and that your truck is clean and work ready.

Does this sound like you?

You’ll be a great fit for this role if you...

• Hold a valid Class 1 or 2 driving licence & Driver CPC
• Are physically fit and healthy due to the nature of the business
• Hold plenty of enthusiasm and a big smile
• Are willing to go the extra mile whilst on your rounds to enable your team to hit their targets.
• Are a team player

Discover all you need to keep growing

Here you’ll be part of a highly supportive culture with leaders you can count on to help you achieve your goals. From mentoring and training to our focus on internal progression, we’re proud to offer clear development opportunities – and the support and tools to help you seize them.

Because this is a place for you
Our people are integral to everything we do. That’s why our benefits are designed to put you first:

• Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
• Training and development: A wide range of learning opportunities with over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships, mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression.
• Health and wellbeing: 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, Simplyhealth cash plans to claim back money towards healthcare costs, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres.
• Discounts: Save across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel.
• ShareSave scheme: Helps you save regularly with the choice to buy Serco shares at a discount at the end of your savings period.
• Employee networks: Dedicated networks where colleagues can come together to find support, share challenges, discuss ideas, network and be part of a community.
• Charity: Support a charity or organisation with a paid volunteering day each year. You can also choose to donate to your favourite charity tax-free, through our Payroll Giving Scheme.

Serco/Serco Leisure Operating Limited are appointed as the Trust’s Managing Agents. We manage the recruitment process and the Trust’s employees in the delivery of the service on their behalf. The Trust is committed to equal opportunities and requests any potential applicant to contact the Recruitment Team on 0345 010 4000 as soon as possible if an applicant has any additional queries, requirements or will need additional time in submitting an application. Applicants should be aware that in line with the company’s policy, employees will have a DBS check where appropriate.