HGV Waste & Recycling Driver Loader

Cheshire East Council; Middlewich; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

34 days annual leave

Green car scheme

White goods scheme

Career average pension

Cycle to work

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Job summary

Cheshire East Council is seeking an HGV Waste & Recycling Driver Loader to join our frontline team. You will drive, lead a crew and ensure household waste and recycling are collected efficiently and safely across the borough.

You will hold an HGV licence with a Driver CPC, supervise colleagues, and deliver excellent service to residents while working outdoors in a dynamic, hands-on role. This is a 39-hour week over four days, Monday to Friday with a rotating day off, emphasizing safety, teamwork

Qualifications

• HGV licence and Driver CPC required.
• Experience leading a team in a frontline service is a plus.
• Strong health and safety awareness in a public-facing role.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support a collection crew to collect household waste and recycling efficiently.
• Carry out vehicle safety checks, manage routes, and ensure service standards are met.

Skills

HGV licence

Driver CPC

Team leadership

Health & safety

Customer service

Public-facing

Outdoor work

Job description

In this HGV Driver Loader role, you will be required to ensure the collection of household waste and recycling using wheeled bins, sacks or other collection systems. Act as a loader as and when required.

This position is a 39hr Week working 4 days over 5 Mon-Fri with Rota’d rotating day off.

About the Role

Make a real difference in your local community every day.

As an HGV Waste & Recycling Driver Loader, you'll play a vital role in keeping Cheshire East clean, safe and environmentally sustainable. More than just driving, you'll lead and support a dedicated collection crew, ensuring household waste and recycling services are delivered efficiently and to the highest standards for our residents.

Every day brings something different. You'll take responsibility for your allocated vehicle, carry out essential safety checks, manage collection routes, support missed and assisted collections, and help ensure our services run smoothly. You'll be trusted to organise and motivate your team, solve problems on the go and provide an excellent service to the communities we serve.

This is an active, hands‑on role that combines driving, teamwork, leadership and customer interaction, offering the opportunity to work outdoors, stay physically active and make a visible contribution to protecting the environment and supporting our residents.

Working a 39‑hour week over four days from Monday to Friday, with a rotating day off, you'll benefit from an excellent work‑life balance while being part of a valued frontline service.

About You

We're looking for someone who takes pride in their work, enjoys working as part of a team and wants to make a positive impact every day.

You will hold the appropriate HGV licence together with a valid Driver CPC and have experience operating similar vehicles safely and professionally. Beyond your driving skills, you'll be someone who enjoys leading by example, supporting colleagues and delivering excellent service to customers.

You will be confident organising workloads, motivating others and adapting to changing priorities. A strong awareness of health and safety is essential, along with the ability to work responsibly in a busy, public‑facing environment.

We're particularly interested in candidates who:

• Enjoy working outdoors and being part of a close‑knit team.
• Take pride in providing essential services to local communities.
• Have excellent communication and customer service skills.
• Are proactive, reliable and safety conscious.
• Can remain calm under pressure and solve problems effectively.
• Have an interest in environmental services, recycling and sustainability.
• Are flexible and willing to travel across the borough as required.

If you're looking for a rewarding role where your work genuinely matters, where every shift brings variety, and where you'll be supported to develop your skills within a respected local authority, we'd love to hear from you.

To find out more about the essential and desirable criteria for the role please view the attached job description specification document.

In return we are able to offer:

• Enhanced annual leave - Start with an impressive 34 days of annual leave (including bank holidays) from day one, and watch it grow to 39 days after just five years of service
• Salary sacrifice green car scheme - Drive green and save green! Lease a brand‑new electric or hybrid car through our salary sacrifice scheme. There’s no credit checks, no deposits, just significant savings and exclusive offers on a three‑year lease
• White goods salary sacrifice scheme - Upgrade your home with ease. Purchase home and electronic items through our salary sacrifice scheme, spreading the cost of big‑ticket purchases like appliances, computers, and tech gadgets directly from your salary
• Enhanced public pension - Secure your future with ourcareer average pension, where contributions are built at a rate of 1/49th of your yearly pensionable pay
• Cycle to work scheme - Save up to 25-39% on the retail price of bikes and safety equipment through Income Tax and National Insurance savings. Get fit and save money!
• Employee assistance programme - Access a completely free and confidential assistance service to help manage, reduce, and overcome life’s challenges, both at work and in your personal life
• Discounted gym membership - Stay active and healthy with corporate membership prices for Everybody Leisure, including:
• Gym, Swim and Group Fitness at all 16 facilities
• Off-Peak Racket Sports
• Athletics Tracks
• Sauna/Steam/Spa

Join us and experience a workplace that truly values and supports you!

Cheshire East is an amazing place to live and work. As one of the largest employers in the borough, we are able to offer you a wide range of challenging and rewarding career opportunities.

We are working for a brighter future – together and our commitment to you is that our workplace culture will provide a shared purpose, a well‑led organisation with valued people succeeding together as one team and one council to deliver the best service for our customers and communities.

If you want to be part of our award‑winning council and contribute to our ongoing success, have the flexibility and drive to enable us to innovate, are committed to working as part of a team and striving to deliver exceptional service wherever you can, we would especially like to hear from you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and want our workforce to reflect the diversity of our local communities so that we can all work for a brighter future - together.

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