Refuse and Recycling Loader

Peninsula Community Legal Centre; Haverfordwest; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday pro rata

Local Government Pension Scheme

Family friendly daytime hours

Local routes and full training

Provision of PPE

Free onsite parking

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Pembrokeshire County Council in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, is seeking Refuse & Recycling Loader to join our Waste and Recycling service. This is a physical, open-ended position with 37 hours per week, providing essential frontline collection, sorting and processing of recyclables from homes and businesses.

You will work safely, follow PPE requirements, and deliver excellent customer service while maintaining high standards across routes.

Qualifications

• Must be physically fit, able to move bags, boxes and wheeled bins for the working day.
• Able to work effectively as part of a team/crew and to use own initiative.
• Good customer service skills, working in a public facing role engaging with customers.
• Requirement to be literate and numerate in order to accept work instructions and complete necessary work documentation and ability to use IT systems.
• There will be a requirement to work bank holidays and weekends over the Christmas/ New year period.

Responsibilities

• Collect, sort and process recyclables from homes and businesses, ensuring safe practices and excellent customer service.
• Delivering and maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction across all services, you will ensure that all refuse and recyclable materials are collected from households and businesses on the rounds across Pembrokeshire.
• Sort, separating and bulking of any material appropriately.
• You will ensure safe lifting and working practices are used, as well as ensuring appropriate personal protective clothing is worn at all times.

Skills

Physical fitness

Teamwork

Health and safety awareness

Customer service

Literacy & numeracy

Job description

Refuse and Recycling Loader

02/11/2026

Job profile for Refuse and Recycling Loader

Job details

Salary Grade 4 – £26,847 – £27,274

Contractual hours 37

Basis Open Ended

Job category/type Environmental Services and Waste management

Job reference REQAA7650

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Job description

Be part of one of the best recycling team in Wales!

Pembrokeshire has been among Wales’ top recycling authorities since 2019, and we are now looking for Refuse & Recycling loaders/relief drivers to join our innovative recording breaking Waste and Recycling service.

We are looking for enthusiastic and dedicated individuals to join our team. This is a rewarding, physical role that keeps you fit while making a real difference.

You’ll collect, sort and process recyclables from homes and businesses, ensuring safe practices and excellent customer service. Delivering and maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction across all services, you will ensure that all refuse and recyclable materials are collected from households and businesses on the rounds across Pembrokeshire, sorting, separating and bulking of any material appropriately. You will ensure safe lifting and working practices are used, as well as ensuring appropriate personal protective clothing is worn at all times.

You will actively be supporting PCC to achieve its core objective to be one of the top recycling Authority’s in Wales and a greener and cleaner Pembrokeshire. Also supporting our ambitions surrounding continuous service improvement for an efficient and effective service whilst meeting Welsh Government’s targets and legislation.

Roles Available

Refuse and Recycling loader.

Casual/relief and seasonal posts are also available with possibility of future advancement to part time and full time positions.

Requirements of the role.

• Must be physically fit, able to move bags, boxes and wheeled bins for the working day and walk for a number of miles a day in an outdoor environment.
• Able to work effectively as part of a team/crew and to use own initiative.
• High degree of awareness in respect of personal health and safety in relation to manual handling and the dangers associated with working continuously in close proximity to the highway.
• Good customer service skills, working in a public facing role engaging with customers.
• Requirement to be literate and numerate in order to accept work instructions and complete necessary work documentation and ability to use IT systems.
• There will be a requirement to work bank holidays and weekends over the Christmas/ New year period.

Why join PCC?

• 26 days holiday increasing to 31 days after five years service (pro rata)
• Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme
• Family friendly daytime hours (8 hour shifts)
• Local routes and full training
• Provision of PPE.
• Free onsite parking
• Cycle to work scheme

Employee Benefits

Our employee benefits are designed to help invest in your future and are in addition to living and working in Pembrokeshire, one of the most beautiful and desirable counties in the UK.

The Visit Pembrokeshire website https://www.visitpembrokeshire.com/ is an excellent source of information, and showcases the wide variety of activities, amenities and adventures that await you.

Please refer to the job description above for more details on this vacancy and the person specification.

Employment Checks

Where it is appropriate for your role and responsibility, the personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by visiting https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn.

Applicants should ensure they have the right to work in the UK before applying for a vacancy.

Please note that at this point, Pembrokeshire County Council is not accepting applicants who require a Skilled Worker visa as a prerequisite to a right to work in the UK. Applicants should ensure they have the right to work in the UK before applying for a vacancy.

Guidance Note: Use of AI and Accuracy of Information:

• We understand that applicants may choose to use tools such as generative AI to support the preparation of their application. While the use of such tools is permitted, it remains the applicant’s full responsibility to ensure that all information submitted is factually accurate, truthful, and representative of their own skills, experiences and qualifications.
• Providing information that is false, misleading, or exaggerated, regardless of whether it was generated by AI or not, may result in disqualification from the recruitment process or dismissal if discovered after appointment.
• By submitting this application, you confirm that all content provided is accurate and submitted in good faith.

The Supported Employment Programme is a group of local authority based enterprises that employs over 75 people with a disability or work limiting health condition, please visit the link below for further information: Pembrokeshire Supported Employment Programme - Pembrokeshire County Council

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Support & Additional Info

• Please contact the HR Systems Team as early as possible if you’re unable to apply online by emailing [e-mail].
• Please contact the Recruitment Team if you have any queries relating to this vacancy by emailing [e-mail].
• Local Government Employees on National Joint Council (NJC) terms are subject to national pay bargaining; all salaries currently stated in our adverts are as 01/04/2025.
• Please note, we have a legal obligation to consider employees for suitable alternative employment if their posts are at risk; therefore prior consideration will be given to existing employees who meet the person specification and are registered on our redeployment pool.

Welsh language skills are desirable. Applications may be submitted in Welsh and will not be treated less favourably than applications submitted in English.

Pembrokeshire County Council,Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, SA61 1TP