Refuse Loader

Brighton & Hove City Council; Brighton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Brighton & Hove City Council seeks team members for refuse collection duties, focusing on safe operations and customer satisfaction. Candidates should be physically fit, with responsibilities including assisting drivers, ensuring safety, and maintaining high service standards. Shifts vary, and teamwork is essential to meet collection rounds efficiently.

Qualifications

• Candidates must be physically fit due to the demanding nature of the job.
• Must have the ability to follow safety instructions and policies.

Responsibilities

• Collect refuse and recycling, ensuring all rounds are completed efficiently.
• Assist the driver and operate machinery safely per given instructions.
• Report any service issues or potential failures to management.

Skills

Physical fitness

Customer service

Communication

Job description

Hours of work: varies each day

13.30-22.00 Monday to Friday

Morning shift starting at either 06.00 or 07.00 and ending anytime between 13.00-16.00

Pay rate: £13.26 per hour

Description of duties and responsibilities:

Working as part of a team, led by the driver, with responsibility for collecting refuse and recycling and other waste service duties. Follow management instruction and ensure work is completed safely and efficiently, in accordance with guidelines. Focus on customer satisfaction. We are looking for candidates who are physically fit as the work is demanding and walking long distances daily to cover the rounds is a key part of this role.

Key responsibilities:

1. Ensure that all refuse, recycling and cleansing rounds (with no unscheduled missed bins/locations) are completed within specified timescales and to a high customer service standard. This will involve weekend catch-up days to cover Bank Holidays.
2. Assist the driver in preparing the vehicle for the day
3. Ensure that all safety equipment is available, in a serviceable condition, and being worn as required. The PPE must Health and Safety compliant, used in accordance with Risk Assessments and remain presentable in appearance at all times.
4. Operate the machinery in strict accordance with instructions and training, ensuring that the driver is always seen back when reversing, using the agreed signals when required
5. Ensure that any service issues or potential service failures are reported to the team managers in a timely manner
6. Undertake assisted collections as required, including returning bins to the designated point
7. Ensure that communication, work and training is conducted in a calm, positive and constructive way, being both courteous and helpful to the public, residents, customers and other staff.
8. Follow instructions as laid down in Council and departmental policies and procedures which are relevant to this job. These include: Risk Assessments / Method Statements, Code of Conduct, and Accident/Near Miss/Hazard reporting. The procedures/instructions will be updated periodically.

Additional

Assist and cover other collections and rounds being undertaken as part of the waste collection service when reasonably requested by the management team. "Reasonably" means within your abilities and which would not put you, colleagues or the public at risk within your contracted hours or otherwise agreed overtime for which suitable training has been provided, including but not limited to: * Litter picking * Collecting fly-tipping * General yard duties * Wheelie bin deliveries/collections

Ensure all paperwork/works tickets and electronic communications are completed and returned to the office daily for processing.

Comply with the Council's Equal Opportunities policy, Code of Conduct and other relevant policy, procedures and legislation.

Comply with the Council Data Protection Policies and the Data Protection Act and other relevant legislation. The Council's Safety Policy and other safety procedures and guidelines are deemed part of this job description.