Refuse Loader - Brighton

Guidant Global; Brighton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A waste collection agency in Brighton is seeking a Refuse Loader to join its team for full-time work. The role involves collecting refuse and recycling, ensuring compliance with safety protocols, and contributing to customer satisfaction. Applicants must be physically fit to cover a route on foot and adhere to strict guidelines while assisting the driver. Early start times require reliable transport arrangements. The position offers £13.26 per hour on a temporary basis.

Qualifications

• Must be physically fit to cover 10-20 miles walked per day.
• Ability to follow management instructions and safety protocols.
• Good communication skills to interact with the public.

Responsibilities

• Collect refuse and recycling as part of a team.
• Report service issues or potential failures to managers.
• Ensure all safety equipment is used as required.

Skills

Physical fitness

Customer service

Teamwork

Job description

Start date: ASAP

Job Title: Refuse Loader

Job type: Temporary

Location: City Clean Hollingdean Depot, Upper Hollingdean Road, Brighton BN1 7GA

Hours: Full time

Pay: £13.26 per hour

Start times: 06.00 or 07.00 starts. The start times are too early for public transport.

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.

Must be physically fit to cover the 10-20 miles walked per day around the route and to move the bins from the roadside to the hopper for emptying.

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.

You must be able to get to the site for the early start times when public transport is not always available that early.

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.