Refuse & Recycling Loader

Serco Group Plc; Stowmarket; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading environmental services provider in Stowmarket seeks a Refuse & Recycling Loader to support the collection of waste and recycling. This role requires physical fitness and a strong team spirit. You will engage with local residents, ensuring cleanliness and safety in the community while providing excellent customer service. Opportunities for training and development are also available.

Benefits

Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme

Training and development opportunities

24/7 Employee Assistance Programme

Discounts at around 1,000 retailers

Paid volunteering day each year

Responsibilities

• Collect waste and recycling from residential homes and commercial properties.
• Be the public face of Serco's Environmental Services team in the community.
• Keep the area beautiful, safe, and clean.

Skills

Hard working

Physically fit and healthy

Enthusiastic

Team player

Punctual

Job description

As a Refuse & Recycling 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.

Responsibilities

• You will set off on a pre‑planned route with the driver you are working with 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.
• A responsibility to keep the area remaining beautiful, safe and a clean place to live and work, a responsibility we take great pride in.

Qualifications and skills

• Hard working
• Physically fit and healthy due to the nature of the business
• Hold plenty of enthusiasm and a big smile
• Be willing to go the extra mile whilst on your rounds to enable your team to hit their targets.
• Team player
• Punctual

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.

Benefits

• 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.
• 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.

Disability Confident

Serco is a Disability Confident employer and will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. In certain recruitment situations such as high‑volume, seasonal and high‑peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non‑disabled people. For more details see relevant policies (link removed).