Refuse & Recycling Loader — Join Wales’ Leading Team

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

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.