Team Leader

Veolia Group; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20 days holiday

Pension scheme

Retail discounts

Health resources

Volunteer day

Training and development

Financial wellbeing support

Job summary

Veolia Group in London seeks a Street Cleansing Team Leader to supervise daily operations, coordinate vehicle checks and task allocation, and ensure all paperwork is properly completed. The role requires a valid driving licence and experience in transport management or related IT knowledge, with a preference for waste management exposure.

You will oversee staff, monitor performance, and support the Service Delivery Manager while ensuring health and safety standards across street cleansing

Qualifications

• Supervisory/management experience required.
• Driving licence required and transport management knowledge or equivalent.
• Good IT knowledge and leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Service Delivery Manager to ensure daily vehicle checks and asset paperwork are completed.
• Distribute tasks with worksheets, round sheets and maps and explain them clearly to staff.
• Ensure tools/equipment are available and in good working order.
• Investigate any accidents involving staff, vehicles or equipment and document findings.
• Undertake daily contract monitoring surveys and help generate reports.
• Ensure vehicles and plant are cleansed weekly or per cleansing schedule.
• Sign off daily work, collect routes/maps/worksheets, and provide cover for the Manager when needed.
• Provide cover for the Manager when required.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Driving licence

Transport management

IT knowledge

Leadership experience

Job description

Street Cleansing Team Leader - Driving License required

Grade: Ops Pay: £18.62 an hour plus Veolia benefits

Hours: Full time, 40 hours per week, 6:00 - 14:30

Required to work x2 weekend a month (Saturday rate 1.5x and Sunday 2x rate)

Location: Westminster, SW1 1DW (not office based within Westminster, you will be within the heart of London)

What we can offer you:

• 20 days of annual leave
• Access to our company pension scheme
• Discounts on everything from groceries to well known retailers
• Access to a range of resources to support your physical, mental and financial health; so you can lean on us whenever you need to
• One paid days leave every year to volunteer and support in the community
• Ongoing training and development opportunities, allowing you to reach your full potential
• Stream - Employee financial wellbeing support: early access to your earned pay, savings, budgeting, financial coaching & rewards

What you'll be doing:

• Assist the Service Delivery Manager to ensure that the daily checking of vehicles and any other assets are completed at the commencement and during each shift and that the appropriate forms/E-documents are correctly completed.
• Ensure all staff are given the appropriate worksheet, round/beat sheet and map relating to their specific daily tasks with any amendments or variations and that they fully understand these tasks.
• Ensure all staff have the correct level of tools and equipment in a serviceable condition to carry out their duties.
• Ensure that any accident involving any employee, vehicle or equipment is fully investigated and that all documentation is produced and presented to your Manager.
• Undertake daily contract monitoring surveys and assist with generating associated reports as necessary.
• Assist the Manager in ensuring that all vehicles, items of plant and equipment are cleansed at least weekly or as shown in the cleansing schedule.
• On completion of daily work, ensure that the workforce has been correctly signed off, all routes, maps, worksheets and log sheets are returned and duly completed and signed.
• Provide cover for the Manager as and when necessary.

What we're looking for:

• Essential: Supervisory/management experience required.
• Driving Licence Experience and understanding of Transport management or similar Good It knowledge/skills leadership experience
• Desired: Previous waste management experience
• Previous experience within a similar role would be advantageous.

As a proud Disability Confident Employer, we will offer an interview to applicants with a disability or long-term condition who opt-in to the Disability Confident scheme, and meet the minimum criteria for our roles.

We're also committed to ensuring that all applicants and colleagues receive fair treatment without discrimination on any grounds, aiming to create a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

We’re proud to have been named as one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work for three consecutive years in 2023, 2024 and 2025. This consistent recognition reflects our commitment to our people, demonstrating that Veolia is not just transforming the environment, we're also transforming what it means to have a rewarding, purposeful career.

We're dedicated to supporting you throughout your application journey, offering adjustments where reasonable and appropriate.

Ready to see the world as we do? Who is Veolia? Where other people see waste, our community here at Veolia see opportunity. We’re determined to push for ecological transformation through waste, water and energy, and are committed to getting the tough jobs done. And most importantly, we see the potential of every member of our team, and are giving them the chance to realise it with us. Whether it’s their potential, their commitment or their impact, we see it all. And with our values being community spirit, responsibility, innovation, customer focus and respect they keep us focused on those who matter – all 14,000+ of our employees, our customers and our communities too.