Waste Collection LGV Driver

CMD Recruitment; Trowbridge; On-site; GBP 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency in Trowbridge is seeking a permanent Waste Collection LGV Driver to join the team at Hills Municipal Collections Ltd. The role involves driving vehicles for waste collection, ensuring safety checks, and dealing with the public. Ideal candidates will have a clean Class 2 licence, be physically fit, and possess good communication skills. A competitive salary of £29,603.81 plus benefits like health care and holiday trading options are offered.

Benefits

Health care maintenance cash plan

Employee assistance programme

Cycle to work scheme

Pension with employer contribution

21 days holiday per annum

Overtime pay enhancements

Qualifications

• Experience within waste transport or recycling operations is advantageous.
• Candidates must be physically fit to carry out manual handling activities.
• Driving assessment forms part of the recruitment process.

Responsibilities

• Drive Recycling Vehicles for collection of waste.
• Conduct associated vehicle safety checks.
• Ensure all collections are made in line with SLA's.
• Assist loaders in waste removal.
• Deal with customers and the public.
• Use Bartec to record all collections in real-time.

Skills

Clean Class 2 licence

CPC

Tacho

Team player

Basic administration skills

Job description

Waste Collection LGV Driver

£29.603.81

Trowbridge

Permanent

Are you looking for your next driving role? Are you physically fit and an effective team player?

If so, we want to hear from you!

CMD Recruitment are delighted to be working in partnership with Hills Municipal Collections Ltd (HMC) with the recruitment of permanent Waste Collection LGV Drivers to join their collection team based in Trowbridge.

You will join HMC on a full time, permanent basis and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £29.603.81 per annum alongside a great range of benefits, including :

• Health care maintenance cash plan
• Employee assistance programme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Pension at 4% employer contribution, minimum 4% employee contribution with 1 x life assurance
• 21 days holiday per annum increasing annually to 28 with a holiday trading option
• Overtime rates of pay in addition to the basic salary.

Your key responsibilities will include :

• Drive the Recycling Vehicles for the collection of recyclable and domestic waste
• Responsible for the associated vehicle safety checks, operation, and crew
• Working on a two-week round rotation, ensuring all kerbside collections are made in line with the companies SLA's
• To assist loaders in the removal of waste or recyclate, where and when appropriate
• Dealing with customers and the public at large
• Using Bartec to record all collections real time (Training provided)

Full PPE, training, and a health and safety induction will be provided.

Basic hours are Monday to Thursday 06 : 45 to 15 : 15 and Friday 06 : 45 to 14 : 45

There will also be a requirement to work Bank Holidays and up to 8 Saturdays per year, overtime enhancements will apply.

What we're looking for

The successful candidates will ideally have a clean Class 2 licence, CPC and Tacho and relevant experience, be a conscientious hard-working team player with good communication and basic administration skills. Experience within waste transport or recycling operations would be a distinct advantage, and a driving assessment forms part of the recruitment process. Candidates must be physically fit to carry out manual handling activities.

About Hills

Across Wiltshire and surrounding counties, The Hills Group of companies manages and recycles waste, produces essential construction materials through quarrying and ready mixed concrete, and builds award‑winning homes in sought after locations.

Established in 1900 and family‑owned, The Hills Group has evolved over the past four generations into a multi‑million pound business, harnessing the latest technologies, pioneering major infrastructure projects, and employing over 600 people.

Whether extracting minerals, managing and recycling waste or building new homes, the same qualities of energy, enterprise, affability and confidence with which Hills was founded, still characterise the Hills business today.

CMD in partnership with The Hills Group is committed to monitoring and maintaining equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community