Waste Collection LGV Driver

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

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking an LGV Driver for waste collection in the United Kingdom. The role involves driving recycling vehicles, ensuring safety checks, and assisting in waste removal. Candidates should have a clean Class 2 licence, CPC and Tacho card, and demonstrate good teamwork and communication skills. Key benefits include a healthcare plan, pension contributions, and overtime pay. This is a permanent position with competitive salary and potential for career growth.

Benefits

Health care maintenance cash plan

Employee assistance programme

Cycle to work scheme

Pension at 4% employer contribution

21 days holiday per annum, increasing annually to 28

Qualifications

• Ideally have a clean Class 2 licence and relevant experience.
• Must hold CPC and Tacho card.
• Conscientious hard-working team player.

Responsibilities

• Drive Recycling Vehicles for collection of recyclable and domestic waste.
• Perform associated vehicle safety checks.
• Ensure all kerbside collections are made in line with the companies SLA's.

Skills

Clean Class 2 licence

CPC

Tacho card

Communication skills

Basic administration skills

Physical fitness

Job description

Waste Collection LGV Driver

£29,603.81 per annum
Location: Calne
Employment: Permanent

Benefits

• 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

Key Responsibilities

• 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
• Assist loaders in the removal of waste or recyclate, where and when appropriate
• Deal with customers and the public at large
• Use Bartec to record all collections in real time (Training provided)
• Full PPE, training, and a health and safety induction will be provided
• Work basic hours Monday to Thursday 06:45 to 15:15 and Friday 06:45 to 14:45
• 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 card, and relevant experience. They should 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.

Equal Opportunities

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