Expression of Interest – Class 2 Driver | Waikato Region

Rubbish Direct Limited; Waikato; On-site; NZD 41,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Long service bonus

Profit sharing

Southern Cross health insurance after

Job summary

Rubbish Direct Limited in Waikato is seeking expressions of interest for Class 2 drivers to join our team. The role involves collecting recycling and rubbish, with early starts and daily physical activity, walking 10,000 steps per day as you load and unload bins from customers’ premises.

We value hard work, reliability, and a customer-first attitude. Expect early shifts from 4:00am to 5:00am, with weekend work required while keeping days off midweek.

Qualifications

• Must have the right to work in New Zealand.
• Class 2 truck licence required.
• Strong work ethic and reliable
• Able to perform physical tasks and manual handling.

Responsibilities

• Join our team delivering recycling and rubbish services in the Waikato region.
• Drive a Class 2 truck and perform bin collection, loading, and unloading.
• Walk and lift bins at customer sites, ensuring timely service.
• Work starts early (4am–5am) and includes weekend shifts, with 365 days year coverage.

Skills

Class 2 Licence

Physical fitness

Job description

Expression of Interest – Class 2 Driver | Waikato Region

Peace of mind with job security and a stable employer with family values.

If you have the right to work in New Zealand, a Class 2 truck licence, know what work ethic and values are, and believe that the harder you work the luckier you get then read on.

We are seeking expressions of interest for people who want to keep fit, or even people who want to get fit, to join our team collecting recycling and rubbish in the Waikato region.

So how does this work?

Working for Rubbish Direct, helping us deliver what our customers pay us for:

• Clean & Tidy Rubbish Rooms, On Time, Every Time.
• We don’t sit in a truck all day operating a side arm or a set of forks on top of the truck, we get out of the cab at each and every customer, we go and get their bins, bring them to the truck, empty them and then take them back.
• On drivers walk on average 10,000 steps per day, pulling full bins and returning empty ones, this amount of physical and aerobic activity will ensure your fitness level is tip top!

Still there? Still interested?

Are you an early bird? As they say the early bird gets the worm!

• Well, working for the Rubbish Direct team means you will be up before the birds and home before the school kids.
• We start early, between 4.00am and 5.00am and you will start and finish your day from our Waikato Depot.
• As our customers need us 365 days per year, we work 365 days per year, of course we do not expect you to work 7 days a week, but to start with you will need to be able to work weekends and have your days off during the week.
• We are on the search for the needles in the haystack. Those of us who were raised to respect others and those of us who believe that that the harder we work the luckier we get.

So who are we?

We are Rubbish Direct!

Rubbish Direct is a primarily Auckland based collector of rubbish and recycling that started out in 1999 with 1 truck, 1 person and 20 bins, we now have over 50 trucks, more than 100 staff and thousands of bins. We are now expanding our horizons to the Waikato Region. So the growth says it all, we are providing a service the market wants and we do it quite simply by putting our customer’s requirements at the centre of everything we do.

What do we stand for?

Our belief is that if you stand for nothing you will fall for anything.

Values help us make decisions, they are our moral compass if you like, our values are written to be understood in plain language and to be lived by everyone of us.

• Our customers depend on us, don’t let them down – they pay the wages.
• Do it properly or don’t do it at all – there is no traffic on the extra mile.
• Be safe – look after yourself and watch out for everyone else.
• We find solutions, not problems – attitude is everything.
• Everyone is in the marketing department.

As you can see, even I am in the marketing department

We are passionate about what we do, and we take pride in our work.

We believe our business is as good as our people, so we bend over backwards for our people, to us that looks like this:

• A $5,000 long service bonus every 5 years.
• An equal share in the profit pool for everyone who contributed for the year.
• Southern Cross healthcare after 6 months.
• Staff welfare scheme to help out with emergency expenses.

SHOW ME THE MONEY!

We like skin in the game, ours and yours, ours comes from the 3-5 weeks training we have to invest in you, yours comes from starting on $30.00 per hour and then once you have learnt your run and get the hang of it this will increase to $32.00 per hour. Currently our top drivers are on over $35.00 per day.