Waste Collection Driver / Team Leader (Driving Class II LGV)

To be responsible for the management of day-to-day service provision in accordance with the council's requirements for waste services.

To drive all vehicles associated with the waste collection operation, to collect and deliver material to a predetermined site and be the team leader on the allocated round.

The safe operation of vehicles and undertaking the statutory vehicle checks.

The efficient and effective supervision of a close-knit team that are collecting and removing recyclable material and waste from across Tameside.

It is essential that you can work in all weather conditions, use basic tools e.g. brush and shovel, understand and carry out written and verbal instructions, be helpful, courteous and respectful to both customers and colleagues.

You will also be expected to undertake significant amounts of driving in an urban environment and also walking, lifting and manoeuvering of full and empty waste collection receptacles.

Do you have a clean LGV Class II licence to drive a Refuse Collection vehicle?

Do you have a digital tachograph card & a Driver Qualification Card (CPC)?

We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and well organised individual to join our refuse collection service as a driver team leader.

Being helpful, courteous and respectful to both customers and colleagues is also essential., Our employees' skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.

We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.