Waste Collection Operative

Do you enjoy working outdoors? Do you want a physical challenge and relish the opportunity of working as a Waste Collection Operative with a close knit team that provides an essential service to our residents and businesses, undertaking the collection and removal of recyclable material and waste? If so we would like to hear from you.

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

The right individual will be alert to hazards and able to meet high productivity levels. You will also be expected to undertake significant amounts of walking, lifting and manoeuvring of full and empty waste collection receptacles., 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.