Salary: £33,036 - £36,071 per annum
Grade: H
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 40 hours per week
Weekend Working: Occasional
Location: Engine Shed Lane Depot, Skipton
Do you want a rewarding role that allows you to work outside in some of the most scenic places in the country? Do you want a role with the opportunity to develop a career pathway?
We have vacancies in Skipton for HGV Refuse Drivers.
The role
Based at our Skipton depot, the rounds cover miles of countryside, rural villages, and the relatively larger towns. You will be provided with routes on a weekly basis, where you will need to safely navigate your vehicle and crew through, ensuring that residents obtain the excellent and friendly service they expect.
Your role as our Refuse Driver is a hugely important one as you will be on the front-line of a key service. The role is one that can naturally lead onto further supervisor or operational management roles, or further development opportunities to move into another of our vast services. You will be working in a supportive environment with regular supervision and many staff benefits.
Roles and Responsibilities:
· Responsible for the safe operation of Large Goods Vehicles [LGV] up to 32t.
· Ensuring the vehicle is clean and in good working order.
· Day to day supervision of the collection team, ensuring that all safe working practices, including wearing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), and vehicles are implemented consistently.
· Following all guidance and instruction in the emptying of the vehicle at any transfer/disposal site.
· Undertaking dynamic risk assessments and liaison with line management on any issues arising.
· Ensuring all manoeuvres are completed safely and in line with instructions and training, including the use of reversing assistants.
· Comply with all required training as requested and ongoing responsibilities around vocational licences.
· Collection and emptying of receptacles, ensuring high levels of customer service – removing spillages, checking of service lists, and reporting instances outside of acceptable presentation – over-weight, contamination, damaged receptacle, lapsed contract etc.
· Ensuring all assisted/communal collections are completed and receptacles returned, where appropriate.
· To work as a team to ensure services are completed and responsive to external factors.
· To take responsibility for the correct reporting of accidents and act as the appointed person within the team for first aid.
· Takes ownership of customer issues and ensures that they are resolved.
· Supervision of the crew to ensure they operate safely and effectively on a day-to-day basis.
Working for us
In addition to your salary, we offer a range of great benefits to help you financially make life a bit easier. From our Local Government pension scheme, generous leave entitlements starting at 28 days increasing to 34 days after 5 years plus bank holidays, green car and cycle schemes, travel loans, shopping and gym discounts. You can find more information on the range of benefits we offer within our total rewards brochure.
Key Dates:
Closing date: 12th January 2025
Interview Date: 16th January 2025
Venue for Interview: Engine Shed Lane Depot, Skipton
Key Documents:
NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.
We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
North Yorkshire Council (NYC) advertise vacancies on behalf of schools and external organisations (third parties) in North Yorkshire. NYC are not responsible for the recruitment/employment practices of third parties and accept no liability in relation to the vacancy and any subsequent recruitment/employment processes. Enquiries regarding the vacancy or practices should be made directly with the third party.
North Yorkshire Councils’ purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other’s contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.
North Yorkshire Council are committed to the health and safety of our employees and of others including the general public. It has a responsibility to ensure employees who hold a position that is deemed to be safety critical as it requires the performance of duties which are directly related to the safe operation or security of a facility, piece of equipment or vehicle, handling of chemicals or work at height or in confined spaces and which, if not performed properly, could result in a serious safety risk or environmental hazard to employees, a facility or the general public , do not attend work whilst under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Individuals offered employment with North Yorkshire Council will be subject to the Workplace Substance Misuse policy. For safety critical roles as detailed above, random alcohol and drug testing may take place during the course of employment.