Driver Team Leader

Contract Type: Permanent

 

Salary: Grade E. Scale 11 - £25,979 to Scale 16 - £28,282

 

Hours: 36 hours per week 

 

Base Location: Tame Street Depot, Tame Street, Stalybridge, SK15 1ST

 

Closing Date: 6th May 2024

 

Assessment Date: To be arranged

 

The Role

Do you enjoy working outdoors? Do you lead by example and relish the opportunity to lead a valued crew that provides an essential service to our residents and businesses?

 

We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and well organised individual to join our refuse collection service as a Team Leader/Driver. 

 

Your responsibilities will include: 

 

• 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. 

 

In addition to the standard 36 hour working week you will also be required to work an extra 6.25 hours per week to carry out daily driver duties relating to tip runs, statutory vehicle safety checks, fueling, cleaning the cab, washing the vehicle and cleaning the back of the refuse vehicle for which you will receive an additional payment.

 

About You

 

You will possess a clean LGV II licence and ideally have a recorded history of CPC and experience of driving LGV in delivering waste collection duties. You will also be able to plan, adjust and deliver a workload in line with service delivery requirements. 

 

It is essential that you can work in all weather conditions, use basic tools e.g. brush and shovel, undertake written and verbal instructions, be helpful, courteous and respectful to both customers and colleagues. You will also be expected to undertake significant amounts of walking, lifting and manoeuvring of full and empty waste collection receptacles. Experience of supervising staff is desirable.

 

About Us

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. 

 

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. 

 

For any queries please contact the Supervisors on 0161 342 3341.

 

 Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here

 

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We have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please click here for more information on our guaranteed assessment scheme.

 

We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer.  Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria