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Established in 1980, the WasteCare Group now employs over 500 people based at 9 regional service centres and 8 recycling facilities throughout the UK. We collect and recycle over 200,000 tonnes of hazardous and difficult waste, on behalf of over 20,000 organisations, annually throughout the UK. The Group currently has a turnover of over £65m pa, returning over £21m pa to customers for recovered value.Â
Our growth and success are due to our commitment to providing our clients with a first-class service combined with the highest environmental standards. As a private company, we are continually investing in innovative technology and sustainable growth. This has enabled us to combine a deep understanding of our clients’ requirements with a uniquely flexible service that can be readily tailored to any organisational requirement, within an evolving market and ever-changing regulation. The waste industry is highly regulated and complex, we set our standards higher than those mandated by legislation and embrace technology to improve service levels to our customers. We pride ourselves on transparency and simplicity and being fair to our customers.
This is an opportunity with long term great personal development opportunities, we invest heavily in training and personal development as we want you to get to grips our approach to waste management and to help push us further to constantly improve. We are a large business with a small business ethos, the role needs to embrace and support our values both to customers as well as our colleagues.
THE ROLE – KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
As a Class 1 HGV driver you’ll be working on average 48 hours per week with varying day start times depending on the route.Â
- The work will consist of a mixture of inter depot trunking and customer collection and deliveries.
- You will be required to carry out some manual handling / loading of these products.
- You must provide great customer service as you will be customer facing when carrying out these deliveries.
- You will also be responsible for maintaining the cleanliness of the interior and exterior of the vehicle
- The role will require you to work independently and unsupervised managing your routing to ensure planned collections are achieved whilst showing effective communication with the transport team.
- You will be expected to conduct daily safety checks on the vehicle and the equipment whilst following health and safety guidelines.
ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS
- Full UK driving licence (with C+E entitlement) with 2 years relevant experience.
- Valid driver CPC qualification
- Valid driver tachograph card
- No More than 6 points for MINOR offences (No DD, DR or IN endorsements)
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
NICE TO HAVES
- A valid ADR qualification
- A sense of humour
- Ability to work under pressure
- Good organisation skills
PERSONALITY TYPE
- PASSIONATE – We’ are the best & most forward thinking waste management company because we care about our colleagues and our customers. You’ll be passionate about delivering an exceptional service.
- CHALLENGING – We are always looking to improve and find the best way
- DETERMINED – Things aren’t always easy, and change is hard, but we need to keep evolving. You will want to see things through to completion, even when the going gets tough.
- GROUNDED – We’re down to earth and straight talking, this isn’t a glamourous industry, but it is fascinating and you will need to be comfortable dealing with a wide range of personalities.
- INTELLIGENT – Our business is complicated, and you’ll need to be able to pick things up quickly, even when they’re new concepts.
WE OFFER
- Generous holiday allowance (30 days including Bank Holidays)Â
- Death in service benefit – 2 x your annual salary (after qualifying period)
- Contributory pension scheme Discounts on our refurbished IT and domestic appliances
- London weighting (if applicable)
