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Job Title: Recycling Service Operative (Collection Driver)
Location: Glasgow
Salary: £24,960 to £27,538 per annum + £1,000 signing on bonus + incentives (OTE circa £30k)
Job Type: Full time, Permanent
Working Hours: 40 hours per week, Mon-Fri (occasional weekend overtime shifts required)
Benefits:
- Weekly bonus on top of salary
- 32 days holiday per plus 3 public holidays (2 x Christmas and 1 x New year)
- Salary progression through performance appraisal
- HGV qualification opportunity
- 8% employer pension contribution
- Annual profit-share
The Role:
You will be provided with a van and will be responsible for completing collections for customers within the city centre. This is a customer facing role and you will get to know their locations and the best times to complete collections. You will have to enter the customers office, hotel, restaurant etc and bring the recycling (cardboard, bagged waste etc) out to your vehicle. This is a challenging but rewarding role for an active, adaptable person who enjoys being outside and driving in the city.
For those who want to progress, we offer opportunities for the right candidates to work towards and to complete their HGV qualification.
About you:
- Multi Drop / Van Driving experience beneficial but not essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Personable yet professional
- Methodical approach to problem solving
Please note that candidates will be required to commute to Queenslie Industrial Estate daily.
Here is what our current drivers say:
"The company has paid for my HGV qualification. My salary has increased and I feel I’ve progressed in my job".
"I enjoy the early starts, the relative freedom of being out on my own and collecting recycling from our city centre customers".
Please click APPLY to submit your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with experience of; Driver, Delivery Driver, Courier, Multi Drop Drivers, Van Driving, Truck Driver may also be considered for this role.
