Environmental Services Technician
| Posting date: | 11 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £12.38 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | per hour PAYE |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 May 2024 |
| Location: | WASHINGTON, NE37 1EQ |
| Company: | Triumph Consultants Ltd |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | Sunderland 2024 AGY 13 |
Summary
What's involved with this role:
Temporary Environmental Services Technician
Reference no: Sunderland 2024 AGY 13
Pay Rate: £12.38 per hour PAYE
37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 2-3 months
City: WASHINGTON
Various tasks for street cleansing including litter picking, emptying litter bins. Other tasks may include operating a range of grounds maintenance equipment including strimmer's, blowers, and other grounds maintenance equipment for general maintenance of public parks, cemeteries, playing fields, highways, footpaths, watering plants, developed and landscaped areas and similar open spaces. Must be able to work to deadlines. Working outdoors in all weather conditions. The job is physically demanding. Working on occasions, alone and on occasions as part of a team.
Key Responsibilities:
General maintenance of public parks, cemeteries, playing fields, highways, footpaths, developed and landscaped areas and similar open spaces.
Undertake grass cutting and horticultural maintenance, clearing leaves and litter, emptying litter and dog waste bins, erection and dismantling of sports and other equipment, cleaning of public areas and buildings, pavilions, changing rooms and toilets, clearing debris from road traffic accidents and assisting other colleagues in their work.
Report and record customer requests/enquiries, where appropriate, using information technology, health and safety issues, anti-social behaviour and to report/record evidence of problems affecting the quality of the local environment such as for example litter, abandoned vehicles, graffiti, safe removal of sharps and drug related paraphernalia, dog fouling, fly-posting and fly-tipping.
Carry out authorised repairs to machinery, equipment and tyres. Identify any defects and undertake repairs if possible and to report where appropriate.
Assist the Council in fulfilling its emergency duties for examples, snow and ice clearing, gritting of pedestrian areas and footpaths, clearance of spillages.
Provide advice and guidance to new team members and apprentices where required.
Undertake key holder responsibilities as and when required.Work outdoors in all weather conditions. The job is physically demanding.
Work flexibly, covering and supporting the service in line with the needs of the Council.
May be required to work on weekends and Bank/Public holidays, as well as between Christmas and New Year.
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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
**Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the job role to help support your application (and help us to help you!) – please give full details within your CV document.
Knowledge:
Knowledge of and adherence to correct manual handling techniques and thereby able to identify and undertake the most appropriate lifting and handling techniques for any task.
An awareness of Health & Safety responsibilities associated with the service.
Experience:
Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
Skills & Abilities:
Able to communicate effectively using a variety of methods to obtain information.
Able to provide excellent customer service by being able to delight customers and deliver high quality tailored services to meet their needs and exceed expectations.
Able to work effectively within a busy team environment, or independently.
Able to cope well with a higher level of workload.
Able to adapt to changes in colleagues, settings and working environment.
Able to take a balanced approach to both a varied and repetitious workload.
Ability to work outside normal working hours to meet the needs of the service.
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Job Ref: Sunderland 2024 AGY 13
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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