Refuse Loader
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 25 Mehefin 2024 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £23,893 i £24,702 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 02 Gorffennaf 2024 |
| Lleoliad: | Benfleet, Essex , Essex, SS8 0QX |
| Cwmni: | Essex County Council |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | req17305_1719323763 |
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Refuse Loader
£23,893 - £24,702 per annum (subject to Job Evaluation)
Benfleet, Essex
Full Time, Permanent
Closing Date: Monday 8th July 2024
Essex County Council (ECC) are delighted to be supporting Castle Point Borough Council to recruit a Refuse Loader.
*Please note that this is a 37 hours per week contract working Monday-Friday, 07:00am-14:30pm*
Why Castle Point?Castle Point Borough Council is a statutory body responsible for employing nearly 350 staff, and delivering over 150 council services, both statutory and for the community's well-being and benefit. Castle Point Borough Council aims to provide high-quality and financially sustainable services while prioritising outstanding customer service, transparency in decision-making, and promoting local democracy. Additionally, the council seeks to transform, modernize, and improve its performance, as well as support and enable the communities within its jurisdiction to be strong, healthy, and thriving.
Our values: Trust, Respect, Improving and Learning, and Customer Focus
The Opportunity
To undertake, individually or as part of a team, duties connected with the collection of household and commercial refuse and recycling from a variety of locations (for example, houses, shops, schools). This could involve the use of a full range of refuse containers (for example household bins, plastic sacks, 'wheelie bins', paladin bins, boxes, caddies, etc).
Accountabilities
· To contribute to achieving the Council's corporate objectives and priorities.
· To contribute to achieving the Council's agenda for achieving continuous improvement in service delivery
· To collect all waste and recyclables from domestic and/or commercial premises in accordance with safe working methods and departmental policies and procedures.
· To act as a reversing assistant and assist the driver in the safe maneuvering of the vehicle on the round or at the disposal location.
· To deliver sacks, bins, containers, leaflets and other promotional material, etc as and when instructed to do so.
· To operate compaction and bin lifting equipment in a safe manner.
· To ensure that bin lifting and compaction equipment is secured correctly when the vehicle is in transit.
· To clear up spillages associated with waste and recycling presented for collection in accordance with departmental policies and procedures.
· To work flexibly to ensure that all waste management services operate effectively and efficiently assisting other crew members, teams and supervisors as instructed.
· To ensure that all relevant information relating to collections is recorded and reported as appropriate and issues and queries from residents/customers are dealt with in a courteous, responsible and impartial manner.
· To report defects to vehicles and equipment in accordance with departmental procedures.
· To assist in the washing of the refuse collection vehicle to which you are assigned, and to ensure that it is maintained inside and out, in a clean and tidy condition.
· To undertake such duties as are appropriate to your grade and hours of work as may reasonably be required of you by your line manager including;
o Missed collections and other service issues;
o Bulky collections;
o Assisted collections;
o Deliveries of containers, sacks, leaflets, etc
o Cleansing activities
o Yard duties
o Snow clearances
· To undertake training relevant to the job and service area as required.
· To adhere to existing working practices, methods, procedures, undertake relevant training and development activities and to respond positively to new and alternative systems of work
· To take reasonable care for your health and safety and have regard to other persons who may be affected by the performance of your duties, in accordance with the provisions of Health & Safety legislation, and Council Codes of Practice and Procedures.
· In the event of the service being temporarily suspended, for example due to adverse weather conditions, to undertake any other duties that may reasonably be required of you.
· To carry out any other reasonable duties and responsibilities within the overall function, commensurate with the grading and level of responsibilities of the post.
The Experience You Will Bring
· Dealing with members of the public in some capacity
· Experience of undertaking refuse and recycling collections or similar operation
· Experience of providing good customer service
Castle Point Borough Council is proud to be a disability confident Leader. We're committed to interview all disabled applicants if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. We're also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process.
Castle Point Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
If you have queries on this role or require anything further, please email Ashleigh.Ryan@essex.gov.uk or Curve.Resourcing@essex.gov.uk