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Posting date: 27 June 2025
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £12.21p/h
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 27 July 2025
Location: Monmouthshire, Wales
Remote working: On-site only
Company: The Sunrise Recruitment Ltd
Job type: Temporary
Job reference: OR8485

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Summary

Your Responsibilities are:



To collect waste from households and businesses as determined by the Council�s recycling and waste strategy and collection schedules from a variety of receptacles/bins.

Recycling and waste collections include:



Food waste

Garden waste

Residual waste (Black bags)

Hygiene waste

Dry recycling e.g. paper, glass, cans

Trade waste



To deliver a high quality Service to the Public by ensuring:



That all collections are made on schedule

That the area is left in a clean and safe condition after collections have been completed

That receptacles are placed back where they are collected from in a tidy manner taking care not to block pavements, driveways etc

You are professional, polite and courteous to all members of the public during your work.

Assisted collections and extra allocation collections are carried out accurately



To monitor contamination in recycling collections (dry, food and garden waste) and undertake subsequent procedures.

To work with a positive attitude - constructively and effectively as part of a team.

To follow and comply with all Safe Working Practices, procedures and Health and Safety Policies.



Undertake any training that is required to undertake your role safely and effectively.



To report any incidents/concerns to your Area or Deputy Supervisor immediately.



To ensure that all relevant paperwork and documentation is completed accurately and in a timely manner as requested by your Supervisors.



To act as Relief HGV Driver/Team Leader if the need arises. Relevant experience and licence must be held in order to do this. (HGV Driver rate will be paid).



To work at other depots when operational necessity demands it. Where this occurs the service will do its best to provide transport. Alternatively, if you use your own vehicle the Council�s mileage rate can be claimed.



To undertake other duties if required, this could include: emptying litter bins, litter picking, town centre sweeping, safe removal of sharps (if sharps awareness accreditation has been undertaken).



To abide by the principles and practice of equality of opportunity as laid down in the Council's Equal Opportunities Policy.



To undertake other duties commensurate with the grade of post if the relevant training has been provided.





To occasionally work outside normal working hours:



MCC recycling and waste operate collections on bank holidays, therefore, with the exclusion of the 25th and 26th December and the 1st January, bank holidays are considered a �normal� working day and staff are required to work them. (Renumeration for working a bank holiday will be double time plus the accrual of a bank holiday leave day to be taken at an alternative time).

Weekends and evenings:- some weekend or evening working may be required. This could include being on a rota for cleaning town centres, waste collections from markets (please note these are examples and not a definitive list). These rotas will be available to everyone to indicate availability or willingness to work and are voluntary.

Responding to emergencies (including evenings, weekends and bank holidays):- staff will be expected to be able to assist the Council in its response to emergencies on instruction from management. This includes instances such as flooding (sandbagging), snow (town centre clearances), storms (tree removal).

NOTE- We do not provide sponsorship

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