Driver (HGV) - Grade E

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	23 Medi 2025
Cyflog:	£15.08 yr awr
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	23 Hydref 2025
Lleoliad:	Plymouth, South West England
Gweithio o bell:	Ar y safle yn unig
Cwmni:	Nations Recruitment
Math o swydd:	Cytundeb
Cyfeirnod swydd:

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Job Category : Driving
Location : Chelson Meadow, Plymouth City Council
Hours Per Week :37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 06:00
End Time : 14:30
Salary: £15.08
we require an experienced driver with good local knowledge of Plymouth. Must be fit and able to move heavy bins.

Primary purposeof role

To deliver a quality service, ensuring safe, efficient and effective waste collection
and transportation operations contributing to a greener, cleaner city. Operating
a range of vehicles up to HGV Class 1 and 2 waste vehicles, up to 3.5 tonnes.
Maintaining compliant drivers Certificate of Professional Competence and digital
Tachograph card. Responsible for the Operator (O) licence requirements
including relevant driving regulations and working time rules. Responsibility for
collection crew health, safety and welfare where appropriate, productivity and
quality of work. Responsibility for customer service and upholding the
reputation of Plymouth City Council through the delivery of a frontline critical
service.


Key
Accountabilities and key measures

Role outcomes
 Driving for efficiency to various
sites across the city collecting
waste streams and ensuring correct
disposal in line with environmental
legislation and to ensure Plymouth
is making best use of its waste and
resources
 Ensuring health, safety and welfare
of staff and the public during
driving, collection and tipping
operations.
 Undertaking legally required vehicle
checks and safe operation of
specialist equipment and vehicles
 Adhering to PCC controlled site
and other controlled site safe
working practices such as in refuse
transfer stations

Key activities 

Driving and operating specialised equipment and HGV in line with training
and/or licencing in a public environment and on permitted sites. Driving must
be courteous and strictly in accordance with the law and any site
requirements. This will often require manoeuvring vehicles in a confined or
restricted space ensuring the safety of all persons. (55%)

 Undertaking collection of all waste streams in accordance with relevant
legislation and working within defined schedules, procedures, policies and
safe systems of work. Decision making required for unplanned events and
problem solving to avoid disruption to service with access to a manager as
required (10%)

 Taking charge of allocated vehicle and ensuring daily start/end shift
roadworthy checks and defect reporting as well as regular cleansing inside
the cab and externally such as the well. (10%)


Essential
qualifications/
knowledge
 Functional skills in English and Maths level 2 or equivalent
 Full driving license including HGV Category C Driving Licence
 Current Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC)
 Valid digital tachograph
 Knowledge of Health and Safety in an operational environment.
 Understanding of customer standards in a public service
 WAMITAB level 2 Certification of Sustainable Waste Management Operative
(or working towards)
 IOSH Working Safely (or working towards)
 Knowledge of Health and Safety regulations including Lifting Operation
Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER) (or working towards)
Desirable
qualifications/
knowledge
 Knowledge of environmental permitting regulations
 Knowledge of waste classification
 Knowledge of waste collection and or disposal operations
 Detailed knowledge of Plymouth area
 First Aid training
Essential
experience
 Demonstrable experience of HGV Category C/C+EDriving (specialist
operational vehicles)
 Experience working in a front line customer facing role delivering high
standards of customer care
 Experience of working in a team
 Experience of safe systems of work and health and safety in an operational
environment
Desirable
experience
 Experience of refuse driving
 Experience of working in waste collection and/or disposal operations
 Experience of supervising colleagues
Essential skills  HGV vehicles, including rear steer, in confined areas involving long periods
of concentration especially in adverse weather conditions.
 Ability to work unsupervised ,problem solving skills and use own initiative
for unplanned events, impacting service delivery
 Considerable hand/eye/limb coordination with lengthy periods of mental
concentration to operate the vehicle and work with a collection team in all
conditions, meet deadlines, service expectations and deal with conflicting
demands.
 Physical skills required to lift, pull, and push container bins at periodic times
of the day.