Details:
- Salary: £34,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Hounslow
- Date: 2 hours ago
Description:
Recycling Collections Driver and Operative
Location: Southall Lane Depot, UB2 5AG
Hours of work: Monday to Friday & occasional Saturdays hours between 6:30am-3:30pm (40 Hours per week)
Salary: £36,400 inclusive or current market supplement (Permanent Contract)
About Lampton Recycle
Lampton Recycle is part of Lampton Group and was established to provide, cost-effective and efficient, high-quality recycling and waste collection services for its customers. We successfully deliver waste and recycling collection services to 106,000 households across the London Borough of Hounslow. The service we deliver helps reduce the carbon impact of the company’s business activities, with this being achieved through investment in a modern, fuel-efficient fleet.
About the Role
As a Recycling Collections Driver and Operative you will work as part of a small team and will be pivotal in the roadside collection of waste and recycling across the Borough of Hounslow. You will be collecting a variety of waste streams including dry recyclables, refuse, garden waste and food waste from residents and businesses. The recycle team take great pride in the work they do, taking full responsible for their allocated waste collection vehicle whilst ensuring that materials are carefully loaded into vehicles.
You will also:
Be responsible for driving our waste collection vehicle
Ensure that all allocated works are completed within the planned timescales and that all non-collections are reported using the in-cab system.
Carefully load material into vehicles clearing all spillages made during operations.
Return all containers neatly to the curtilage of the property.
To assist the driver when manoeuvring the vehicle to ensure safety of your team and the public.
About You
We are looking for someone who puts the customer at the forefront of everything they do. You will enjoy working outdoors in all weather, be flexible to changing tasks and previous experience working in manual handling roles. You will be a team player, able to communicate clearly and have a passion for providing excellent customer service. You will participate with energy as a member of the Lampton Recycle team, working collaboratively with peers and to support the development and growth of Lampton Services as a whole.
Education and Qualifications Required:
A current HGV2 driving licence
Driver Qualification CPC Card.
In return Lampton Group will offer you
Free parking at all Leisure Centre Sites
22 days holiday allowance, plus bank holidays
Free gym membership
- discounts and offers from top brands and services
Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave
Pension Scheme
Refer a Friend Scheme offering up £250 for each new employee referred
Staff wellbeing services, including access to online GP, occupational health and EAP
Flu Jabs
Eye care vouchers and support towards glasses
Cycle to work scheme
Electric Car salary sacrifice scheme Due to the needs of the business and the department, we may interview suitable candidates before the closing date. This job may also close early if a large number of applications are received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid missing your chance to apply.
About Lampton Group
The Lampton Group of companies (the “Group”) was established by the London Borough of Hounslow (the "Council") in 2012 in order to fulfil two main objectives: to deliver social value services on a local level; and to be commercial; fostering an entrepreneurial spirit and promoting growth. The Group has a social heart with a commercial head and delivers outstanding services across the Borough of Hounslow.
We are made up of five distinct business areas:
Services - delivering first class repairs, maintenance, and facilities management to Council and Lampton Group owned residential housing.
Recycle - delivering domestic refuse and commercial waste collection as well as recycling services.
Greenspace - delivering horticulture and conservation services, and parks maintenance.
Leisure – delivering six leisure and sports centres, with facilities offering everything from state-of-the-art gyms, multiple swimming pools, tennis courts, soft play, a running track and more.
Homes – delivering up to 1500 new build homes over the next 5 years by re-developing local authority land into residential and mixed-use projects.
Our companies represent a bold, new and ambitious approach by a London Borough. Underpinning everything we do are our CORE values: Customer First. One Team. Respectful. Energised.
Diversity, equity and inclusion are at the heart of what we value as an organisation. Lampton Group is an equal opportunities employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability or any other status protected by law. Our recruitment team are happy to support with any reasonable adjustments that are needed within the recruitment process