Driver Team Leader - Streets (FTC Leafing Season) Days Road

Overview

SALARY: £31,998.50 Per AnnumHOURS: 39 per week, Monday - Friday 06:00 - 14:30 (13:30 finish on Fridays)LOCATION: Days RoadDriver Team Leader - Fixed Term contract from 01/10/2025 until 31/12/2025About Bristol Waste Company : What we do is important - we''re here to keep Bristol, and beyond, clean, and safe. We do this for our city''s residents, workers, visitors, and businesses. Our work helps deliver Bristol''s sustainability targets in partnership with the council. Bristol Waste''s commercial operation, where we serve businesses and organisations across the region, is also growing. Our ambition is to provide good quality, value for money services, and we continue to deliver a social value impact worth more than £30 million every year. We want people who share our values and want to work with us to drive our business forward.Purpose of the role : Your role will be to drive, and cleanse allocated routes within Bristol and lead a team of street cleansing operatives, ensuring compliance with all aspects of health and safety.

Key Responsibilities

Drive a 3.5 T vehicle, carry out daily vehicle checks to ensure the vehicle is safe to operate, report defects in line with Bristol Waste Company (BWC) policies and procedures and ensure the vehicle is cleaned and maintained both inside and outManually sweep, push/pull a wheelie bin or barrel, empty litter bins, lift refuse sacks onto van and litter pick, and dig out weeds as requiredCollect dilly sacks, cleanse shop fronts and empty litter bins in line with required schedulesAllocate and monitor all tasks, prioritise cleansing of individual streets where necessary, proactively identify areas requiring attention and direct the team to ensure completion of routes to agreed standards and within required timescalesComplete route checks and grade work standards of teamReport any conduct or performance issues relating to operatives to the SupervisorDrive the safety culture within the organisation, contributing to a positive and safe working environment, directing, and supporting the operatives to carry out the job function in line with BWC''s health and safety policy and procedures and ensure equipment used is correct for the task, kept safe and maintained to a good standard

Requirements for this role

3.5 tonne licenceDemonstrable ability in leading a teamExcellent communication and interpersonal skills to lead and motivate the team and liaise effectively with the public and colleaguesSound literacy skills to follow route maps and to comply with driving and health and safety responsibilitiesAbility to work independently and to use initiative for example, in prioritising streets to be cleansedDemonstrable technical knowledge of the vehicle and equipment to ensure its safe and proper useUK Driving licence which the post holder must present when requested; the post holder must report any issues that affect driving or driving hours to the Team Supervisor

Full Job Description can be provided upon request

Benefits

Annual leave package of 6 daysEmployer contribution of 5% into the company pension schemeSupport for Mental Health, including a BUPA Employee Assistance Programme that provides support covering Mental Health, Financial and Family related topicsWe also have Mental Health First Aiders across the businessSupport for your Physical Health with our BUPA Health Cash Plan (we cover the cost of coverage for you), Cycle to Work scheme and an onsite PhysiotherapistAll are free for our colleaguesEmployee referral schemeDedicated learning and development team with examples including our In-House Driver Development Programme and internal ..... full job details .....