Driver Team Leader - Streets - Hartcliffe

Driver Team Leader – Streets – Hartcliffe

SALARY: £31,998.50 per annum

HOURS: 39 per week, Monday – Friday – 06:00-14:30

LOCATION: Hartcliffe, Bristol

Driver Team Leader

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 small mechanical sweeper or 3.5T van, carry out daily vehicle checks to ensure the vehicle is safe to operate, report all defects in line with Bristol Waste Company (BWC) policies and procedures, and ensure the condition of the vehicle is cleaned and maintained both inside and out.
• Manually sweep, push/pull a wheelie bin or barrel, empty litter bins, lift refuse sacks onto the van, litter pick and dig out weeds as required.
• Collect dilly sacks, cleanse shop fronts and empty litter bins in line with required schedules.
• Allocate 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 timescales.
• Complete route checks and grade work standards of the team.
• Report any conduct or performance issues relating to operatives to the Supervisor.
• Drive the safety culture within the organisation, contributing to a positive and safe working environment, directing and supporting the operatives to carry out their duties in line with BWC’s health and safety policy and procedures, and ensuring that equipment used is correct for the task, kept safe and maintained to a good standard.

Essential Requirements For The Role

• It is essential to have a full driving licence valid for use in the UK.
• Demonstrable ability to lead a team.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to lead and motivate the team and liaise effectively with the public and colleagues.
• Sound literacy skills to follow route maps and comply with driving and health and safety responsibilities.
• Ability to work independently and to use initiative, for example, in prioritising streets to be cleansed.
• Demonstrable technical knowledge of the vehicle and equipment to ensure its safe and proper use.

Our Benefits

• Depending on your role we provide an employer contribution of up to 5% into the company pension scheme.
• Generous annual leave package with 25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays.
• Support for mental health – we have a BUPA Employee Assistance Programme that provides support in a variety of areas such as mental health, financial and family related topics, and we also have Mental Health First Aiders across the business.
• Support 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 physiotherapist – all free for our colleagues.
• Because we value our colleagues so much, we want to recruit more employees just like them, which is why we have our employee referral scheme.
• Dedicated learning and development team – we take pride in developing our colleagues; examples include our In‑House Driver Development Programme and internal promotions. Many of our Senior Leadership Team have developed from operational roles, such as one of our Contract Managers who started as a Street Cleanser.
• Employee recognition awards and long‑service awards to celebrate our colleagues wherever they are on their journey with us. We recognise and celebrate talent.
• Flexible working – we recognise that everyone is different and strive to create an environment that supports all colleagues. We have introduced a hybrid working model where possible and actively encourage part‑time working, job sharing and flexibility on hours. If this interests you, please get in touch and we can start a conversation.

Full Job Description can be provided upon request.

Notes

• Due to a high number of applications, we’re unable to get back to everyone who may have applied but unfortunately didn’t get shortlisted. If you haven’t heard from us within 3 weeks of applying, please assume you have been unsuccessful, but we thank you very much for your interest in working for BWC and advise you to check our website for new vacancies.
• We reserve the right to close this role early should we receive sufficient applications.

To discuss this role, your application, or any reasonable adjustments please feel free to contact our People Services team on recruitment@bristolwastecompany.co.uk or by phone on 0117 440 6676.

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates.