Salary: £24,027 - £25,183 per annum
Grade: CD
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week
Location: Richmond and surrounding area's
Weekend Working: Yes
We are looking for a Refuse/Recycling Loader to join our depot in Richmond.
You will be covering a significant rural area with picturesque towns and villages.
No previous experience is required, and full training will be given.
The role requires working in small crews in your dedicated area of the county, you will be collecting residual waste, garden waste, food waste or recyclable materials from domestic properties.
You will have to be able to move bags, wheelie bins and recycling bins and boxes, and using a lifting mechanism to tip the waste into the lorry. Health and safety are also critical to ensure your team and residents are safe, including supporting your driver to help them navigate the streets of North Yorkshire safely.
The role is a hugely important one. You will be on the front-line of a key service in the newly formed North Yorkshire Council and therefore one of the faces for the new council. As required you need to be prepared to start early and weekend working may also be required.
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Collection and emptying of receptacles.
• Removing spillages, checking of service lists, and reporting instances outside of acceptable presentation.
• To support the driver in undertaking risk assessments.
• Assisting the driver, ensuring manoeuvres are completed safely and mitigate the risk to pedestrians and other road users.
• Responsible for the health and safety of self and colleagues, ensuring that all safe working practices are followed.
• You will also be trained in cleansing duties to meet operational needs.
Shifts are currently 4 days per week with a weekly rolling rest day, and may incorporate weekend work, in-line with service needs. Hours worked between 06:00 and 6pm.
This will be changing to 4 days a week, Tuesday to Friday from June 2025. This may incorporate weekend work, in-line with service needs.
For an informal chat please contact Harry Monteith 01748900957 or Julie Toombes 01748900956
Key Dates:
Closing date: 27 th January 2025
Key Documents:
Job Description
Total Rewards Brochure
NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.
We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
North Yorkshire Council (NYC) advertise vacancies on behalf of schools and external organisations (third parties) in North Yorkshire. NYC are not responsible for the recruitment/employment practices of third parties and accept no liability in relation to the vacancy and any subsequent recruitment/employment processes. Enquiries regarding the vacancy or practices should be made directly with the third party.
North Yorkshire Councils' purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other's contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.
North Yorkshire Council are committed to the health and safety of our employees and of others including the general public. It has a responsibility to ensure employees who hold a position that is deemed to be safety critical as it requires the performance of duties which are directly related to the safe operation or security of a facility, piece of equipment or vehicle, handling of chemicals or work at height or in confined spaces and which, if not performed properly, could result in a serious safety risk or environmental hazard to employees, a facility or the general public , do not attend work whilst under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Individuals offered employment with North Yorkshire Council will be subject to the Workplace Substance Misuse policy. For safety critical roles as detailed above, random alcohol and drug testing may take place during the course of employment.
Apply now