Waste Collection Operative

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: Grade C. Scale 5 - £23,500 to Scale 6 - £23,893

Hours: 36 hours per week

Base Location: Tame Street Depot Tame Street, Stalybridge, SK15 1ST

Closing Date: Wednesday, 27th March 2024

Assessment Date: To be arranged

Do you enjoy working outdoors? Do you want a physical challenge and relish the opportunity of working as a Waste Collection Operative with a close knit team that provides an essential service to our residents and businesses, undertaking the collection and removal of recyclable material and waste? If so, we would like to hear from you!

Working hours are Monday to Friday including bank holidays (excluding Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day).

It is essential that you can work in all weather conditions, use basic tools e.g. brush and shovel, undertake written and verbal instructions, and be helpful, courteous and respectful to both customers and colleagues.

The right individual will be alert to hazards and able to meet high productivity levels. You will also be expected to undertake significant amounts of walking, lifting and manoeuvring of full and empty Waste Collection receptacles.

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.

We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.

Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.

For any queries please contact Chris Thomas on 0161 342 3341.

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