SALARY: £35,031.49 per annum (pay award pending)
HOURS: 39 per week, Monday-Friday – 05:00 – 13:18
LOCATION: Avonmouth, Bristol
Commercial driver Loader
About 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 £20 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:
If you are looking for a driving role with Monday to Friday family friendly daytime hours, on standard 8-hour shifts and local routes, then this would be a great opportunity for you.
We are looking for drivers that share our ambitious vision and values to make Bristol a cleaner and greener place to live and work. Our teams love providing an excellent service for their communities.
As a Commercial Driver/Loader you will be driving the company vehicle safely, load, transport and unload waste and recycling materials according to the agreed customer requirements, Bristol Waste Company procedure and all external legal requirements.
Key Responsibilities:
- To drive / operate vehicles and equipment in accordance with company safety procedures and legal requirements and as required by the company in accordance with the valid licence, experience and training for that vehicle / equipment
- Responsible to ensure route completion and tasks are completed to Bristol Waste Company’s, required standards
- Tipping of vehicle at designated and approved refuse facility and to load and unload waste materials in accordance with Bristol Waste Company’s policy, procedures, training and legal requirements, complying with all health and safety requirements
- To use mobile IT equipment and to complete daily paperwork as appropriate
- Undertake any training / instruction required to carry out these duties and or deemed necessary to fulfil the role
- Maintain the cleanliness and appearance of vehicles and equipment to a high standard, including daily vehicle checks on any vehicle driven
- To deal with colleagues, customers and other non – Bristol Waste Company personnel in a polite, responsible and professional manner
- To remain in contact with Supervisor and office staff and be responsive to operational needs and to aid Commercial growth through close relationships with sales staff and reporting back any opportunities for growth
- To work flexibly between location, including Avonmouth, Albert Road Depot and Hartcliffe, to provide operational cover across the services of Commercial, Street Cleansing, Garden Waste, Refuse and Recycling and to carry out all other tasks deemed reasonable
- To comply with all Bristol Waste Company reporting procedures
- To be flexible and open to a reasonable amount of overtime when required, to meet the needs of the business.
Essential Requirements for the Role:
- Must hold a Class 2 licence, CPC and Digital Drivers Card
- Experience or ability to undertake regular vehicle checks including oil, water and battery levels
- Experience or ability to demonstrate suitability for physical work involving pushing/pulling waste bins and lifting recycling boxes up to 25kg
- The ability to understand and complete daily defect sheets
- Good verbal communication and interpersonal skills
- The ability to work independently and to use own initiative
- The ability to work well within a small team
- The ability to use IT systems
Please note: Successful candidates will be required to attend our 5 day Driver Induction programme, This is delivered over Wednesday to Friday (08:00–16:00) and includes mandatory paperwork, a collections induction, classroom‑based learning, practical driver training, and driving assessments. On Friday, our Driving Assessors will formally review your performance and determine whether you are safe to operate on rounds, with relevant supervisors notified accordingly. You will then complete two monitored operational shifts on Monday and Tuesday (06:00–14:15), working on rounds with a Driving Assessor, during which daily performance reviews are conducted. Based on this assessment period, if you meet the driving criteria required, you will be signed off for operational rollout from Wednesday.
Full Job Description can be provided upon request.
Our Benefits:
- Annual leave package of 25 days plus 8 bank holidays.
- Employer contribution of 5% into the company pension scheme.
- Support for Mental Health, including a BUPA Employee Assistance Programme that provides support covering Mental Health, Financial and Family related topics. 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 are free for our colleagues.
- Because we value our colleagues, 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 and some examples of this 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 ‘Stand Out Award’ and long service awards. To celebrate our colleagues wherever they are on their journey with us, we recognise and celebrate talent.
- We recognise that everyone is different and strive to create an environment that supports all colleagues through flexible working. 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 do get in touch, and we can start a conversation.
Everyone belongs:
At Bristol Waste everyone belongs – we are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation.
We give fair and equal consideration to all applications.
We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence.
Important note on applying:
- Please apply as soon as possible and before 23:59 on the closing date. Sometimes we close vacancies early if we receive a high number of quality applications.
- Due to the high volume of interest, we won’t be able to receive late applications, and we are currently unable to respond to all who apply.
- If you haven’t heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, it unfortunately means you won’t be invited to interview on this occasion.
Contact us:
Please contact our Talent Acquisition team to discuss this role, your application, or any reasonable adjustments and support in applying for this position:
Thank you for your interest in joining Bristol Waste Company.
