REQ000951

Date posted
11/07/2025
Application closing date
27/07/2025
Location
Earlswood Depot, Redhill
Salary
£27,501 - £28,110 (dependent on experience)
Employment type
Full time, Permanent
Contractual hours
36
Basis
Full time
Job category/type
Waste & Cleaning
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Job description
Job Title: 7.5 Tonne Driver
Location of work: Earlswood Depot, Redhill
Salary: £27,501 - £28,110 per annum
Basis: Full-time, Permanent, 36 hours a week, 6am-2pm Monday-Thursday, 6am-12.30pm Friday
Are you fit and healthy and have a 7.5 tonne licence? Do you want to work in a great team who are passionate about their jobs and provide a vital role for the community? Then please read on!
Our Recycling & Refuse Team perform a key role in providing an excellent recycling and refuse collection service to the Council’s residents.
You will be able to work outdoors in all weathers, and deal with a very physically demanding job. It is essential that you are a team player and can communicate with your colleagues and customers, clearly and politely; showing a clear understanding of what good customer care is.
Compliance with health and safety guidance is very important for you, team members and the public, due to the heavy lifting machinery, dust, and fumes. Guidance, training, and personal protective equipment (PPE) is provided to all successful candidates.

• Deliver garden waste bins to new members
• Deliver bin sets to new developments
• Repair/replace damaged/lost bins/container
• Bulk Waste Collections from various addresses across the Borough
• Exchange bins for residents paying for an upgraded bin
• Retrieval of garden waste bins from cancelled membership
• Delivery/retrieval of commercial waste bins to new and existing
• Ensure all bins/container are delivered within the councils SLA
• Keep bin storage area tidy
• Accepting bin deliveries (from an articulated lorry) and storage
• Prepare bins for deliveries to new developments
• Understand stock control and advise when orders are required
• Prepare second-hand garden waste bins for reuse
• Remove reusable parts from containers being sent for scrappage.