Refuse and Recycling Team Leader - HGV Refuse driver

RECRUITMENTiQ is working in partnership with a local government authority to assist in their search for a Refuse and Recycling Team Leader (HGV Refuse driver) in Malvern.
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You will be an experienced team leader and supervise a collection team and be responsible for allocated vehicles and other resources to ensure safe, efficient and customer focused delivery of recycling and refuse collection services in accordance with operational and service delivery standards.
About the role
The role includes the requirement to lead and supervise staff to achieve high levels of performance and productivity. This requires the candidates to possess good oral and written skills and the ability to make reliable, sound, balanced and consistent judgements.
You will be making day to day operational decisions to ensure that operational and service delivery requirements are achieved. The candidates will effectively liaise with team members and members of the general public.
You will be responsible for ensuring team members carry out their duties in accordance with policies and procedures and operate to agreed methods of working, including safe systems of work set out in health and safety policies and procedures.
About you
The successful candidate will have:
Understanding of Health and Safety legislation and best practice
Full, valid EU driving licence (category C)
Educated in manual handling
Flexibility to work additional hours, as required, to ensure effective and efficient service delivery
Understanding of refuse/recycling methods of collection and practice
Relevant experience of driving class C vehicles
Good oral and written communication skills including the ability to produce clear and precise records
Ability to maintain high standards of service delivery and compliance with operational requirements, in particular health and safety requirements
Skills and Experience
Skills and Experience we are looking for are:
Relevant experience of working with the public and delivering high levels of customer satisfaction in a face to face role
Experience of supervising or managing staff and dealing effectively with situations involving conflict with others
Experience of making routine service decisions in accordance with established procedures
Recording of information for processing including using ICT solutions.
Experience of collecting, collating and processing information
Good oral and written communication skills including the ability to produce clear and precise records
The ability to lead and supervise a team to achieve high levels of performance and productivity
The ability to plan work and manage delivery to meet deadlines and quality criteria
Ability to make reliable, sound, balanced and consistent judgements
Ability to maintain high standards of service delivery and compliance with operational requirements, in particular health and safety requirements
ICT user skills including mobile ICT solutions
What we can offer
Excellent pension scheme with employer contributions
Generous annual leave entitlement with options to purchase additional annual leave
Committed training programme and development opportunities
Discounted Gym and swim membership
Health and Wellbeing support and a Free Employee Assistance scheme including access to counselling services
Cycle to Work scheme
Employee Discounts with a range of companies including EE and the Kaarp discount scheme. xwwtmva
Please note that this vacancy may close earlier than the advertised closing date if there is a high volume of applications
Closing date: Sunday 1st November
Interview dates: Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th November 2026
For further details and an application pack please click apply.

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