HGV Driver Operative - LSSL0202

Liverpool Streetscene Services Ltd established in 2016 is a wholly owned subsidiary company of Liverpool City Council who sit at the heart of creating exceptional standards of environmental cleanliness and public realm services for residents, communities, and local businesses across the city of Liverpool. As a direct service provider, Liverpool Streetscene Services Ltd are responsible for the following services throughout the city of Liverpool:

• Waste Management - Refuse & Recycling Collection Service


• Street Cleansing


• Greenspaces - Parks, Cemeteries and Highways Grounds Maintenance


• Highways Maintenance


These services are key to ensuring the city of Liverpool remains clean, green and accessible to all, helping to develop and maintain local civic pride. We are ambitious, both as an organisation and as a city. Our plans for growth coupled with the high standards that we set for our services requires exceptionally talented individuals who will be enthusiastic about being part of this organisation., We are seeking to recruit a HGV Driver Operative on a fixed term / secondment basis until September 2024 to provide effective driving and operative functions to maintain and continuously improve the image of LSSL across Liverpool.
As part of this role, you will be required to drive and operate a range of HGV and other vehicles, in accordance with relevant legislation, LSSL policies and protocols. You will undertake a full range of functions incorporating manual and mechanical plant and equipment methods of operation.

You will be required to use technical devices such as handheld equipment or in cab software to record and document activities and assist in the improvement of the service.
You will be required to present refuse items for collection to the vehicle using appropriate tools and safe manual handling methods and where appropriate safely operate the vehicle mechanism for loading and emptying and return the refuse bin to the place of origin once emptied.

To fulfil the requirements of the role you must hold a full UK driving license (Category C HGV) and a valid CPC qualification card. You must have previous experience driving HGV vehicles in a commercial environment and have knowledge of health and safety requirements. You must have the ability to work as part of a team.

LSSL is an equal opportunities employer, and the company recognises the rich diversity of our workforce and the people we work with and provide services to. We are committed to ensuring that everyone we come into contact with is treated fairly and with respect and dignity and that no one is excluded. The Company is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity, eliminating unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and helping our staff and communities to understand and respect each other's backgrounds and promoting good relations.