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Location: Haywards Heath, RH16 1UA
Working hours: 39 per week, Monday to Thursday, 7am – 3.30pm and Friday 7am – 2.30pm
Salary: £35,866 per annum / £17.68 per hour + excellent benefits
Keep your streets clean and your community proud.
Join our Haywards Heath team as an HGV Refuse and Recycling Driver and play a vital role in keeping your community clean, safe, and sustainable.
Working alongside a professional and friendly team, you’ll deliver a full waste and recycling service to local residents and businesses. Your efforts will help maintain high standards across the community while providing excellent customer service every step of the way.
You’ll be entrusted to:
- Complete a pre-planned route as the driver, with your team of loaders, collecting waste and recycling from residential homes and commercial properties.
- Be the public face of Serco in the community.
- Ensure that your vehicle safety checks are completed and that your truck is clean and work ready, before setting off on your round
In our team, we all pitch in! As well as driving the lorry, you’ll work alongside our loaders too – staying active and helping to get things done quickly and efficiently.
You’ll be a great fit for this role if you...
- Hold a valid Class 1 or 2 driving licence and a Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC)
- Are physically fit and healthy (this is a must, due to the nature of the work!)
- Are a dedicated, friendly and professional team player
- Are willing to go the extra mile on your rounds to help your team hit its targets
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What’s in it for you?
Our benefits are designed to put you first. Alongside meaningful and active work in your community, you’ll get:
- Driver Safety Bonus: Up to £400 per year, paid quarterly, based on safety compliance.
- Physiotherapy: This is provided free of charge.
- Double-time Bank Holiday payments
- Enhanced Christmas pay
- Refer A Friend scheme
- Holidays: 24 days, plus bank holidays
- Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
- Training and development: A wide range of learning opportunities with over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships, mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression.
- Health and wellbeing: 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, Simplyhealth cash plans to claim back money towards healthcare costs, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres.
- Discounts: Save across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel.
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We’re a proud holder of the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard, a Disability Confident Leader, and a top three Great British Employer of Veterans, championing fair access to employment and equal opportunities for all. As such, we’ll make reasonable adjustments from interview through to employment.
As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview.
At Serco we support fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions through the ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some may be exempt due to the nature of the role and the security clearance required).
Impact a better future — change starts on your doorstep. Apply today.
All Serco employees must ensure that their current line manager is aware of their application. For confidential enquiries please contact MyHR. Serco are Disability Confident Leader employers and are committed to employing and retaining people with disabilities. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview. For help with your application please contact 0345 010 4000.
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