Street Cleansing Driver / Charge Hand

Salary: £26,000 per year

Role: Street Cleansing Driver/Charge Hand

Department: Environment and Regeneration

Grade L4

PURPOSE OF POST:

To organise and supervise a Street Cleansing team and to ensure that street cleansing operations are carried out to the required quality standard within the Borough of Luton.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Organise, supervise and motivate a team of operatives and ensure that safe and efficient street cleansing services are provided to the required quality standard and in accordance with the Environmental Protection Act (1990) and Best Value requirements.
• Ensuring the safe removal of chemical containers, hypodermic needles, gas cylinders, and the removal of blood from the public highway following road traffic accidents.
• That all litter and dumped items within the Borough are reported and cleared without undue delay.
• That other cleaning operations are efficiently carried out i.e. manual and mechanical sweeping, litter picking, wet washing, litter bin cleansing, clearing garage sites, clearing waste land, clearing up after special events, and clearing up after road traffic accidents, weed spraying and gully cleansing.
• Undertake on-site risk assessments of working conditions, health and safety risks and safe working practices relating to cleansing.
• Ensure that all team members comply with all health and safety regulations and that the personal protective equipment provided is used.
• Drive and manoeuvre a side loader van and trailer in a safe and effective manner and undertake the daily routine vehicle safety and maintenance checks.
• Drive and manoeuvre an Applied Sweeper or other plant and equipment as may be required.
• Report appropriate problems or vehicle/equipment defects to the Street Cleansing Supervisor for further action to be taken.

Person Specification:

• Some experience of carrying out labouring tasks.
• Able to supervise and motivate a team of operatives.
• Able plan and organise workload and to react to changing work demands at short notice.
• Able to follow verbal and written instructions
• Able to accurately record information including assessment and log sheets.
• Ability to undertake health and safety risk assessments.
• Able to deal with members of the public in a polite and helpful manner
• Have some understanding of the effects of discrimination service delivery.
• Some knowledge of Health & Safety legislation including COSHH Regulations as they the duties of this job
• Possession of a full current driving licence. (Class C1 as from 1997)

About Us

Luton Borough Council have partnered with Kent Commercial Service to create Connect2Luton, a recruitment managed service for all contingent temporary agency, contract and interim roles at the Council.

Our heritage and being local government owned means we have a wealth of knowledge and expertise within the public sector, with many of our employees having previously worked for the Council or have supplied previously into the Council, for several years.

We are an equal opportunities employment agency and business that positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.

Connect2Luton, part of Luton Borough Council & Kent Commercial Services LLP, is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business and positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.