About The Role

The applicant must have a clean current driving licence for the past 2 years.

The purpose of the job is to help keep the City of Edinburgh Clean by being responsible for

the safe operation of waste and cleansing vehicles, uplifting litter, waste and recycling

material and providing information and advice about waste and recycling matters to assist

the Council to meet cleanliness, landfill and waste recycling targets. This will involve

collecting and separating waste and recycling, emptying bins, driving LGV mechanical

sweepers, collecting bulky materials, litter and fly-tipping and undertaking any other similar

duty.

The Driver/Crew Leader will act as a point of contact for customers and service users,

providing advice and responding to problems to ensure that the highest standards of

customer care are met and maintained. He / she will have responsibility for supervising

crew members to ensure that allocated work is completed to an appropriate standard.

Carry out the day to day operations of the Waste and Cleansing service (including the

collection of bins, removal of litter and side waste) Carry out the allocated tasks in

accordance with service performance standards whilst delivering high levels of customer

care and satisfaction.

As part of the wider Waste and Cleansing services team, this role is responsible for

delivering high quality customer focused services. This will involve ensuring service

standards are achieved and maintained and providing advice and guidance to service

users. Post holders will also be responsible for supervising the work of crew members to

ensure completion of daily work schedules and adherence to safety and service standards

and all Council HR policies.

This role has overall responsibility for the completion of the work allocated to the team and

post holders will allocate tasks to fellow crew members whilst out on route to ensure work

is completed as scheduled. Post holders are also responsible for ensuring that route or

work completion records are maintained to an accurate level, identifying all issues

encountered (e.g. contaminated bins, faulty litter bins, streets with no access etc.)

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone feels valued and able to be their best. We particularly encourage applications from women for senior roles, as well as people from minority ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities or neurodivergent people, care experienced people, carers and LGBT+ people across all levels of the organisation, all of whom are currently underrepresented. All applicants will be considered fairly based on skills and experience. Disabled and care-experienced applicants who meet the minimum job criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Find out more about our commitment to equalities https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/work-us/inclusive-edinburgh/4

As part of our goal to improve organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure we're recruiting the best people. We’re interested not only in your skills and experience but also in your approach to work. Therefore, part of our interview process will be an assessment of how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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