Environmental Maintenance Operative Level 2 – Cleansing Sweeper Driver

Ashton-under-Lyne, England, gb

Contract Type : Permanent Salary: Grade C. SCP 5 £24,790 - SCP 6 £25,183 Hours Per Week: 36 hours Base Location: Hyde Depot Park Road, Hyde, SK14 4JT Assessment Date : To be arranged The Role Environmental Operations and Greenspace Services are responsible for the delivery of a range of important frontline functions which includes Street Cleansing. You will work as part of a multi-skilled street cleansing team primarily operating a range of mechanical sweepers cleaning highways, pavements and other areas. To carry out other environmental cleansing duties, manual litter picking, litter bin emptying etc. as and when required. Working hours are 36 hours Monday to Friday, Based at Hyde Depot. About You Minimum requirements: Possession of a full driving licence minimum C1 category Recorded history of CPC training (current CPC card) Possession of a digital tachograph card Experience of driving a compact mechanical sweeper desirable but not essential as training will be given About Us Come shape the future of Tameside with us! Message from Julian Jackson, Director of Place at Tameside Council. Since joining Team Tameside in September 2022, I ve been proud to work alongside a hardworking and passionate team that s making a real difference to our borough. Our Place Directorate is at the heart of shaping Tamesidecovering everything from planning and highways to parks, culture, arts, environmental services, and facilities management. Whether it s keeping our streets clean, improving green spaces, or driving forward exciting regeneration projects, our work makes a direct impact on the lives of residents and businesses every day. We ve already delivered some amazing projects, like Ashton Old Baths, and are currently working on master plans for our town centres in Stalybridge, Hyde, with projects like Ashton Mayoral Development Zone, and Godley Green Green Garden Village also set to create new homes, jobs and commercial spaces. But it s not just about developments day to day it s about making sure our core services are modern, efficient, and able to support thriving communities and safeguard our heritage buildings and asssets for the future. To do that, we need passionate people to join us. If you want to be part of a team that s driving real change, improving local services, and shaping the future of Tameside, we d love to have you on board. Come and be part of something great. Let s build the future of Tameside together! At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities. We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do. Our employees skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be. Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship. We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria. Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here For further information about this role please contact the recruiting manager on 0161 342 2838 or john.smith2@tameside.gov.uk Reference Number : 000861