Driver Crew Leader - Murrayburn Depot

Job Description

Place

Driver Crew Leader - Waste Services
Murrayburn Depot

Salary: £25,322 - £27,727
Hours: 36 per week

6:45am-2:45pm Monday to Friday

You will undertake a range of services and activities, including: bin repairs and special uplifts, environmental inspection, and enforcement. You will drive vehicles appropriate to the licence type held and be responsible for the vehicle and undertake appropriate checks and paper work.

You will supervise operatives and act as a first point of contact with the local community providing advice ensuring the highest possible standards of customer care are maintained. Full UK Driving C1 desirable.

The post holder

• shall be required to demonstrate an ability to work with hand held technology

• will have experience of deploying staff on a day day to basis, task allocation and operational supervision

• Will be able to work with the minimum of supervision and prioritise own workloads ensuring relevant standards and timescales are met

• Will ensure the effective cleaning of streets and open spaces ensuring that safe working practices are adhered to

• Will ensure that resources allocated are maintained and used appropriately

• Will be able to communicate with members of the public to advice on service related issues and provide feed-back to management

This post requires a minimum C1 Driving Licence to drive vehicles up to 7.5 tonnes or a commitment to obtain that licence within 6 months of employment. We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work. To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach.

This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and 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.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

Requirements

To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

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.

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