HGV Class 2 Driver

Our Waste Services Team delivers one of the most essential services our residents rely on every single day — ensuring that household waste is collected, treated, recycled and disposed of safely and efficiently.

We provide domestic, recycling and garden waste collections to more than 126,000 households across the city, completing over 9 million collections each year. Collecting more than 100,000 tonnes of waste annually, the team is committed to delivering high-quality, safe and customer-focused services.

Alongside day-to-day operations, the team also leads on key environmental initiatives that support residents in participating positively in the services provided. This includes behaviour-changing campaigns, education and engagement work to help improve sustainability, reduce contamination and enhance the overall efficiency of our waste services

In line with our One Coventry Values, we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equity and respect remains at the heart of everything we do.

Our Values are:

• Open and fair: We are fair, open, and transparent.
• Nurture and develop: We help and encourage everyone to be their best and do their best.
• Engage and empower: We talk and listen to others, working together as one.
• Create and innovate: We embrace new ways of working to continuously improve.
• Own and be accountable: We work together to deliver the best services for our residents.
• Value and respect: We put diversity and inclusion at the heart of all we do.

We are looking for HGV Drivers for a number of permanent contracts we have available across our service areas.

Positions will provide services within Domestic Waste, Commercial Waste including Nuneaton and Bedworth Domestic Recycling Collections team. Collections operate throughout Coventry, Nuneaton and Bedworth and the surrounding sub region.

Under the general direction of the Supervising Team Leaders, you will deliver a high quality safe, responsive and customer focused waste service. Working as part of a team, undertake duties connected with the removal of both household and commercial refuse and recycling from a variety of locations and involving a full range of refuse containers, e.g. household bins and caddies, plastic sacks as well as large 4 wheeled bins.

In order to successfully carry out these roles, you must:

- hold a current HGV licence and CPC

- be physically fit

- be able to communicate in professional manner with colleagues and members of the public

- be customer focused and have a can-do attitude

- have an understanding of refuse or recycling collection methods/techniques, is essential

You will be responsible for relevant paperwork and record keeping, including use of mobile technology and ensuring daily targets are completed.

We are looking for enthusiastic and committed individuals who are looking to make a difference; you will have a good level of interpersonal skills, flexible and adaptable and able to use initiative.

We are committed to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. At present, we have very few women and people from minority ethnic backgrounds in our team, and we would like this to change. We therefore strongly encourage applications from these groups. However, all applications are welcome, and selection will be based on merit.

All candidates must have the Right to Work in the UK. We are currently not offering sponsorship for this role.

Need help completing your application form? The Job Shop can support you. You can register online here for an initial assessment, or visit the Job Shop in person, please see their webpage for more information. For all other queries, contact Recruitment@coventry.gov.uk.

If you need help or support to complete your application, please visit our accessibility page to see how we can assist you.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme - As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:

• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition

Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.

We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.

At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 5100 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.

To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.

If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package - to find out more please visit https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies