Vacancy Details

Sevenoaks District Council provides Refuse Collection across the District through its Direct Services Organisation. Sevenoaks Direct Services is proud to have high standards in collection of refuse, recycling and street cleaning services. You will be responsible for assisting the day to day supervision of the Refuse team.

You will support the refuse supervisor to achieve safe and efficient completion of the residual waste and recycling collection rounds and assist in organising and assign resources to ensure required standards are met, service requests and complaint numbers are reduced and response times maintained or improved.

You will also undertake regular site monitoring of each collection crews activities to check for compliance with safe working practices and risk assessment controls. 

You will have good knowledge of the Health and Safety at Work Act and related legislation.  Your written and spoken communication skills will allow you to communicate effectively with customers, crews, managers, and other supervisors.

For an informal discussion about this post please contact John Cox, Cleansing Manager on 01732 227427.

Interview Date: 9th & 10th May 2019

Equal Opportunities

Sevenoaks – Working for Equality. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Sevenoaks District Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

How to apply

Please apply online (see below). If this is not possible, please contact a member of the HR team by either emailing recruitment@sevenoaks.gov.uk or contacting us on 01732 227383 to discuss how we can assist you in applying. For any technical queries regarding the application form, please contact the JGP support team on 0207 427 8250 or by email - Support@jobsgopublic.com.