Street Cleaner

**Job Title**:

- Street Cleaner**Contract Type**:

- Temporary**Location**:

- Sunderland - Tyne and Wear**Industry**:

- Industrial**Contact Name**:

- Megan Rothwell-
**Contact Phone**:

- 01522 551910**Date Published**:

- 30-Jun-2023Barker Ross Group are currently recruiting for a General Street Cleaner to work in Sunderland City Council. This position is full time and is initially for a period of a month, with chance of extension and will be paid at a rate of £11.18 per hour.

**Key Responsibilities of a General Street Cleaner**:

- General maintenance of public parks, cemeteries, playing fields, highways, footpaths, developed and landscaped areas and similar open spaces.
- Undertake grass cutting and horticultural maintenance, clearing leaves and litter, emptying litter and dog waste bins, erection and dismantling of sports and other equipment, cleaning of public areas and buildings, pavilions, changing rooms and toilets, clearing debris from road traffic accidents and assisting other colleagues in their work.
- Report and record customer requests/enquiries, where appropriate, using information technology, health and safety issues, anti-social behaviour and to report/record evidence of problems affecting the quality of the local environment such as for example litter, abandoned vehicles, graffiti, safe removal of sharps and drug related paraphernalia, dog fouling, fly-posting and fly-tipping.
- Carry out authorised repairs to machinery, equipment and tyres. Identify any defects and undertake repairs if possible and to report where appropriate.
- Assist the Council in fulfilling its emergency duties for examples, snow and ice clearing, gritting of pedestrian areas and footpaths, clearance of spillages.
- Provide advice and guidance to new team members and apprentices where required.
- Undertake key holder responsibilities as and when required.
- Work outdoors in all weather conditions. The job is physically demanding.

**To be a successful General Street Cleaner you will need**:
**Experience**: 2x years working in a similar position
**Compliance**: Proof of right to work in the UK and 2 x references.

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