Street Scene

**What's involved with this role**:
**Temporary Street Scene & Waste Operative**
**Reference no: Plymouth RQ778980**
**Pay rate: £11.18 per hour PAYE** To keep the city and local environment clean, tidy and adequately maintained with minimum disruption to residents and the public. Removal of waste or recycling from residential and business properties and public land/highway in accordance with Health and Safety guidelines. Carry out grounds maintenance and cleansing as directed in a safe working manner. Key responsibilities:

- Collecting various types of waste and recycling from commercial and residential properties throughout the city.
- Cleanse public land, highways, and main roads as directed by line manager.
- Carry out grounds maintenance as directed including using mechanical hand tools such as pedestrian mower, strimmers and hedge cutters.
- Ensure relevant codes of practice and safe working practices are complied with to promote a cleaner safer city.
- Ensure customer standards are adhered to at all times.

**“Role Requirements” - to give yourself the maximum chance of success please try and ensure your CV addresses the following essential criteria**:
**Experience**:

- Experience of labouring work or heavy manual work.
- Experience in delivering high standards of customer care.
- Experience of working in a waste based environment.
- Experience of undertaking a variety of manual tasks in a recycling facility.
- Experience of Health & Safety in an operational environment.

**Knowledge & Skills**:

- Knowledge of Health and Safety in an operational environment.
- Knowledge of customer care standards.
- Knowledge of Road Traffic Legislation and Safety.
- Knowledge of recycling materials.
- Trained in Manual Handling and physical skills required to lift, pull, and push container bins at periodic times of the day.
- Ability to solve straight forward problems regarding access issues and conditions of containers.
- Communication skills required to exchange information with both staff and members of the public where tact and diplomacy will be required.
- Skills to use specialist equipment after receiving training for the role.
- Ability to work outside in all weather.

**_To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF._**
**_If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity._**

**Other “Essential Requirements” - Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items**:

- **Our clients are generally seeking applicants who are reasonably local, so on that basis we would ideally like you to supply us with your address (or at least your post code) and a telephone number so that we can reach you during working hours.**
- Your recent UK working experience going back at least 5 years, or full employment history if you have been working for fewer years than this.
- Your availability to work either immediately, or at short notice.
- Please refer to the Role Requirements section above - your CV must address the requirements listed.

**Other preferable/desirable details to include on your CV, if applicable**:

- Any local authority/public sector experience
- Any relevant qualifications held or being studied for.

**Job Ref: Plymouth RQ778980**

**Anticipated Length of Assignment**: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.