Loader

Salary: £24,796 - £25,989 per annum

Grade: CD

Vacancy Hours: 37 per week

Contract Type: Full time

Weekend Working: On occasion

Location: Richmond, North Yorkshire

We are looking for a Refuse/Recycling Loader to join our depot in Richmond. You will be covering a significant rural area with picturesque towns and villages.

No previous experience is required, and full training will be given.

The role:

Working in small crews in your dedicated area of the county, you will be collecting residual waste, garden waste or recyclable materials from domestic properties. You will have to be able to move bags, wheelie bins and recycling bins and boxes, and using a lifting mechanism to tip the waste into the lorry. Health and safety is also critical to ensure your team and residents are safe, including supporting your driver to help them navigate the streets of North Yorkshire safely.

The role is a hugely important one. You will be on the front-line of a key service in the newly formed North Yorkshire Council and therefore one of the faces for the new council. As required, you need to be prepared to start early and weekend working may also be required.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Collection and emptying of receptacles.
• Removing spillages, checking of service lists and reporting instances outside of acceptable presentation.
• To support the driver in undertaking risk assessments.
• Assisting the driver, ensuring manoeuvres are completed safely and mitigate the risk to pedestrians and other road users.
• Responsible for the health and safety of self and colleagues, ensuring that all safe working practices are followed.
• You will also be trained in cleansing duties to meet operational needs.

Shifts are currently 4 days per week, Tuesday - Friday, and may incorporate weekend work, in-line with service needs. Hours are worked between 06:00 and 18:00.

What can we offer you?

In addition to your salary, we offer a range of great benefits to help you financially and make life a bit easier. These include:

• a local government pension scheme with 18.1% employer contribution
• salary sacrifice schemes
• employee discount benefits including shopping, supermarkets, gym discounts and more
• travel loans
• Health Assured – confidential help and support for your wellbeing

For an informal chat, please contact Harry Monteith on or Julie Toombes on

As part of the clearances process, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a drug & alcohol test prior to receiving an offer of employment.

Key documents

Job description:

Total rewards | North Yorkshire Council

Key dates

Closing date: 10 November 2025

Interview date: To be confirmed

NYC is committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to this commitment.

North Yorkshire Council's purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services, we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other's contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.

North Yorkshire Council is committed to the health and safety of our employees and of others including the general public. It has a responsibility to ensure employees who hold a position that is deemed to be safety critical as it requires the performance of duties which are directly related to the safe operation or security of a facility, piece of equipment or vehicle, handling of chemicals or work at height or in confined spaces and which, if not performed properly, could result in a serious safety risk or environmental hazard to employees, a facility or the general public , do not attend work whilst under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Individuals offered employment with North Yorkshire Council will be subject to the Workplace Substance Misuse policy. For safety critical roles as detailed above, random alcohol and drug testing may take place during the course of employment.

Loader

Salary: £24,796 - £25,989 per annum

Posted: 28/10/2025

Closing date: 11/11/2025

Closing time: 23:59