Cash Collections Driver

SALARY: £13.95 per hour

HOURS: 37 hours per week, Monday - Friday (with occasional Saturday working as overtime)

LOCATION: Brunel Lock, Bristol

Cash Collections Driver (CVIT Officer)

About Bristol Waste Company:

What we do is important – we're here to keep Bristol, and beyond, clean, and safe.

We do this for our city's residents, workers, visitors, and businesses. Our work helps deliver Bristol's sustainability targets in partnership with the council. 

Bristol Waste's commercial operation, where we serve businesses and organisations across the region, is also growing.

Our ambition is to provide good quality, value for money services, and we continue to deliver a social value impact worth more than £30 million every year.

We want people who share our values and want to work with us to drive our business forward.

Purpose of the role:

To carry out  collections on Pay & Display Machines Cash Boxes.  

To collect and deliver monies to all other external customers in accordance with their service level agreements

Key Responsibilities:

• Meet client service requirements by collecting, delivering, cash on behalf of customer base
• Ensure the standard operational procedures are adhered to when undertaking duties and recommend any changes to improve security within the section
• Comply with all SIA, Internal Safe Working Procedures and Assignment Instructions and health & safety policies and procedures.
• Ensure the safe keeping of all operational equipment allocated for daily duties.
• Ensure the road worthiness of all vehicles assigned both before and after each shift, all defects should be reported to CVIT co-ordinator
• Report all machinery faults identified during the cash collecting/counting process to the CVIT Team Leader.
• Work closely with CVIT colleagues/team to ensure all KPI`s are achieved.

Essential Requirements for the Role: (Security experience NOT essential, delivery or collection driving experience welcome)

• Ability to gain a DBS certificate
• A Full UK Driving Licence
• Able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of Health and Safety in the workplace.
• Good numeracy and literacy skills to assist with the recording and imparting of information clearly and concisely for the purpose of completing log sheets and incident reports with meticulous care for detail and accuracy
• Physically capable of lifting items weighing up to 15 kg
• Ability to communicate in a confident and assured manner with Council staff, work colleagues and members of the general public including the ability to converse with citizens in spoken English, or through a BSL interpreter
• Able to demonstrate knowledge and/or experience of equalities and diversity issues.
• Have a working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including: Outlook, Word, Excel, Internet Explorer, and have a willingness to learn new applications and technology as appropriate.
• Multi Drop or similar driving experience

Full Job Description can be provided upon request.

To be a successful member of our security team, you will need to pass full Vero screening. This involves the requirement of various documents and checks. Please see below an indication of what is needed:

Documents:

• SIA Licence
• Proof of Address
• Recent payslip
• Passport and Driving Licence (If Applicable)
• Recent bank statement

You will require internet access and an email address to access the portal.  

Once logged in:

• You will need to provide 5-10 years address history and employment history including contact details and dates of employment.
• You will need to declare any criminal record history you have and any previous names you've held.
• You will need to complete a fitness declaration and questionnaire
• A credit check is completed so you will need to declare any adverse credit and be aware that if you do have an issue, it will be flagged.
• A global sanctions check is also completed

Our Benefits:

• Annual leave package of 25 days plus 8 bank holidays.
• Employer contribution of 5% into the company pension scheme.
• Support for Mental Health, including a BUPA Employee Assistance Programme that provides support covering Mental Health, Financial and Family related topics. We also have Mental Health First Aiders across the business.
• Support for your Physical Health with our BUPA Health Cash Plan (we cover the cost of coverage for you), Cycle to Work scheme and an onsite Physiotherapist. All are free for our colleagues.
• Because we value our colleagues, we want to recruit more employees just like them, which is why we have our employee referral scheme.
• Dedicated learning and development team. We take pride in developing our colleagues and some examples of this include our In-House Driver Development Programme and internal promotions. Many of our Senior Leadership Team have developed from Operational roles, such as one of our Contract Managers who started as a Street Cleanser.
• Employee recognition 'Stand Out Award' and long service awards. To celebrate our colleagues wherever they are on their journey with us, we recognise and celebrate talent.
• We recognise that everyone is different and strive to create an environment that supports all colleagues through flexible working. We have introduced a hybrid working model where possible and actively encourage part-time working, job sharing and flexibility on hours. If this interests, you please do get in touch, and we can start a conversation.
• All colleagues receive free access to our Reward Gateway discount scheme, helping you make your money go further with savings at over 900 retailers. It's one of the ways we support smart spending and everyday wellbeing.

Everyone belongs:

At Bristol Waste everyone belongs – we are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation. 

We give fair and equal consideration to all applications.

We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence.

Important note on applying:

• Please apply as soon as possible and before 23:59 on the closing date. Sometimes we close vacancies early if we receive a high number of quality applications.
• Due to the high volume of interest, we won't be able to receive late applications and we are currently unable to respond to all who apply.
• If you haven't heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, it unfortunately means you won't be invited to interview on this occasion.

Contact us:

Please contact our People Services team to discuss this role, your application, or any reasonable adjustments and support in applying for this position: 

Thank you for your interest in joining Bristol Waste Company.