LGV Driver - Refuse & Recycling

LGV Driver

Environmental Services

Permanent, 37 hours per week

6.00am – 2.00pm Monday-Thursday

6.00am – 1.30pm Friday

NS7 £28,598 to £30,024 per annum

We are looking for a LGV Driver to join our team, helping to deliver all waste services to homes across the District, including general waste collection, recycling, garden and trade waste, along with the new glass recycling service.

You will drive and have responsibility for any of the Council’s heavy goods and light goods vehicles including refuse collection, recycling or road sweeping., ensuring that the vehicles are kept clean and in good working order at all times. Ensuring they meet the standards set down in law with respect to legal vehicle operation is essential.

The position will entail working unsociable hours in all weathers. Working past the usual finish time is sometimes required where there is a need in order to provide a full service to residents.

You should be physically fit, with the ability to work alone and unsupervised. Full training, uniform and PPE will be provided. Experience in working in a similar environment would be beneficial but is not essential. You will be based at the Council’s Brunel Drive Depot in Newark.

Possession of a clean Category C driving licence and valid Drivers CPC Card and Qualification is essential.

You will be working with a professional, committed and experienced team who are passionate about supporting us to deliver the objectives as outlined in our Community Plan.

We’re an ambitious, forward-thinking Council with strong values and a culture of doing our absolute best to serve our customers. We are proud of our organisational culture and receive positive feedback from our employees. We have a programme of internal activity to ensure that the voices of our employees are always heard and that they are kept informed on all Council activity and events. From roadshows to an annual award ceremony, from reviewing working arrangements to our Hug in a Mug initiative, it is incredibly important our employees are shown how valued they are and that they remain the beating heart of our workplace.

We offer:

• Enrolment in the career average local government pension scheme.
• Flexi scheme.
• Hybrid working.
• A generous annual leave entitlement that increases with service.
• Family-friendly benefits.
• One days’ paid volunteering leave.
• Lifestyle benefits platform.
• Funded health cash plan.
• Free car parking
• £10 a month gym membership at one of our four gyms in the district.

For an informal chat or more information, please contact Chris Cobb/Shaun Page, Environmental Services Operations Team Leaders, via email: chris.cobb@newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk

shaun.page@newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk

Closing Date: 31 August 2025

Please note: we reserve the right to close the vacancy early.

Interview: TBC

As an employer we will promote an inclusive working environment to maintain and develop a forward thinking and diverse workforce.

Veterans/family of forces/ex-forces, those in care/care leavers, and candidates who declare disabilities (as defined by the Equality Act 2010) will be guaranteed interviews provided they have demonstrated that they meet the essential criteria of the post as detailed in the Person Specifications on their application forms.