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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. [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Company's commercial operation is growing. We provide good quality, value for money services and deliver a social value impact worth more than £30 million every year.

Purpose of the Role

We are looking for a Cleansing Operative who shares our vision and values to make Bristol a cleaner and greener place to live and work. You will manually sweep, litter pick and cleanse the allocated route, within required timescales and to agreed standards, whilst maintaining compliance with all aspects of health and safety. You may also be required to carry out weed spraying from March to September. Full training will be provided.

Key Responsibilities

• Work in all weathers, walk up to four miles per day and lift/carry 10kg refuse sacks onto a van. Push/pull a wheelie bin/barrel weighing up to 35kg and manually sweep, litter pick, empty litter bins and dig out weeds.
• Ensure the designated routes are cleansed to the standard expected and all tasks are completed within required timescales.
• Maintain a good level of conduct when communicating with colleagues and the public.
• Work individually or as part of a team.
• Ensure the job function is carried out safely and in line with [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Company (BWC) health & Safety policy and procedures.
• Ensure equipment used is correct for the job, kept safe and maintained to a good standard.
• Take part in all relevant working rotas within the current operation.

Essential Requirements

• Good communication skills to liaise with the public and colleagues.
• Ability to work independently, using initiative and as part of a team.
• Demonstrate technical knowledge of equipment to ensure safe and proper use.
• Experience or ability to demonstrate suitability for physical work involving pushing/pulling waste bins and lifting waste sacks up to 10kg.

Our Benefits

• Generous annual leave package.
• Employer contribution of 5% into company pension scheme.
• Support for Mental Health via BUPA Employee Assistance Programme.
• Support for Physical Health with BUPA Health Cash Plan, Cycle to Work scheme, onsite Physiotherapist.
• Employee referral scheme.
• Dedicated learning and development team.
• Employee recognition ‘Stand Out Award’ and long service awards.
• Flexible working including hybrid, part-time, job sharing.

Equal Opportunities

At [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Company everyone belongs – we are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation. We give fair and equal consideration to all applications and encourage applications from all backgrounds.

Application Instructions

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. If you haven’t heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, it unfortunately means you won’t be invited to interview.

Contact People Services at [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] or [contact hidden] to discuss the role or reasonable adjustments.

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