Driver Team Leader - Streets - Fixed Term Contract (Feb 2026)

SALARY: £31,998.50 per annum

HOURS: 39 per week, Monday - Friday – 06:00-14:30

LOCATION: Days Road, Bristol

 

Driver Team Leader – Streets – Fixed Term Contract, From 1st March 2026 until 31st August 2026

 

Purpose Of The Role

Your role will be to drive, and cleanse allocated routes within Bristol and lead a team of street cleansing operatives, ensuring 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

• Drive {normally} a small mechanical sweeper or 3.5T van, carry out daily vehicle checks to ensure the vehicle is safe to operate, reporting all defects in line with Bristol Waste Company (BWC) policies and procedures and ensure the condition of the vehicle is cleaned and maintained both inside and out
• Manually sweep, pushing/pulling a wheelie bin or barrel, empty litter bins, lift refuse sacks onto van and litter pick and dig out weeds as required

Collect dilly sacks, cleanse shop fronts and empty litter bins in line with required schedules

Allocate and monitor all tasks, prioritise cleansing of individual streets where necessary, proactively identify areas requiring attention and direct the team to ensure completion of routes to agreed standards and within required timescales.

Complete route checks and grade work standards of team

Report any conduct or performance issues relating to operatives to the Supervisor

Drive the safety culture within the organisation, contributing to a positive and safe working environment, directing, and supporting the operatives to carry out the job function in line with BWC’s health and safety policy and procedures and ensure equipment used is correct for the task, kept safe and maintained to a good standard

 

Essential Requirements For The Role

• It is essential to have a full driving licence valid for use in the UK
• Demonstrable ability to lead a team
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to lead and motivate the team and liaise effectively with the public and colleagues
• Sound literacy skills to follow route maps and to comply with driving and health and safety responsibilities

Ability to work independently and to use initiative for example, in prioritising streets to be cleansed

Demonstrable technical knowledge of the vehicle and equipment to ensure its safe and proper use

 

Full Job Description Can Be Provided Upon Request.

 

Our Benefits

• Depending on your role we provide an employer contribution of up to 5% into the company pension scheme.
• Generous annual leave package. (dependant on contract)
• Support for Mental Health, we have an BUPA Employee Assistance Programme that provides support in a variety of different areas such as 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 free for our colleagues.
• Because we value our colleagues so much, 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 awards and long service awards. To celebrate our colleagues wherever they are on their journey with us. We recognise and celebrate talent.

Flexible working, we recognise that everyone is different and strive to create an environment that supports all colleagues. 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.

 

N.b

• Due to a high number of applications, we’re unable to get back to everyone who may have applied but unfortunately didn’t get shortlisted. If you haven’t heard from us within 3 weeks of applying, please assume you have been unsuccessful, but we thank you very much for your interest in working for BWC and advise to check our website for new vacancies arising.
• We reserve the right to close this role early should we receive sufficient applications.
  
  

 

To discuss this role, your application, or any reasonable adjustments please feel free to contact our People Services team on recruitment@bristolwastecompany.co.uk or by phone on 0117 440 6676.

We are on equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates.