Location: Haywards Heath, RH16 1UA Full Time: 39 hours per week Working hours : Monday to Thursday, 7am – 3.30pm and Friday 7am – 2.30pm Salary: £34,991/£17.25 per annum/hour benefits Keep your streets clean and your community proud. Join our Haywards Heath team as an HGV Refuse and Recycling Driver and play a vital role in keeping your community clean, safe, and sustainable. Working alongside a professional and friendly team, you’ll deliver a full waste and recycling service to local residents and businesses. Your efforts will help maintain high standards across the community while providing excellent customer service every step of the way. You’ll be entrusted to: • Complete a pre-planned route as the driver, with your team of loaders, collecting waste and recycling from residential homes and commercial properties. • Be the public face of Serco in the community. • Ensure that your vehicle safety checks are completed and that your truck is clean and work ready, before setting off on your round In our team, we all pitch in! As well as driving the lorry, you’ll work alongside our loaders too – staying active and helping to get things done quickly and efficiently. You’ll be a great fit for this role if you • Hold a valid Class 1 or 2 driving licence and a Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) • Are physically fit and healthy (this is a must, due to the nature of the work!) • Are a dedicated, friendly and professional team player • Are willing to go the extra mile on your rounds to help your team hit its targets What’s in it for you? Our benefits are designed to put you first. Alongside meaningful and active work in your community, you’ll get: • Driver Safety Bonus: Up to £400 per year, paid quarterly, based on safety compliance. • Physiotherapy: This is provided free of charge. • Double-time Bank Holiday payments • Enhanced Christmas pay • Refer A Friend scheme • Holidays: 24 days, plus bank holidays • Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme • Training and development: A wide range of learning opportunities with over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships, mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression. • Health and wellbeing: 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, Simplyhealth cash plans to claim back money towards healthcare costs, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres. • Discounts: Save across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel. We’re a proud holder of the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard, a Disability Confident Leader, and a top three Great British Employer of Veterans, championing fair access to employment and equal opportunities for all. As such, we’ll make reasonable adjustments from interview through to employment. As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview. At Serco we support fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions through the ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some may be exempt due to the nature of the role and the security clearance required). Impact a better future — change starts on your doorstep. Apply today. About Serco At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play, from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services. We are a team of 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services. We are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone. By joining Serco you will have unlimited access to our Global Employee Networks – SercoInspire (Gender), SercoEmbrace (Multicultural), SercoUnlimited (Disability) and In@Serco (LGBT & Networks). Serco Employee Networks, led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging. Apply Please click on the apply button to complete your application. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment. At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working. We operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas. We are proudly Disability Confident Leader employers and holder of the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview. For help with your application please contact 0345 010 4000. At Serco we support fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions through the ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some may be exempt due to the nature of the role and the security clearance required). Please contact our recruitment team directly on 0345 010 4000 to discuss.