Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Grade C SCP 5 £25,583.00 - SCP 6 £25,989.00
Hours Per Week: 36 hours
Base Location: Hyde Depot, Park Road, Hyde, SK14 4JT
Assessment Date: To be arranged
The Role
Tameside’s Operations and Greenspace Service is seeking to recruit an Environmental Maintenance Operative, to be part of a team carrying out a range of tasks and operations that maintain and improve the quality of the local environment.
About You
We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and well organised individual to form part of the Street Cleansing Team. The main duties of this role will be emptying street litter bins, litter picking, cutting back overhanging vegetation and the removal of fly tipping and low levels of graffiti. The ability to use a range of hand tools and powered machinery such as blowers and hedge trimmers is desirable.
The shift pattern for this role will include Saturday working. The post will be based at Hyde Depot although you will be expected to work from other Council depots as necessary.
A full current driving licence and the ability to work outdoors and in all weather conditions is an essential requirement of the post.
About Us
At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.
We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.
Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.
Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.
We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.
Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here
We have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel.
For an informal chat about the post, contact John Smith, Operations Supervisor on 0161 342 2838.