Machine Driver - Street Cleansing Team

We're looking for a dedicated Machine Driver to join our Street Cleansing Team. You'll be the person behind the wheel of our compact sweepers – making sure our streets and public areas stay spotless and welcoming for everyone. Do you enjoy being out and about, working with machinery, and helping your community stay clean and safe? If so, this could be the role for you!

We seek the best talent from the widest pool of people as diversity and inclusion is the key to our success. Reading Borough Council is a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to recruitment and continued employment of people with disabilities.

A C1 or C1E UK driving licence is essential and forms part of the shortlisting criteria; therefore you must state you have this on your CV or application form, otherwise you will not be shortlisted.

Our team keeps the town's pavements, roads and other public areas clean and safe, and we're looking for new team members to join us! This job is mainly driving our cleansing machines, but you will also be carrying out a range of other cleansing duties, so this would suit someone who enjoys varied outdoor work. Checking and maintaining your equipment and vehicle in line with daily checklists.

• Drive compact street sweepers and other cleansing machines.
• Carry out a range of other cleansing duties and outdoor manual work.
• Check and maintain equipment and vehicle according to daily checklists.

• Full UK driving licence (C1 / C1E).
• Understanding of general vehicle maintenance.
• Experience of outdoor manual working.
• Comfortable maintaining mechanical equipment.

You'll be part of a team that relies on each individual to play their part to the best of their ability. As well as the colleagues that you work closely with every day, you'll also be part of Team Reading, playing your personal part in making Reading a successful and vibrant place.

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high‑volume, seasonal and high‑peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non‑disabled people.

Our vision is to ensure that Reading realises its potential as a great place to live, work and play, and that everyone shares the benefits of this success. Our values and behaviours guide how we will achieve this:

• Work Together as one team – work collaboratively, with each other and with our partners, and demonstrate the Team Reading values in everything we do.
• Drive Efficiency – show initiative, be adaptable to change and put forward ideas to help improve delivery and efficiency. Take responsibility for our own learning and development and for reaching our potential.
• Be Ambitious – be demanding of our own performance, striving to be even better, and be prepared to engage with and challenge leaders in a constructive and positive way.
• Make a Difference to Reading – maintain the highest levels of customer service and be flexible and willing to provide the services needed at the time they are needed.

We offer a supportive environment to grow and develop your career with the opportunity to put your ideas across. Innovation and ambition are strongly encouraged.

A competitive salary alongside a range of benefits including:

• Generous holiday entitlement – 25 days holiday each year plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years' service, with the option to buy additional leave.
• Wide range of flexible working opportunities.
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
• Life Assurance – three times your annual salary (for members of the LGPS).
• Season Ticket Loan – a loan to help with the cost of your rail or bus journey to and from work.
• Lease car salary sacrifice scheme – allowing you to lease a brand new, greener car for three years. The monthly fee includes insurance, servicing and road tax.