Weed Spraying Street Cleansing Operative

Location: Oldbury, West Midlands, B69 2BP

Salary: £26,097.55 per annum + excellent benefits

Full Time: 37 hours per week fixed term contract (finishing in December 2025)

Working hours: Monday - Friday, flexible day work to meet the business needs.

Ready to make an impact?
As a Street Cleansing Driver/Operative in our Oldbury team, you'll provide a complete waste and recycling service on behalf of the residents and community in West Midlands. With a professional, dedicated and friendly team of Street Cleansing staff, we ensure that streets, homes and businesses are kept clean, safe and tidy, whilst providing the very best levels of customer service to all members of the community that we serve.

If you hold a quad or motorbike licence this would be a high advantage but full training will be given.

You'll be entrusted to:

• To carry out both programmed and responsive Street Cleansing functions daily with skills and knowledge of all machinery aspects of the job.
• To understand Contract requirements, the specification of all Street Cleansing.
• To identify and understand key performance indicators and ensure that these are met.
• Responsible for the daily inspection and reporting procedure for machinery, prior and on completion of usage, including vehicles.
• Responsible for the cleanliness of machinery and vehicles.
• To undergo specific training to improve skill levels and knowledge of Contract requirments as and when defined training is identified as being required or available.
• To carry out any of these Street Cleansing functions but not exhaustive: Litter picking, scraping away weeds and detritus, digging out channels, manually sweeping and shovelling silt, cleaning dog mess, removing flyposting, removing graffiti, emptying litter and dog bins and removal of fly tipped waste.
• Using Street Cleansing carts and barrows as and when required.
• Participate in weekend working rota as and when required.
• During periods of inclement weather, participate in snow removal and gritted directed by the contract.
• Use of in-cab technology as directed by the contract. Completing relevant templates and submitting worksheets in real time.
• Take on adhoc or additional duties when required when there are limited resources within the team and assist where required across any of the SERCO sites as directed by the Manager.
• Use a practical problem solving approach and being able to resolve issues through to conclusion or escalating as appropriate.

Does this sound like you?
You'll be a great fit for this role if you are...

• Hold a clean driving licence 
• Street Cleansing experience is desirable 
• Physically fit and healthy due to the nature of the business
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Self motivated
• Willingness to undertake further training

Discover all you need to keep growing
Here you'll be part of a highly supportive culture with leaders you can count on to help you achieve your goals. From mentoring and training to our focus on internal progression, we're proud to offer clear development opportunities - and the support and tools to help you seize them. Because this is a place for you
Our people are integral to everything we do. That's why our benefits are designed to put you first:

• Holidays: 25 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.
• ShareSave scheme: Helps you save regularly with the choice to buy Serco shares at a discount at the end of your savings period.
• Employee networks: Dedicated networks where colleagues can come together to find support, share challenges, discuss ideas, network and be part of a community.
• Charity: Support a charity or organisation with a paid volunteering day each year. You can also choose to donate to your favourite charity tax-free, through our Payroll Giving Scheme.

A little bit about us
At Serco, we're a fast-growing company, serving governments around the globe. Our work spans sectors a wide range of sectors including Justice, Immigration, Defence, Leisure, Healthcare, Transport, and Citizen Services. We're committed to delivering, improving and redesigning public services for the benefit of everyone, guided by our values of Trust, Care, Innovation, and Pride.

Our inclusive recruitment process: We see people first and foremost for their performance and potential. We're a proud holder of the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard and a Disability Confident Leader, championing fair access to employment and equal opportunities for all. As such we're open to flexible working arrangements and 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). Sometimes we recieve a high volume of applications, which may lead us to close the application period early. To ensure you don't miss out, please apply as soon as possible.

Let's impact a better future, together. Apply today.
For help with your application, or to discuss your eligibility, please contact 0345 010 4000

All Serco employees must ensure that their current line manager is aware of their application.  For confidential enquiries please contact MyHR. Serco are Disability Confident Leader employers and are committed to employing and retaining people with disabilities.  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.