SALARY: £12.60 per hour

HOURS: 4 hours per week, Monday & Thursday (09:00-11:00)

LOCATION: Brentry Flats, Bristol

Cleaning Operative 

About Bristol Waste Company:

What we do is important – we’re here to keep Bristol, and beyond, clean, and safe.

We do this for our city’s residents, workers, visitors, and businesses. Our work helps deliver Bristol’s sustainability targets in partnership with the council. 

Bristol Waste’s commercial operation, where we serve businesses and organisations across the region, is also growing.

Our ambition is to provide good quality, value for money services, and we continue to deliver a social value impact worth more than £30 million every year.

We want people who share our values and want to work with us to drive our business forward.

Purpose of the role:

Undertake cleaning tasks and create and maintain a quality standard of cleaning to the agreed specification within set time limits.  

Key Responsibilities:

• Floors: Vacuum and mop all flooring to maintain cleanliness and ensure a safe, slip-free environment
• Surfaces: Dust and wipe down all surfaces, including windowsills, handrails, and other high-touch areas such as door handles and staircases
• Washrooms:  Thoroughly clean and disinfect all washroom facilities, including toilets, sinks, taps, fixtures, and tiled areas.
• Kitchen Areas: Clean shared kitchen spaces by wiping down countertops, cupboard fronts, and cleaning sinks to a hygienic standard
• Lift Areas: Clean the lift, including mirrors, walls, floors, and frequent touchpoints such as buttons and handrails
• Emptying bins, disposing of waste and recycling, and replacing bin liners
• Restocking cleaning supplies and toiletries (e.g., hand wash, toilet paper)
• Ordering stock via the Team Leader
• Use of the correct cleaning products on site
• Identifying and reporting all safety issues to the Team Leader
• Comply with all safety policies and procedures that are related to carrying out cleaning tasks.
• The safe use and storage of all cleaning equipment
• The safe storage of all cleaning chemicals
• Liaise regularly with your Team Leader reporting to them any information or service issues

Essential Requirements for the Role:

• A can-do attitude with the willingness to learn new skills
• Be physically fit for walking, bending, etc
• Good communication and organisational skills
• Time management skills
• Good (spoken) level of English language
• Strong interpersonal and problem-solving abilities
• Highly responsible and reliable
• Ability to work alone and as part of a team

Full Job Description can be provided upon request.

Our Benefits:

• Annual leave package of 25 days plus 8 bank holidays.
• Employer contribution of 5% into the company pension scheme.
• Support for Mental Health, including a BUPA Employee Assistance Programme that provides support covering 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 are free for our colleagues.
• Because we value our colleagues, 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 ‘Stand Out Award’ and long service awards. To celebrate our colleagues wherever they are on their journey with us, we recognise and celebrate talent.
• We recognise that everyone is different and strive to create an environment that supports all colleagues through flexible working. 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.

Everyone belongs:

At Bristol Waste everyone belongs – we are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation. 

We give fair and equal consideration to all applications.

We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence.

Important note on applying:

• Please apply as soon as possible and before 23:59 on the closing date. Sometimes we close vacancies early if we receive a high number of quality applications.
• Due to the high volume of interest, we won’t be able to receive late applications and we are currently unable to respond to all who apply.
• If you haven’t heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, it unfortunately means you won’t be invited to interview on this occasion.

Contact us:

Please contact our People Services team to discuss this role, your application, or any reasonable adjustments and support in applying for this position: 

• recruitment@bristolwastecompany.co.uk
• 0117 440 6676

 Thank you for your interest in joining Bristol Waste Company.