Waste and Recycling Loader

Job Title: Waste and Recycling Loader x2

Location of work: Earlswood Depot, Redhill

Salary: £31,976 - £33,356 per annum

Basis: Permanent, Full time

Hours: 45 hours per week

About the Role

Are you fit and healthy and enjoy working in the great outdoors? Do you want to work in a great team who are passionate about their jobs and provide a vital role for the community? Then please read on!

Our Recycling & Refuse Loaders perform a key role in providing an excellent recycling and refuse collection service to the residents. Working with others in your refuse crew, you will ensure that the neighbourhoods in the Borough have their paper and mixed recycling, food waste, garden waste and refuse, regularly removed and disposed of responsibly.

It is essential that you are a team player and can communicate with your colleagues and customers, clearly and politely; showing a clear understanding of what good customer care is.

Compliance with health and safety guidance is very important for you, team members and the public, due to the heavy lifting machinery, dust and fumes. Guidance, training and personal protective equipment (PPE) is provided to all successful candidates.

About the Person

• You will have the commitment to start work at 6am and work a 45-hour week Monday to Friday
• You must have the physical ability to walk in excess of 10 miles per day
• You will have the ability to learn, understand and carry out health and safety instructions.
• You will demonstrate good customer care skills

Staff Benefits

In exchange for your expertise, experience and enthusiasm, we will offer support in continuing your personal and career development, in addition to providing a wide range of employment linked benefits.

We provide you with competitive annual leave, and contribute 22.10% towards the LGPS pension scheme. You will also have access to a range of discounts including local and high street stores, and salary sacrifice schemes including a cycle lease scheme, and ‘Better’ leisure centre membership.

Additional Information

For an informal discussion about the role, please call Robert Wiggins (Operations Manager) on 07974 325140.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, supporting the guaranteed interview scheme for disabled and ex-armed forces candidates, who meet the essential criteria for the role.

Closing date: Tuesday 23rd June 2026 at 23:59

Interview date: 1 week from closing date

We understand that some applicants may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist with preparing their applications.

All submitted information—whether supported by AI or not—must accurately reflect the applicant’s own skills, experience, and qualifications.

Recruitment decisions will be based on how well applicants demonstrate these attributes during the interview and selection process.

Values and Behaviours

Our great working environment and the values and behaviours of every individual and team in the Council, help to evolve the culture of our organisation to become more commercial, innovative and embracing of change. Successful applicants to our career opportunities will be able to demonstrate they share the values and behaviours we seek in our organisation.

Local Government Reorganisation

Reigate and Banstead Borough Council is part of the government’s plans for Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) scheduled to take place in April 2027. This means the current two-tier system, where services are split between Surrey County Council and district and borough councils like Reigate, will be replaced with two unitary councils made up of East and West Surrey, which will handle all local services. Reigate and Banstead Borough Council will form part of the new East Surrey unitary authority.  

Although this may lead to some uncertainty for anyone considering a role with us, this process will take some time and during that time we still need to provide services. When local government is reorganised, most staff will transfer to the new council(s) which may offer additional opportunities for career development and variety as part of a larger organisation.

Further information on LGR can be found here: Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) and Devolution | Reigate and Banstead

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