SALARY: £37,000 Per Annum
HOURS: 37.5 per week, Monday - Friday
LOCATION: Albert Road
Driver Trainer
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:
* To deliver training programs to the driving workforce, ensuring the highest professional standards and compliance with current legislation and BWC safe working procedures.
* To improve and develop driver knowledge, skills and confidence.
* To ensure a robust driver assessment process is in place.
* To reduce and prevent accidents and incidents.
Key Responsibilities:
Driver training and development
* Ensure a clear map of training requirements for the different driver roles.
* Effectively onboard new drivers, review and standardise the approach.
* Implement a buddy system for new drivers.
* Provide adhoc practical support to all of our drivers.
* Review and improve driver training, developing training course materials and maintaining a clear driver handbook.
* Deliver vehicle familiarisation training to drivers as and when required.
* Coach and mentor drivers, both on and off the road.
* Manage the driver CPC process, ensuring all drivers maintain their certification.
* Assess possibility of delivering CPC in-house in future.
* Develop driver skills with bespoke driver training packages, based on outcomes of assessments, investigations and key data.
* Support the implementation of a Driver Development Program, e.g. loaders eager to obtain a HGV license.
* Manage the relationship with our training providers and ensure training is adequate for BWCs needs.
* Manage the process and completion of Learning Agreements for anyone who joins the Driver Development Program.
* Train managers/supervisors on relevant in-house courses.
* Keep and maintain up to date and accurate records of all driver training undertaken.
* Deliver training relating to drivers’ hours / tachographs / WTD rules and regulations to new starters and existing drivers.
Driver assessment
* Perform periodic driver assessments.
* Review the driver assessment process and ensure a robust and standardised approach.
* Ensure monitoring programs are in place and identify and focus on high-risk groups.
Driver recruitment
* To advise on improvements and input to the driver recruitment and selection process.
* To undertake assessment of drivers during the interview process.
Accident prevention
* Work with key stakeholders to reduce and prevent accident damage.
* Work with key stakeholders to improve fleet fuel efficiency.
* Monitor and review key data, e.g. speed data, driving metrics to identify trends and root causes of poor driver behaviour.
* Create clear action plans to drive improvements.
* Work with key stakeholders to review, monitor and audit key driver compliance areas, in line with our operating license.
* Work with the internal comms lead to effectively communicate driver safety campaigns.
Essential Requirements for the Role:
* HGV class 2 licence.
* HGV/LGV Trainer.
* Driver Assessor qualification.
* Ability to use Excel, PowerPoint and Word documents.
* Good Presentation Skills to groups and individuals.
* Working knowledge of large goods vehicles and other relevant legislation.
* A good knowledge of Health and Safety legislation.
* A passionate and professional approach to health, safety and training, displaying credibility and presence within the workplace.
* A good technical understanding of large goods vehicles and transport operational requirements.
* A good attention to detail and accuracy with an ability to work on your own initiative.
* Good communication at all levels and organisational skills.
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.