Working for Exeter City Council in the Parks & Green Spaces Cleansing department.

Shift Pattern: Monday to Sunday (5 days/week), starting time between 05:00 and 07:00, working 8 hours shift.

The main purpose of the roles is to undertake cleansing services to keep the city looking good. You will working both within teams and on your own. You are required to have a clean driving license as you might be required to drive a company vehicle to various location maintained by Exeter City Council

Responsibilities

• Removing litter and emptying litter bins at regular intervals as demand indicates
• Removing small amounts of graffiti, fly post removal, trimming or removing weed growth and cleaning public toilets or car parks, as necessary.
• Undertaking basic condition inspections of facilities and reporting any obvious maintenance issues.
• Identifying additional reactive work for specialist teams such as grass or hedge cutting, maintenance tasks, mechanical sweeping, tree work, large-scale graffiti removal, hot wash, etc.
• To report issues adversely affecting the look and feel of the public realm such as damaged street scene or greenspace furniture and signs, fly tipping, stray dogs, abandoned cars, illegal use of council land, etc.
• To undertake training on the safe use of equipment and safe working practices and to achieve a consistently good performance. To undertake work in a safe and effective manner at all times, following City Council policies and procedures, and to be responsible for your safety and that of the public.
• To undertake basic recording of information, e.g. play equipment checks, timesheets, daily optimisation sheets.
• To work flexibly across shift patterns when required to meet the demands of the service.
• Such other duties relevant to the post and grading relating to the job description overall which may from time to time be deemed appropriate.

Staff will be trained across all sections, including:

• Car park cleaning, toilet cleaning,
• City Centre solo sweeping,
• Van routes and deep cleaning so shift start times will vary.

All roles have a half hour unpaid lunch break and the current pay rate is £13.05 per hour.

You will be working for WB Employment Ltd acting as an employment agency