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Waste Driver Collector
EMERGE Recycling
£12.60/hour or £24,570 p.a.
37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Permanent contract
For an application pack, email recruitment@emergemanchester.co.uk, quoting “Recycling Collector- Driver” in the subject line. Note that we do not accept CVs.
Closing date: noon on Monday 22nd September 2025
We are seeking a Waste Recycling Collector-Driver to be part of a dynamic team responsible for collecting waste and recycling from businesses across Greater Manchester and Liverpool.
This is a multi-pick up role working across a number of services. Your day could include collecting bagged waste from offices, swapping over 240 litre bins and driving a van collecting a range of materials including potentially wood, equipment or furniture.
As a frontline representative of EMERGE to our customers, good communication skills and a positive and professional approach to customer service is essential. You must be capable of lifting up to 25kg, and be willing to undertake security vetting due to the confidential nature of the material we collect.
Good geographic knowledge of Greater Manchester, experience in waste management, and a forklift licence are desirable. A clean driving licence is preferred, and all points must be declared. One year’s driving experience required, ideally in a 3.5 tonne van, and you must be over 21 for insurance purposes.
Driver/Warehouse Operative
£24,785 – £25,798 per year (depending on driving qualifications)
37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
For an application pack, email recruitment@emergemanchester.co.uk, quoting “Driver/Warehouse Operative” in the subject line. Note that we do not accept CVs.
Closing date: 09:00 on Monday 22nd September 2025
FareShare UK’s pioneering Surplus with Purpose scheme works with businesses across the food industry to help cover the extra costs of redistributing their unsold food to people who need it and preparing unfinished surplus food for redistribution. Surplus with Purpose helps FareShare redistribute thousands of tonnes of surplus fresh fruit and vegetables to charities and community organisations that need it.
A typical day will include carrying out the daily van safety check, collecting your order lists from the Food Allocations team and then picking the fruit & veg for each order, which will be between 400kgs and 800kgs. After safely building the pallets, you’ll load them onto the van and then unload at the Community Food Members’ (CFMs) site. You’ll collect their empty trays and return them to our Warehouse, perhaps stopping to refuel on the way, where you’ll take on Warehouse duties as required e.g. picking orders, cleaning, goods-in, stock rotation etc.
You are the face of FSGM to our CFMs so you’ll need top notch customer service skills, excellent communication skills and a commitment to working in a culturally sensitive way. It’s a physical job so you can comfortably lift up to 25kg at a time repeatedly and throughout the day.
For insurance purposes, you need to be at least 25 years’ old, with experience of safely driving commercial vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes. If you have a licence for driving larger vehicles (up to 7.5 tonnes), even better. The salary offered will reflect the driver qualification you have.
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