At a Glance
- Tasks: Operate Heavy Rigid vehicles, ensuring top-notch customer service and safety.
- Company: Join Cleanaway, Australia's largest waste management organisation with a commitment to sustainability.
- Benefits: Paid training, uniforms, PPE, and a supportive team environment.
- Other info: Encouraging applications from diverse backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
- Why this job: Empower yourself while driving towards a sustainable future in a unique women-focused program.
- Qualifications: Current unrestricted driver's licence and a passion for teamwork and customer service.
The predicted salary is between 49500 - 60500 $ per year.
Location: Portsmith, QLD
Start date: January 2027
Fulltime
Program tailored for women, female identifying and non-binary persons
Start time from 4:30am, Mon-Fri
About Us
Cleanaway is Australia's largest waste management organisation with over 10,000 employees working at over 400 sites. We have been around in Australia for over 50 years, delivering solutions that offer extraordinary benefits not just for our customers, but for our communities and environment we live in. Cleanaway provides sustainable waste management solutions to a range of customers including councils, small businesses, large corporate entities and government agencies.
The Role
This role will require you to operate a Heavy Rigid collections vehicle servicing customers and performing loading and unloading duties. Delivering loads to nominated recycling and disposal facilities and ensuring high levels of customer service satisfaction. Must be comfortable with manual handling.
You will be required to operate vehicles and equipment in accordance with company regulations, complete all paperwork and records accurately. Must be willing to take a Pre-employment medical, including drug and alcohol test.
Paid 5-week training program will include:
- Obtain Heavy Vehicle Licence (HR)
- Uniforms and PPE
- Training program to become a driver
To be part of the program:
- Hold a current unrestricted driver's licence for a minimum of 24 months
- Driving History Check with a minimum of 8 demerit points remaining
- No heavy vehicle driving experience required
- Passionate about working as a team
- Excellent customer service ethic
- Commitment to safety and willingness to learn and work as part of a team
- Resilient attitude
Our Process
Our recruitment process involves a number of checks including, but not limited to, criminal history, medicals, drug & alcohol testing, as well as verification of qualifications, licences and right-to-work status.
We are dedicated to improving employment outcomes and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We also welcome candidates of all ages, abilities, gender identities, experiences (including veterans), and cultural backgrounds.
Please contact us by emailing Employmentpathways@cleanaway.com.au
Join us on our exciting journey towards a sustainable future!
The Women's Driver Academy strives to achieve substantive equality and is considered a special measure under section 7D of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth), and an equal opportunity measure under section 105 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld). The Women's Driver Academy is undertaken by Cleanaway to address underrepresentation of women, female-identifying and non-binary drivers in operational roles.
Driver Academy for Women Cairns employer: Cleanaway Careers
Cleanaway Careers offers a dynamic work environment focused on sustainability and innovation in waste management. Employees benefit from diverse roles that contribute to essential services, with opportunities for professional growth and development within a large, ASX-listed organization. The company values teamwork and provides a supportive atmosphere for its staff.
