Class 2 HGV Driver for Local Family Run Waste Management Company

  • Job Reference: 00005408-1
  • Date Posted: 28 July 2026
  • Recruiter: Busy Bins
  • Location: Heywood, Manchester
  • Salary: £30,000 to £32,000
  • Bonus/Benefits: Profit Share Scheme Annually and Gifted Company Shares Offered
  • Sector: Transport & Logistics
  • Job Type: Contract
  • Work Hours: Full Time

Job Description

We're Hiring.

Would you like to work for a family run business where your hard work is rewarded and appreciated? We offer that plus 33 days holiday (25 & 8 Stats) and more.

The Position
HGV Class 2 Driver. Permanent Full Time Salaried Position.

Profit Share Scheme & Staff Shares Offered.

The Company
Busy Bins are a fast growing waste management company based in Heywood and operates in the Greater Manchester Area.
-We believe that a fair days work deserves a fair days pay.
-We believe that the workload should be shared evenly amongst the team.
-We appreciate a job well done.
-We are looking for dependable, hard working and positive people to help us grow the business.

Interested?
Please call 0161 766 3330 or email josh@busybins.co.uk 

About the role

You'll drive one of our refuse collection vehicles on a mixed round covering commercial trade waste customers and household collections across Greater Manchester. You're responsible for the vehicle and for how our customers see us — for a lot of our customers, you are the only person from this company they will ever meet.

What you'll do

  • Drive and take full responsibility for the safe operation of an RCV on assigned commercial and domestic rounds
  • Complete thorough daily walk-round checks and report defects properly and promptly
  • Collect, load and empty bins and containers, including physical bin handling
  • Manoeuvre and reverse safely in tight residential streets, yards and commercial premises.
  • Return bins tidily to their collection point.
  • Identify and correctly handle contaminated or non-conforming waste
  • Complete round sheets, digital records and any weighbridge documentation accurately
  • Comply with drivers' hours, tachograph, WTD and all relevant waste-carrier regulations
  • Report incidents, near misses and customer issues honestly and immediately

Essential

  • Full UK Category C (Class 2) licence
  • Valid Driver CPC card
  • Valid digital tachograph card
  • No more than [6] penalty points; no DR, DD or IN endorsements
  • Physically capable of repetitive bin handling in all weather
  • Able to reliably start at [05:30]
  • Right to work in the UK

Desirable

  • Previous refuse, recycling or waste collection experience
  • Experience of multi-drop or route-based work
  • Rear-steer or bin-lift experience
  • Banksman or manual handling training

What we're actually looking for

  • You turn up, every day, on time. That's the foundation of everything else here
  • You'd rather do the round properly than do it fast
  • You look after our customers.
  • You report and communicate any issues so they can be resolved.
  • You look after your vehicle like it's yours