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Salary- Full Time - $28+ p/h - Monday to Friday role - Uniform & PPE Provided
- National family-owned and operated business with over 90 years experience
- Job Security - Full-time Permanent Role - Essential Services
You’ve probably seen our fleet of vehicles, with their recognisable green and gold swoosh, driving along your street. But we’re more than the friendly drivers lifting bins.
We’re innovators; ensuring total waste management solutions are meeting the demands of government, business and the community in our ever-changing world.
THE ROLE
JJ’s Waste & Recycling is looking for a self-motivated, active and experienced Yard hand / Truck Washer to join our busy depot in Cairns.
Duties include: bin cleaning, cardboard baling and general housekeeping. In addition to the Yard Hand duties the successful applicant will need to perform truck washing duties of up to 50 pieces of equipment on a weekly or fortnightly basis including trucks, forklifts and light vehicles.
- Maintaining cleanliness of all vehicles including trucks, forklift, and light vehicles.
- Ensuring the standard of all vehicles cleaned are of a high quality.
- Maintaining a cleaning schedule to ensure that all required vehicles are cleaned on a weekly or fortnightly basis.
- General house keeping and yard duties as required.
- Maintaining routine work records and inventories
- Carrying out non-technical maintenance tasks internally and externally as required
- Skid Steer operation and processing of cardboard in baling shed
ABOUT YOU
- Current HR licence required (minimum)
- Current Forklift Licence required
- Current Skid Steer Licence required
- Able to demonstrate self-management and good communication skills
- Knowledge of OH&S hazards and safety precautions
- Ability to complete required paperwork accurately and in a timely manner
- Be subject to a pre-employment medical, drug and alcohol testing
- An impeccable driving record, providing your last 10 years’ traffic history
BENEFITS
We celebrate our people by providing a safe and professional workplace so you can enjoy what you do every day. As a team member you will enjoy:
- The stability of a national, Australian family owned and operated business with over 90 years’ experience
- A safe, professional and inclusive work environment
- Uniform and PPE
- Work/life balance
- $25-30 per hour (depending on experience)
- Essential services industry – job stability
- Full-time, permanent role
- Onsite parking
- Safe & reliable fleet maintained in our modern workshops
- Career development, training and growth opportunities
- Health-fund & Banking discounts
- Salary sacrificing and novated leasing
- Reward discounts at over 100 retailers (including groceries and fuel)
Above all, your safety and wellbeing are of the highest importance to us.
APPLY
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To view our other JJ's positions, please visit jjswaste.com.au/careers
ABOUT THE COMPANY
We started in 1932 and have a rich 90-year history of service excellence and innovation. To this day, the family-owned company continues to focus on quality service, a people-first culture, innovation, and flexibility. From humble beginnings as a small family business, our team has grown across Australia, NZ & the US, and we’re passionate about effective waste management.
As an organisation we are big on being humble, down-to-earth and in service to our communities. We’re proud of the reputation we’ve established, having achieved it through always prioritising integrity, solid relationships and old-fashioned service.
No agencies please, we’ve got this one covered! Unsolicited communication will result in the forfeiture of any engagement or partnership.
