Driver Academy for Women

Join Australia's leader in sustainable, total waste management solutions.

Location: Queanbeyan, NSW

• Program tailored for women, female identifying and non-binary persons
• No heavy vehicle driving experience required

Cleanaway is Australia's largest waste management organisation with over 8,000 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.

This role will require you to service multiple customer sites. Your role will include collecting Automotive waste and driving a Pantech truck and transporting to our disposal plant for recycling. Due to the physical nature of the role, candidates must be comfortable performing manual handling and heavy lifting. You will be working with a safe, modern and reliable fleet. 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.

As a HR Driver you will be responsible for:

• Collection vehicle
• Able to work autonomously
• Performing loading and unloading duties of waste product
• Delivering loads to nominated disposals facilities
• Ensuring high levels of customer service and satisfaction
• Maintaining presentation of the vehicle, inside and out
• Comfortable with a high level of manual handling

As part of closing the gender gap of drivers in the waste management industry, Cleanaway is running a Driver Academy for women to address substantive equality for all by removing some of the barriers preventing them from getting involved. Cleanaway is seeking an individual to participate in an intensive training program which includes licencing and other training required to set you up to be a HR licenced truck driver, followed by ongoing learning for the next 12 months.

Paid 5-week training program will include:

• Obtain Heavy Vehicle Licence Open (HR) Manual
• Dangerous goods licence & EPA certification- If required
• 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
• Commitment to safety and willingness to learn and work as part of a team
• Resilient attitude

• Great team environment
• Work with a company that invests in their people
• Employee share program & Employee Assistance Program
• Work with a leader in sustainable waste management solutions
• Great staff benefits program including novated car leasing and salary sacrificing on work-related purchases, discounts on private health insurance and more

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.

Join us on our exciting journey towards a sustainable future

Cleanaway have an exemption under the NSW act to discriminate on the basis of gender and to the extent that the academy targets female-identifying and non-binary persons, it is a special measure intended to achieve equality under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth).

Cleanaway is seeking an individual to participate in a training program to set you up to be a HR licenced truck driver.

Servicing our customers and communities across Australia with a focus on safety and quality

~330 sites including ~130 EPA Licensed Sites

6100+ Vehicles (Includes heavy and light road vehicles, site based industrial vehicles and trailers)

With one of the largest national fleets and a network of prized assets, we can service every corner of Australia

ASX100 listed

Strong performance doesn't just benefit investors it means we can provide surety to customers and our team

~242GWh generated in FY23

Just one of the ways we're making a sustainable future possible.