• Location: Hobart, TAS
• Start date March 2025
• Program tailored for women, female identifying and non-binary persons
• 5-day work week, Mon- Fri
• 3am-6am start time
• Public holidays and overtime
• Occasional weekend work
• No heavy vehicle driving experience required
• No previous work experience required
• Paid training and coaching provided
• Must hold current unrestricted drivers’ licence for a minimum of 24 months

About Us

Cleanaway is Australia’s largest waste management organisation with over 7,500 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

Based at our Hobart location we are seeking women who are aspiring to be, or who are already a HR Licensed driver, to join our team and serve our local community as part of the Container Refund Scheme.

As a HR Driver you will be responsible for:

• Rear Lift collection vehicle.
• Performing loading and unloading duties of recycling
• Delivering loads to nominated recycling and 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

What is in it for you?

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 female identifying or non-binary persons in the industry by removing some of the barriers preventing them from getting involved. Cleanaway is seeking women 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 (HR)
• Uniforms and PPE
• Induction to Cleanaway
• Training program to become a driver
• In cab coaching
• Practical driver training
• Buddy driver program

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

What’s On Offer

• One position available
• All training provided
• Mentoring during the first 12 months
• Great team environment
• Overtime rates possible
• 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 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.

If you require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact us by emailing Employmentpathways@cleanaway.com.au.

Join us on our exciting journey towards a sustainable future! 

The Driver Academy for Women strives to achieve substantive equality and is considered a special measure under section 7D of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) and under section 23-26 of the Anti-discrimination Act 1998 (TAS). The Women’s Driver Academy is undertaken by Cleanaway to address underrepresentation of women, female-identifying and non-binary persons as heavy vehicle drivers in municipal collections operations.