Careers & Benefits

GET PAID TO KEEP FIT!

Peace of mind with job security and a stable employer with family values.

If you have the right to work in New Zealand, a Class 2 truck licence, know what work ethic and values are, and believe that the harder you work the luckier you get then read on.

We have opportunities for people who want to keep fit, or even people who want to get fit, to join our team collecting recycling and rubbish in the Auckland region.

So how does this work?

Working for Rubbish Direct, helping us deliver what our customers pay us for:

• Clean & Tidy Rubbish Rooms, On Time, Every Time.
• We don’t sit in a truck all day operating a side arm or a set of forks on top of the truck, we get out of the cab at each and every customer, we go and get their bins, bring them to the truck, empty them and then take them back.
• On drivers walk on average 10,000 steps per day, pulling full bins and returning empty ones, this amount of physical and aerobic activity will ensure your fitness level is tip top!

Still there? Still interested?

Are you an early bird? As they say the early bird gets the worm!

• Well, working for the Rubbish Direct team means you will be up before the birds and home before the school kids.
• We start early, between 2.30 and 3.30am and your day will be about 10 hours long, a bit less once you get the hang of it and move a bit quicker.
• As our customers need us 365 days per year, we work 365 days per year, of course we do not expect you to work 7 days a week, but to start with you will need to be able to work weekends and have your days off during the week.
• In days gone by values, morals, work ethic – call it what you want, meant something.
• We are on the search for the needles in the haystack. Those of us who were raised to respect others and those of us who believe that that the harder we work the luckier we get.

So who are we?

We are Rubbish Direct!

Rubbish Direct is an Auckland based collector of rubbish and recycling that started out in 1999 with 1 truck, 1 person and 20 bins, we now have over 50 trucks, more than 100 staff and thousands of bins, so the growth says it all, we are providing a service the market wants and we do it quite simply by putting our customer’s requirements at the centre of everything we do.

What do we stand for?

Our belief is that if you stand for nothing you will fall for anything.

Values help us make decisions, they are our moral compass if you like, our values are written to be understood in plain language and to be lived by everyone of us.

• Our customers depend on us, don’t let them down – they pay the wages.
• Do it properly or don’t do it at all – there is no traffic on the extra mile.
• Be safe – look after yourself and watch out for everyone else.
• We find solutions, not problems – attitude is everything.
• Everyone is in the marketing department.

As you can see, even I am in the marketing department 🙂

We are passionate about what we do, and we take pride in our work.

We believe our business is as good as our people, so we bend over backwards for our people, to us that looks like this:

• Hot food / meals available for all staff, every day from 10.30 to 3pm.
• A $5,000 long service bonus every 5 years.
• An equal share in the profit pool for everyone who contributed for the year.
• Southern Cross healthcare after 6 months.
• Staff welfare scheme to help out with emergency expenses.

SHOW ME THE MONEY!

OK, so how do we pay our drivers?

Well, we also believe that the harder you work the luckier you get, so we pay our drivers a daily rate, that way those who work faster and think more get rewarded more.

For example, we design our runs so they can be completed by an “average” driver in 10 hours, some of our drivers will do their day in 8 or 8.5 hours, so they get the benefit of being quicker. Gone are the days when a slow driver gets paid more for being slow on a hourly rate!

We like skin in the game, ours and yours, ours comes from the 3-5 weeks training we have to invest in you, yours comes from starting on $300 a day and then once you have learnt your run and get the hang of it this will increase to $320 / day. Currently our top drivers are on over $350 / day.

If you think you fit the bill,

We would love to have a conversation with you about potentially joining our team. Please click ‘Apply Now!‘ and proceed with your job application.

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