WASTE & FLEET TRAINING COMPLIANCE OFFICER

Job description

£140 per day PAYE 37 hours per week \| Monday–Friday Office/Depot Based – Rugby 6-month contract Start: 5 October 2026

Lynx Employment Services is recruiting an experienced Waste & Fleet Training Compliance Officer to support a busy operational waste and fleet service.

This is a hands-on role combining driver training and coaching with fleet compliance and competency management. You’ll work directly with drivers, loaders, street cleansing operatives and other frontline staff, helping ensure training, licences, assessments and competencies remain compliant and up to date.

Key responsibilities include:

• Maintaining the operational training and competency matrix
• Monitoring licence checks, qualifications, certificates and refresher dates
• Delivering driver training, coaching and assessments
• Conducting vehicle familiarisation and walk-round check training
• Coaching drivers to improve standards and reduce accidents
• Supporting Operator Licence and DVSA compliance
• Monitoring tachograph infringements and providing corrective coaching
• Carrying out gate checks, crew monitoring and route compliance activity
• Delivering inductions, toolbox talks and refresher training
• Maintaining accurate, audit-ready training and compliance records
• Identifying training requirements following incidents, audits or performance concerns

Essential:

HGV Class 2 / Category C licence or above Experience within waste operations, fleet or a similar operational environment Previous training/coaching experience or significant relevant driver experience Experience maintaining training matrices and competency records Good understanding of DVSA, Operator Licence and Health & Safety compliance NEBOSH General Certificate/equivalent, or IOSH membership/working towards it

A Driver Assessor qualification, Driver CPC Instructor, Transport Manager CPC, WAMITAB or similar qualification would be advantageous.
Hours are generally around 8am–4pm, with flexibility required to accommodate operational training.

If you have a strong HGV/waste background and enjoy developing drivers while keeping fleet operations safe and compliant, we'd like to hear from you.

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