Title:  Street Cleaning Supervisor

We have a fantastic opportunity for a permanent, Street Cleaning Supervisor to join our team in Sheffield.

This position offers a competitive salary and overtime.

As part of the Sheffield Streets Ahead (SSA) operational delivery team, the Street Cleaning Supervisor is responsible for coordinating and supervising the daily delivery of street cleansing across Sheffield’s neighbourhood,. This includes leading Street Cleaning teams, ensuring compliance with safety and environmental standards, and maintaining excellent levels of cleanliness across the city.

This role offers you the unique opportunity to always provide excellent customer service and upholding Amey’s values.

What You’ll Do:

• Supervise day‑to‑day street cleansing operations including litter picking, bin emptying, sweeping, fly‑tipping removal, graffiti removal
• Ensure that all scheduled cleansing routes and tasks are completed efficiently, adjusting plans as needed based on operational pressures.
• Coordinate use of fleet vehicles such as vans, cage vehicles, electric units, and compact sweepers, ensuring operatives carry out vehicle checks and report defects.
• Lead, motivate, and manage a team of street cleaning operatives, allocating work areas and ensuring adequate staffing for all duties.
• Conduct regular site inspections to ensure high standards of cleanliness and provide feedback and corrective guidance.
• Support training, inductions, and continuous development for operatives, including safe equipment use and compliance with SSA procedures.
• Manage attendance, support wellbeing, and contribute to investigations (accidents, discipline) when required.
• Ensure all street cleansing operations comply with waste, transport, and health & safety legislation and SSA safety protocols.
• Enforce safe working practices, including hazard reporting, PPE use, safeguarding responsibilities, and compliance with equality and diversity standards.
• Act as a frontline representative of the SSA service, engaging professionally with members of the public, councillors, and other stakeholders.
• Respond to complaints, requests, or escalations, ensuring timely and appropriate action.
• Maintain accurate records including schedules, staff deployment, equipment checks, and resource usage.
• Identify service failures or hotspots and take corrective action within agreed timeframes.
• Report defects, fly‑tipping, graffiti, or cleansing issues to relevant teams and managers to ensure coordinated response.
• Quickly respond to issues such as staff shortages, vehicle breakdowns, road closures or urgent requests to avoid service disruption.
  
  

Why Join Us?

At Amey, we don’t just offer jobs, we offer opportunities to build fulfilling careers. As one of the top 1% of employers recognised by Investors in People, we are committed to your professional growth and wellbeing. Here’s what you can expect when you join our team:

® Competitive Salary: Enjoy a competitive annual salary with the potential for yearly reviews to ensure you’re rewarded for your contributions.

® Career Growth: Propel your career with clear, dynamic advancement opportunities to roles like Team Leader

® Training Opportunities: Unlock your potential with comprehensive training tailored to your growth.

® Personal Development Opportunities: Advance your personal growth through mentorship and access to our award-winning programs like our Leadership Development, Women@Amey, and Multicultural Leadership programs.

® Pension: Benefit from a generous pension scheme with company contributions for your future peace of mind.

® Holidays: Enjoy at least 24 days of holiday plus bank holidays, and the opportunity to buy further 5 days! Giving you plenty of time to relax and recharge.

® Flexible Benefits: Customise your benefits package with options like additional leave, cycle-to-work schemes, charitable giving, and gym memberships.

® Exclusive Discounts: Access our online portal filled with discounts from leading retailers, healthcare services, and more, helping you save on the things that matter.

® Social Impact: Take part in our community initiatives with 2x paid volunteering days a year, plus other opportunities to support fundraising and local projects.

What You’ll Bring:

• Experience supervising cleaning, waste or environmental operations.
• Strong leadership, communication, and people‑management skills.
• Knowledge of environmental cleanliness standards and relevant legislation.
• Experience working within a multi‑contractor or PFI‑style operational model (e.g., Sheffield Streets Ahead).
• Ability to deliver training, conduct investigations, and manage complex operational challenges.
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced, high‑risk frontline service environment.

If you’re ready to make a meaningful impact on our business and contribute to a shared, sustainable future, we invite you to join us in advancing our strategy and driving positive change.

Application Guidance

At Amey, we value a culture of diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from individuals who are passionate about making a positive impact, no matter their background, gender, race, or personal circumstances. We believe everyone deserves the opportunity to shine.

As a Disability Confident leader, we’re proud to offer applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

If you have any questions or need any adjustments during the recruitment process, don’t hesitate to reach out to our recruiter for this role, at jessica.patel1@amey.co.uk