Street Cleaning Supervisor

Title:

Street Cleaning Supervisor

Requisition

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 uphold Amey’s values.

• 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 time frames.
• 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.

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

• Competitive salary with potential for yearly reviews.
• Career growth opportunities to roles such as Team Leader.
• Comprehensive training tailored to your growth.
• Personal development programmes such as Leadership Development, Women@Amey, and Multicultural Leadership.
• Generous pension scheme with company contributions.
• At least 24 days of holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to buy additional days.
• Flexible benefits including additional leave, cycle‑to‑work schemes, charitable giving, and gym memberships.
• Exclusive discounts through our online portal.
• Community impact with paid volunteering days and other local project opportunities.

• 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 such as 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.

We value a culture of diversity and inclusion and encourage applications from individuals who are passionate about making a positive impact, regardless of background, gender, race, or personal circumstances. 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.

For questions or adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact Jessica Patel at