Have you ever considered a career driving heavy vehicles but weren't sure how to get started?
The Cleanaway Women's Driver Academy has been designed to create pathways for women, female-identifying and non-binary people to build rewarding careers in the waste and resource recovery industry.
This unique opportunity provides paid training, hands-on experience and the support needed to become a qualified waste collection driver with one of Australia's leading environmental services organisations.
No heavy vehicle driving experience is required.
Based at Tullamarine on Wurundjeri Woiwurrung Country, you'll join a supportive operational team and take part in a structured training program designed to develop the skills, knowledge and confidence required to become a professional Heavy Vehicle Driver.
Working alongside experienced mentors and trainers, you'll learn how to safely operate collection vehicles, complete daily runs and provide an essential service to local communities.
This is a genuine career pathway into a permanent operational role with ongoing development opportunities across Cleanaway's national business.
Tullamarine VIC
November 2026
Successful participants will work:
The academy combines practical on-road experience, structured learning and mentoring support to help participants successfully transition into a professional driving career.
Training will focus on:
As your skills develop, opportunities may be available to gain experience across additional vehicle types and operational activities.
You do not need previous heavy vehicle driving experience.
We're looking for people who demonstrate:
The Women's Driver Academy offers:
This is more than a job. It's an opportunity to gain nationally recognised skills, build confidence and establish a rewarding career in an industry that provides an essential service to communities every day.
To be considered, you must:
At Cleanaway, we acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we operate and pay our respects to Elders past and present.
We strongly encourage applications from:
This recruitment activity may constitute a special measure under applicable anti-discrimination and equal opportunity legislation and is intended to increase participation in driving and operational roles where women remain underrepresented.
All applicants will be assessed on merit and their ability to perform the inherent requirements of the role.
If you're ready to start a new career, gain valuable driving skills and join an industry that delivers essential environmental services to communities every day, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today and start your Women's Driver Academy journey with Cleanaway.
Please contact Cleanaway's Employment Pathways Specialist Eddie Solien (Torres Strait Islander with ancestral ties to Badu Island) via Eddie.Solien@cleanaway.com.au.
The Women’s Driver Academy strives to achieve substantive equality and is considered a special measure under section 7D of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) and under section 12 of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (VIC). 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.
Cleanaway Waste Management Limited is Australia’s largest, publicly listed waste management company.
With over 10,000 employees in more than 350 locations across Australia, we work with a diverse range of customers from small businesses through to government agencies and large multi-national clients.
We believe that all waste is a resource and aim to incorporate recovery, recycling and reuse throughout our operations and those of our clients.
The Cleanaway difference is our dedicated team of highly trained in-house experts, who proudly deliver tailored solutions to our customers each and every day.
Our areas of expertise include:
General waste management and recycling services – including collections for homes and businesses; recycling and resource recovery; waste transportation, processing and disposal; and management of recycling facilities and landfills.
Industrial services – including management of liquid and hazardous waste; industrial cleaning, high pressure water blasting, vacuum loading, emergency spills response, hydro excavation and site remediation; collection, re-refining, recycling and sale of hydrocarbons and cooking oils; workshop waste solutions including parts washing; and plastic waste equipment manufacturing.
