Equipment Transport Driver – UK Deliveries (3.5t)

LGH Benelux; Erith; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days Annual Leave

Enhance Family Leave

Free Eye Tests

Private Healthcare

Training & Development Programmes

Quarterly Incentive Program

Free Parking

Free Equipment Hire

Job summary

LGH Winches is seeking a driver to safely transport and deliver road-towable trailer-mounted winches and related equipment across the UK. You will perform pre-use checks, secure loads, complete delivery documentation, and liaise with customers to ensure timely service.

As part of the LGH team, you will uphold health and safety standards, participate in FORS Silver requirements, and assist with loading/unloading when needed, contributing to high levels of customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Full UK Driving License (current & clean – no previous Drink Driving bans acceptable due to insurance requirements)
• Able and willing to travel as and when required – (Early starts/late finishes)
• Able to pass the 6 monthly eye tests
• Able to provide a signed annual self-health/fit to work assessment
• UK specific: FORS online training and pass all relevant courses to enable compliant driving to FORS Silver standard (London Only)
• Experience using tachographs, including knowledge of drivers' hours and required records.

Responsibilities

• Driving LGH Winches vehicles and towing trailers up to 3.5 tonnes.
• Delivering and collecting equipment from customer sites throughout the UK.
• Carrying out pre-use and daily vehicle/trailer checks.
• Ensuring loads and trailers are correctly secured before departure.
• Completing delivery, collection and equipment documentation accurately.
• Carrying out basic checks on trailers, including tyres, lights, coupling and braking systems.
• Ensuring equipment is transported safely and responsibly.
• Liaising professionally with customers and site personnel.
• Assisting with loading and unloading equipment where required.
• Reporting any vehicle, trailer or equipment defects immediately.
• Maintaining vehicles and equipment in a clean, safe and presentable condition.
• Complying with all relevant road transport, health & safety and company procedures.
• Representing LGH Winches professionally at customer locations.
• Enhance the customer experience of dealing with LGH by enthusiastically engaging and interacting with our customers at all levels when collecting and delivering equipment.
• To show flexibility to meet the demands of the customer when delivering and collecting equipment on time in full.
• Maintain exceptional standards of work through understanding and following company quality, safety, health and environmental policies and procedures and training; Ensuring vehicle is clean, roadworthy, and fully compliant at all times; UK specific: awareness and compliance to FORS at all times.
• Puts safety first by complying with safe systems of work, reporting near misses to the Workshop/Transport Manager; Operate vehicle(s) safely and lawfully; ensuring loads are safe and correctly supported/retrained; UK specific: ensuring no time lost incidence within the team
• Collaborates with other parts of the organisation by supporting effective communication within the team to the wider organisation to ensure all customer requirements are fulfilled on time.
• In the event that there are no driving requirements, willfully assist Workshop colleagues with any other duties commensurate with the capabilities/training to hand.

Skills

Driving

Travel flexibility

Eye tests

Health assessment

FORS training

Tachographs knowledge

Job description

LGH Winches is seeking a driver to safely transport and deliver road-towable trailer-mounted winches and related equipment across the UK. You will perform pre-use checks, secure loads, complete delivery documentation, and liaise with customers to ensure timely service.

As part of the LGH team, you will uphold health and safety standards, participate in FORS Silver requirements, and assist with loading/unloading when needed, contributing to high levels of customer satisfaction.