Heavy Plant Operator

Heavy Plant Machinery Operator required for our client, a specialist contracting business that operates within the construction and maintenance of sports surfaces.

They have a yard in Chichester, West Sussex, and most sites are within the Sussex, Hampshire, Surrey, Kent & London Boroughs regions.

It is expected that the Heavy Plant Machinery Operator will have experience operating a wide range of sports turf and agricultural machinery such as tractors, excavators, scarifiers, aerators, top dressers, fertiliser spreaders, mowers, and trailers, and used a range of manufacturers including Toro, John Deere, New Holland, Kubota, and JCB.

Heavy Plant Operator Job Overview

• Cultivating sports turf surfaces
• Operate 360 excavator (2t - 21t)
• Carry out sports turf maintenance operations
• Daily thorough machinery maintenance
• Operating telehandlers
• Practical, ideally with good workshop skills, able to repair simple faults & maintain machinery

Heavy Plant Operator Job Requirements

• Experience on agricultural machinery, sports turf equipment, heavy plant.
• Full UK driving licence and machine tickets
• Willingness to travel daily, work away, and complete overtime in busy periods
• Able to operate a 360 excavator
• Knowledge of agricultural GPS systems

Heavy Plant Operator Salary & Benefits

• Basic Salary of 30,000 - 33,000
• Overtime
• Full Time, Permanent - Working 40 hours per week plus overtime
• 28 Days holiday including bank holidays
• Pension scheme
• Full training and development aligned with your role

Bennett & Game Recruitment are acting as a Recruitment Agency in relation to this vacancy.