HGV Driver Class 2

Sunbelt Rentals Careers; Fareham; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Real living wage employer

Excellent development opportunities

Incentive scheme

Life Assurance

Employee assistance programme

Opportunity to buy and sell holidays

Job summary

Sunbelt Rentals is hiring a HGV Driver to ensure timely collection and deliveries to customer sites. You’ll operate commercial vehicles, check safety and roadworthiness, and securely load and unload goods while maintaining strong customer communication.

The role requires a category C license, CPC, tachograph card, and a proactive safety mindset. Desirable: FORS, IT systems knowledge, and good geographical knowledge. On-site work with a real living wage and progression opportunities.

Qualifications

• Must hold a valid category C driving license with no more than 6 penalty points.
• CPC certification and tachograph card are mandatory.
• Demonstrated safety mindset and responsible driving behaviour.
• Proactive safety approach for company vehicles and other drivers.
• A polite manner when visiting customer premises.
• Desirable: FORS knowledge or certification.
• Good geographical knowledge and industry experience are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Operate commercial vehicles for timely collection and deliveries.
• Ensure vehicle is safe and roadworthy; load/unload safely and secures load.
• Visit customer sites and communicate with internal and external customers.
• Comply with legal, company safety rules and working time regulations.

Skills

Driving License Category C

CPC Certified

Tachograph Card

Proactive safety

Polite customer engagement

Geographical knowledge

Industry experience

IT systems

FORS compliant

Tools

IT systems

Job description

About The Role

Are you ready to be a part of our rapidly developing business. We are looking for a talented HGV Driver to join our team to ensure timely collection and deliveries from customer sites whilst consistently meeting or exceeding customer expectations.

What will you be doing?

• Operating commercial vehicles for the transportation of goods
• Ensuring the vehicle is safe and roadworthy before commencing any journey, as well as the safe loading, unloading and security of the vehicle load
• Visiting customer locations, communicating with both internal and external customers
• Ensuring that the legal and company safety requirements, alongside the working time directive regulations are adhered to at all time

What we offer?

• Real living wage employer
• Excellent development opportunities
• Exceptional benefits including:
  Incentive scheme

Life Assurance
Employee assistance programme
Opportunity to buy and sell holidays

About You

What are we looking for?

• Minimum of driving license category C - with no more than 6 points
• CPC Certified
• Tachograph card
• Proactive approach to safety of company vehicles and other drivers
• A polite manner at all times when visiting customer premises
• Good geographical knowledge and Industry experience (desirable)
• Ability to use IT systems (desirable)
• FORS compliant (desirable)

About Us

WhySunbelt?

Whetherit's construction sites, energy projects, government initiatives, orunforgettable events, Sunbelt Rentals deliver the equipment and expertise tomove every industry forward. With our ambition to an employer of choice thismakes Sunbelt Rentals an ideal destination for your next career move.

We are committed to the fair treatment of our staff,potential staff, and users of our services, regardless of race, gender,religion, sexual orientation, responsibilities for dependants, age,physical/mental disability, or offending background.

Having acriminal record will not automatically bar an individual from working with us.We judge each case on its own merits, taking into account the relevance of theconviction to the role, the circumstances, and the time passed since theoffence.