HGV Plant Operator

Aureos; Bury St Edmunds; Remote; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Aureos is looking for an HGV Plant Operator to join our site in Bury St Edmunds. You will inspect the HGV daily, record findings, secure loads and ensure safe loading/unloading in line with company policies.

The role involves planning routes to avoid low bridges, managing driver hours and completing daily risk assessments, while keeping vehicles, PPE and equipment in good condition. You will work with the site team to meet targets and stay compliant.

Qualifications

• Inspect HGV daily and record findings.
• Secure plant, equipment and materials before transport.
• Comply with safety policies and risk assessments.

Responsibilities

• Inspect HGV daily and record findings.
• Secure plant, equipment and materials before transport.
• Ensure loads are secure and route avoids low bridges.
• Comply with Health & Safety policies and risk assessments.
• Manage driver hours and logbooks; complete daily risk assessment.
• Keep vehicles and PPE in good condition; report defects.
• Ensure lifting equipment is suitable and lift plan is prepared.
• Record at least one near-miss per month.

Skills

HGV operation

Safety compliance

Risk assessment

Record keeping

Tools

Tachograph

Job description

## HGV Plant OperatorApply: Site: Bury St Edmunds: Full time: Posted Today: JR100568If you are looking to work for a growing business who truly value and care for their employees, then look no further!* To inspect the HGV daily and record the findings, reporting any defects to the Transport Manager.* To ensure all plant, equipment and materials are adequately secured prior to transportation.* To ensure that other road users are not put at risk during loading and unloading activities.* undefined* To check load heights prior to journey and ensure route is planned to avoid nay low bridges.* To ensure compliance with service partner’s Health & Safety Policy, Method Statements, DNO Distribution Safety Rules, guidance notes & NRSWA CH 8.* undefined* Manage driver hours and logbook or tacho* To ensure that a daily Risk Assessment is completed for the works and that the Risk Assessment is updated & amended as conditions change.* To ensure that they fully understand the days work and work within the team to ensure that all achievable targets are met.* To ensure that their vehicles are kept clean, tidy, in good working order and to highlight any defects and / or damage on their Weekly Checklist* To ensure that all their tools, equipment, PPE etc. are in good working order and in date and to highlight any defects to their site manager.* undefined* To ensure lifting equipment are suitable for the task and lift plan created before work commence* To record at least one near miss identified / month.* undefined* Remain professional, polite and courteous to all customers and interested parties whilst representing the business or the client* undefined* Follow Aureos policies and procedures.* undefined* Do not carry on with work after an incident or accident unless agreed with management* undefined* To ensure full understanding and compliance with the Aureos golden rules.* Obligation to halt/challenge unsafe site actions.* Ensure fully aware of their and others responsibilities and authorisation boundaries.* To take an active role during on site safety inspections/audits* To ensure working party only to use designated access/egress as per pre-designated marked out routes.Whether you are looking for progression in your new role or for your forever job, we will happily welcome your application.**Equal Opportunities**Aureos are an equal opportunities employer, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.### About usAureos is a multi-disciplinary energy and transport networks specialist engineering services provider, spanning the design, engineering, installation, maintenance, and crisis response of critical infrastructures across power, renewables, nuclear decommissioning, railways, highways and local government sectors.