HGV Plant Operator

Aureos Capital; Bury St Edmunds; Sur place; GBP 26 000 - 34 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Aureos Capital is seeking a site transport and safety supervisor to inspect HGVs daily, secure loads, and report defects to the Transport Manager. You will help plan routes, check load heights and ensure road user safety during loading and unloading.

The role emphasizes compliance with Health & Safety policies, daily risk assessments, and maintaining vehicles and equipment in good condition. You will work with the team to meet targets and uphold Aureos golden rules.

Qualifications

• Inspect HGV daily and report defects to Transport Manager.
• Secure plant, equipment and materials prior to transportation.
• Ensure safety of road users during loading/unloading.
• Check load heights and plan routes to avoid low bridges.
• Comply with Health & Safety policies and safety rules.
• Manage driver hours and logbooks or tachographs.
• Record daily risk assessments and update as conditions change.
• Maintain vehicles and tools in good working order and report defects.
• Record near misses monthly.
• Follow Aureos policies and procedures.

Responsabilités

• Inspect HGV daily and report defects.
• Secure loads before transport.
• Ensure loading/unloading safety.
• Plan routes considering bridge clearances.
• Maintain vehicle and tools in good condition.
• Record near misses monthly.
• Adhere to Aureos policies.

Connaissances

Safety compliance

Risk assessment

On-site supervision

Incident reporting

Team collaboration

Outils

Tacho / logbook

Description du poste

If 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.
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• 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.
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• 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.
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• 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.
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• Remain professional, polite and courteous to all customers and interested parties whilst representing the business or the client
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• Follow Aureos policies and procedures.
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• Do not carry on with work after an incident or accident unless agreed with management
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• 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 OpportunitiesAureos 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.