HGV Tipper Driver (C E)

Northumbrian Water Group plc; England; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the water industry is seeking an HGV C E Tipper Driver to transport products across Northern England. The role requires adherence to transport regulations, maintaining a compliant vehicle, and excellent customer service. Candidates should possess necessary driving licences and a commitment to safety and service excellence.

Benefits

Generous holiday entitlement

Company pension scheme with employer contribution

Free access to local attractions

Discount scheme for shopping and travel

Award winning wellbeing support

Support for sustainable travel

Financial wellbeing support

Development opportunities and educational support

Qualifications

• Proven experience with transport legislation and driver regulations.
• Ability to maintain a clean and compliant vehicle.
• Demonstrated knowledge of EU Drivers Hours rules.

Responsibilities

• Transport raw cake product across various sites safely.
• Perform pre-use checks and defect reporting for vehicle compliance.
• Ensure secure loading/unloading of tipper trailers.

Skills

Transport legislation compliance

Driver hours regulations

Health and Safety adherence

Customer service

Education

C E licence entitlement

Valid Driver tachograph card

Driver CPC

Job description

HGV C E (Class1) Tipper Driver. Transporting raw cake product from our 5 Internal sites across The North East to our treatment facilities at Bran Sands and Howdon

About the role:

We’re looking for an HGV Driver (C E) with proven experience of transport legislation compliance including driver’s hours regulations and also the Working Time Directive in line with ‘O’ licence legislation and company procedures.

As part of the role, you will Maintain a clean and compliant vehicle, ensuring pre-use checks and defect reporting procedures are practiced, satisfying DVSA requirements. You will also take charge of the safe and secure loading/unloading of a tipper trailer adhering to all NWL Health and Safety requirements, ensuring that you contribute and work in line with our “Everyone Home Safe Everyday” policy.

Here at Northumbrian Water, we are passionate about the environment and the sustainability of our business, this in mind you will adopt a safe and fuel-efficient approach to driving ensuring optimum vehicle performance.

Our customers are at the heart of everything that we do, so we would love you to deliver excellent customer service to our wastewater teams, ensuring work is carried out in a positive and manner whilst representing our brand in the best possible way.

About you:

To be successful, you will need have a C E licence entitlement, a valid Driver tachograph card and Driver CPC. You will need to be able to demonstrate a good working knowledge of EU Drivers Hours rules and Working Time Regulations.

Please note as part of the role you will work a rotational pattern (4/7) (days, nights and weekend days) so your flexibility will be important. You will meet lots of great people here at Northumbrian water and will become part and work within a team, this is not to say that on occasion you will not work on your own.

We need to keep the water running 24/7 so you may need to be part of a stand-by rota, but you will be compensated for this.

Tipper experience is preferred but don’t worry if you don’t have this as we will give you the training and support you need to be successful in the role.

About us

Here are NWG we strive to make Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) a Great Place to Work, for all. We embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity and encourage you to bring your full self to work. As an equal opportunity employer we’re committed to having a diverse community represented across our business.

We’re aware that not everyone will have every skill listed in the job description, however if you have some of the skills listed, we'd encourage you to apply

NWG at a glance:

Our purpose at NWG is caring for the essential needs of our communities and environment, now and for generations to come.

We do this by providing reliable and affordable water and wastewater services for our customers.

We make a positive difference by operating efficiently and investing prudently, to maintain a sustainable and resilient business.

Our vision is to be the national leader in the provision of sustainable water and wastewater services. To support us in achieving our vision, we have five core values which are the guiding principles, defining who we are, what we do and how we do it.

We’re a Great Place to Work because of the amazing people who work for us, and to say thank you we offer a range of benefits to colleagues. Our ‘Tap Into’ benefits include:

• Generous holiday entitlement, plus bank holidays and additional time off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. There’s also the option to buy or sell holidays.
• Company pension scheme, where we’ll double match your contributions up to an employer contribution of 10%.
• Free access to local attractions.
• A fantastic discount scheme, with savings on days out, shopping, travel and more.
• Award winning ‘Living Well’ wellbeing support, including access to a digital GP service for you and your family members.
• Support with sustainable travel – through salary sacrifice cars and a cycle to work scheme.
• Financial wellbeing support – access our community savings scheme, financial education and low cost loans through Salary Finance. We also provide 4 x Life Assurance and an Income Protection Scheme.
• Support with your development – we offer a range of development opportunities, can support you through an interest free qualification loan and we’ll even pay for any relevant professional body subscription.

This role has also been defined as a safety or security critical role and as a condition of a formal offer of employment you’ll be required to undergo a drug and alcohol test.

Prospective employees and agency workers in defined safety and security critical roles will be required to undertake a drug and alcohol test after the job offer has been made. This will be prior to or within four weeks of their start date.

Prospective employees and agency workers who fail a pre-employment urine drug screen will have their sample analysed by the Company appointed laboratory as a matter of course. Failing a pre-employment drugs or alcohol test may lead to the job offer being revoked

About us

NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England as Northumbrian Water, and water services to 1.5 million people in the South East of England as Essex & Suffolk Water.

We are proud to serve our customers and we're committed to delivering great service, putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.

Our values

Our values describe our main principles, qualities and attributes. They are the guiding principles which define who we are, what we do and how we do it. They make us different from our competitors and guide our decisions and actions to drive us towards our vision.

Our values are:

Results Driven

Results Driven

We take responsibility for achieving excellent business results.

Ethical

Ethical

We are open and honest and meet our commitments with a responsible approach to the environment and our communities.

Customer Focused

Customer Focused

We aim to exceed the expectations of our internal and external customers.

Innovative

We continuously strive for innovative and better ways to deliver our business.

One Team

One Team

We work together consistently, promoting co-operation, to achieve our corporate objectives.

We’re the great company we are because of you – our people. As our way of saying thanks, we offer you a wide range of benefits and discounts to take advantage of.

To find out more about our benefits, see our benefits bookletattached to this advert.