Pickup Driver / Relief HGV Driver - Northampton

Pickerings Hire; Northampton; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Pickup Driver/Relief HGV Driver, where you'll play a vital role in maintaining and delivering high-quality temporary buildings. This dynamic position involves cleaning and preparing welfare units for delivery, as well as driving modern HGVs to customer sites. With a focus on professionalism and customer service, you'll be part of a dedicated team that values hard work and commitment. Enjoy competitive pay, generous holiday allowances, and a range of benefits, all while working in an outdoor environment that keeps you active and engaged.

Benefits

33 Days Holidays

Company Pension

Life Assurance Schemes

Cycle to Work Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Full driving licence for manual vehicles with authority to tow.
• Class 1 / C+E licence and preferably wagon and drag experience.

Responsibilities

• Ensure towable welfare units are cleaned and maintained.
• Provide cover for HGV drivers and deliver modular buildings.

Skills

Customer Service Skills

Property Maintenance Experience

Driving Skills (Manual Vehicles)

HGV Driving (Class 1 / C+E)

Tools

Digital Tachograph Card

ALLMI Lorry Loader Accreditation

Job description

Pickup Driver / Relief HGV Driver - Northampton

GBP14.50 per hour (GBP35 daily supplement when driving a HGV)
Based at the Pickerings depot in Northampton
45 hours per week, 7.30am to 5pm Monday to Friday (start time may be earlier when HGV driving)
Overtime hours paid at one and a half times basic hourly rate

Who are Pickerings

Pickerings is a leading supplier of high-quality temporary buildings. We design and supply solutions to a diverse customer base, including schools needing extra classrooms, commercial businesses needing additional office space and construction sites needing a complex of offices and welfare facilities.

The Role

As part of the depots operations team, youll primarily be responsible for ensuring our towable welfare units are cleaned and maintained before delivering them to customer's sites using a pickup.

Cleaning will include all surfaces, walls and sanitaryware and maintenance may include minor repairs to walls and doors, replacement of plumbing and electrical fixtures and fittings and preparation of external walls in readiness for painting.

Additionally, you provide cover for the depots three HGV drivers. When undertaking HGV driving you will be allocated to a modern Volvo or Scania truck with attached FASSI 660 lorry loader and will be responsible for the accurate delivery and collection of a range of modular buildings, portable welfare facilities and offices up to a size of 32ft x 10ft (9m x 3m).

About You

Youll need a full driving licence for manual vehicles with the authority to tow coupled with practical experience ideally gained in a property maintenance or caretaking role.

You will also hold a Class 1 / C+E licence and preferably have wagon and drag experience. You will also hold a valid Digital Tachograph Card and Driver CPC. Having ALLMI Lorry Loader accreditation D1+E Hook (or equivalent) would be advantageous.

As you will be delivering to client sites, you must have effective customer service skills and be able to conduct yourself with the utmost professionalism.

Our work is physically demanding and takes place outdoors, so you should be prepared to be exposed to extremes of weather.

What we offer

In addition to an hourly rate of GBP14.50 (plus a GBP35 daily supplement when HGV driving) youll get:

33 days holidays, inclusive of public holidays and a festive shut-down period
Company pension and life assurance schemes
Cycle to work scheme
Employee Assistance Programme