Weighbridge Operative

FM Conway Ltd; Erith; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Life assurance

Training opportunities

Discounts via Rewarding Great People

24-hour advice lines

Mental health support

Job summary

FM Conway Ltd is recruiting a Weighbridge Operative to support the Aggregate and Asphalt division at the Erith depot. The role runs Monday to Friday, 6:00am–4:00pm, and involves weighing vehicles, scheduling with drivers, and ensuring accurate documentation and stock levels.

Ideal candidates will have weighbridge experience, a full UK driving license, and strong communication skills. The position is full-time and on-site, with opportunities for training and development.

Qualifications

• Experience working on a weighbridge and coordinating with drivers.
• Full UK driving license is essential.
• Must be a team player with strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Liaising with lorry drivers to advise workload and schedule.
• Ensuring vehicles leaving the site are the correct weight and have the correct documents.
• Maintain stock to meet daily requirements.
• Keep weighbridge records to company standards.
• Liaise with the service coordinator to meet customer needs.
• Receive and record goods daily.
• Record all return loads in the system.
• Follow health, safety and environmental policy.

Skills

Weighbridge experience

Full UK driving license

Team player

Strong communication skills

Tools

Weighbridge system

Job description

FM Conway is looking to recruit a Weighbridge Operative to join the Aggregate and Asphalt. As our Weighbridge Operative you will assist with the programming, transport allocation and mixing schedule to ensure maximisation of all company resources and requirements. This is a full time, permanent position, working Monday- Friday, 6:00am - 4:00pm at our Erith depot.

The duties of the Weighbridge Operative role will include:

• Liaising with lorry drivers to advise them of their individual workload and schedule
• Ensuring that all vehicles leaving the site are of the correct weight and have the appropriate documents
• Maintaining stock to an optimum level to fulfil daily requirements
• Ensuring all necessary weighbridge records are maintained to company standards
• Liaising with the service coordinator to ensure all customer needs are met
• Receiving and recording goods in daily
• Recording all return loads on the system
• Complying with company health, safety and environmental policy, highlighting any issues appropriately

What skills and experience do you need?

We are looking for candidates who have experience of working on a weighbridge and hold a full UK driving license. To be considered for this role it is essential that you are a team player, with good verbal and written communication skills.

What benefits will you receive?

• career and professional development
• life assurance
• opportunities for internal and external training
• access to a wide range of shopping discounts through our Rewarding Great People platform
• 24-hour advice lines
• access and support from our in-house mental health first aiders

A brief introduction to FM Conway and our Aggregate and Asphalt Division

FM Conway is a business of families with over 60 years’ experience of creating sustainable and innovative transportation solutions. We pride ourselves on our core values, creating a culture around Care, Innovation, Integrity and Excellence. As a family business the heart of FM Conway has, and always will be, its great people and we are always searching for talented individuals to join our family.

Our Aggregate and Asphalt division manufactures a range of high-quality products that can be adapted to suit the specific needs of our customers. We recycle highways arisings at our unique static crushing, washing and grading plants. The Recycled Asphalt Product (RAP) is used in our local asphalt plants to supply construction sites across London and Southern England. You will be joining a thriving team who are committed to our vision and continued investment in our self-delivery model.

At our heart we are a business that recognises and embraces individuality, so if you are excited about this role but you are unsure if you meet all of the criteria

Closing Date: 17/10/2026

FM Conway is an award-winning equal opportunities employer. We recognise that our workforce should reflect our diverse communities and we are proudly committed to creating an inclusive culture in which we celebrate and value individuals from all walks of life.

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