Location
Coventry, West Midlands
Salary
Up to£14.82/hr
Job Type
Temporary
Job Discipline
Highways, Environmental & Street Services
HGV Driver
Join Opus People Solutions and work for our esteemed client, Coventry City Council. We are currently seeking dedicated HGV Drivers to join the team.
Salary: £14.82 per hour PAYE
Working Schedule: 37 hours per week. Tuesday - Friday, 7am - 4.45pm. 30 minutes unpaid break.
Location: Whitley Depot, Coventry, CV3 4AR
Duration: temporary basis, 3 months ongoing.
Number of workers required: 4
All candidates are required to have a Valid UK Driving Licence with Class 2 entitlement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform routine vehicle maintenance to ensure optimal performance.
- Ensure compliance with guidelines outlined in the Driver handbook/MORR Code and Highway Code.
- Drive and operate HGV vehicles for Waste Collection around Coventry City.
- Adhere strictly to driving and reversing procedures as per standard training protocols.
- Be responsible for a crew collecting Commercial waste and Domestic waste.
- Collection of Bulky Items.
Professional driver - primary function, day to day driving duties. Household door to door collections, commercial waste collections, street cleaning and associated functions:
- Recycling collections, performance targets and reducing contamination
- Garden waste collections
- Food waste collections
- Domestic refuse collections
- Multi-occupancy properties (flats, apartments)
- New developments
- Commercial waste & recycling collection services
- Bulky item collections
- Bin delivery
- Mechanical sweeper operations
- Removal of fly tipping
Essential Requirements:
- Provide your own steel-toe capped safety boots.
- Previous experience driving HGV vehicles.
- Valid Full UK Driving Licence.
- No more than 3 points on Licence will be accepted.
- Valid Class 2 licence, Tachograph card and Driver CPC.
