HGV Multi-Skilled Operative
7 hours ago
Rainham
HGV Multi-Skilled Operative Location: Rainham, London Salary: £35,000 to £45,000 per annum including overtime Contract: Permanent and full time, 40 hours per week Hours: Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm, with evening and weekend overtime opportunities Our client is a well-established, national provider of environmental and industrial services, with a strong reputation for delivering high-quality, compliant solutions across a broad range of sectors. Operating from a network of depots across the UK, they specialise in environmental protection, asset maintenance, and emergency response, supporting both commercial and public sector clients with a professional, can-do approach. Based at the company’s Rainham depot, this is a varied, hands-on role sitting within a busy technical operations team. As a HGV Multi-Skilled Operative, you will play a key part in the day-to-day delivery of environmental and industrial services across client sites. You’ll be expected to work both independently and as a part of a team, representing the company professionally on site and contributing to a wide range of planned and reactive works. About the role: • Operating company HGV and other vehicles in a safe and compliant manner, including adherence to tachograph regulations, • Completing daily vehicle checks and reporting any defects to supervisors promptly, • Carrying out high pressure water jetting and industrial cleaning duties, • Responding to spills and emergency clean-ups using specialist equipment and resources, • Installing, servicing, inspecting, and decommissioning of interceptors and storage tanks, • Undertaking groundworks, remediation, and civils project support, • Preparing surfaces and spray lining using specialised equipment, • Uplifting and offloading materials in a compliant and safe manner, • Completing job reports on site, with all relevant information, • Communicating with customers on site and identifying opportunities to recommend additional services, • Participating in a standby/call-out rota, including occasional evening, weekend and away working About you: • Valid UK HGV Class 2 license with ideally zero points (up to 6 points may be considered), • Must be willing to comply with both a DBS check and drug and alcohol screening, • Previous experience in a similar environmental, industrial, or multi-skilled operative role, • Experienced in completing RAMS documentation, • A flexible, can-do attitude with the ability to adapt to emergency and reactive works, • Strong team player, capable of supporting colleagues under pressure, • Right to work in the UK Desirable but not essential: • Valid ADR license, • Previous experience operating plant machinery, • CPCS/NPORS Excavator cert What makes this role so great? • Competitive starting salary of £35,000, • Regular overtime potential bringing earnings up to £45,000 realistically, • Permanent, full time role with a stable, growing national business, • Genuine variety of work – no two days are the same!, • Opportunities to develop skills across multiple disciplines and gain additional qualifications, • Supportive team environment