HGV Class 2 Driver
hace 1 mes
Rainham
HGV Driver \n Location: Rainham, London \n Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 inc. overtime + London waiting \n Contract: Permanent and full time, 48 hours per week \n Hours: Monday to Friday, with evening and weekend overtime opportunities \n 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. \n 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. \n About the role: \n\n • Operating company HGV and other vehicles in a safe and compliant manner, including adherence to tachograph regulations\n, • Completing daily vehicle checks and reporting any defects to supervisors promptly\n, • Carrying out high pressure water jetting and industrial cleaning duties\n, • Responding to spills and emergency clean-ups using specialist equipment and resources\n, • Installing, servicing, inspecting, and decommissioning of interceptors and storage tanks\n, • Undertaking groundworks, remediation, and civils project support\n, • Preparing surfaces and spray lining using specialised equipment\n, • Uplifting and offloading materials in a compliant and safe manner\n, • Completing job reports on site, with all relevant information\n, • Communicating with customers on site and identifying opportunities to recommend additional services\n, • Participating in a standby/call-out rota, including occasional evening, weekend and away working\n\n About you: \n\n • Valid UK HGV Class 2 license with ideally zero points (up to 6 points may be considered)\n, • Must be willing to comply with both a DBS check and drug and alcohol screening\n, • Previous experience in a similar environmental, industrial, or multi-skilled operative role\n, • Experienced in completing RAMS documentation\n, • A flexible, can-do attitude with the ability to adapt to emergency and reactive works\n, • Strong team player, capable of supporting colleagues under pressure\n, • Right to work in the UK\n\n Desirable but not essential: \n\n • Valid ADR license\n, • Previous experience operating plant machinery\n, • CPCS/NPORS Excavator cert\n\n What makes this role so great? \n\n • Competitive starting salary of £42,000 to £47,000\n, • Regular overtime potential to increase earning opportunities\n, • Permanent, full time role with a stable, growing national business\n, • Genuine variety of work – no two days are the same!\n, • Opportunities to develop skills across multiple disciplines and gain additional qualifications\n, • Supportive team environment\n\n If you enjoy varied and hands on work and have a valid HGV 2 license please apply or contact us directly for a confidential chat!
