Job Description
Here at Banner Plant, we operate a highly successful plant hire company. Our people are our passion and the driving force behind our achievements. Our hire fleet consists of exciting and modern machines that are imperative to the build process of today's skylines. We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Driver to join our team in Dronfield.
The Role
This role is responsible for the safe and compliant loading of site Accommodation to and from site, involving stacking and de-stacking of units and staircases. When not covering for one of our current HGV drivers, you will be assisting in the depot with the operation team in preparing the units ready for hire.
Main Responsibilities:
- Conduct vehicle health, safety and compliance checks as required and ensure documentation/systems are updated accurately and in a timely fashion
- Carry out routine checks on vehicles such as oil, tyre and brake checks
- Inspect and clean the vehicle in line with company policy
- Complete the appropriate documentation as required under the company policies such as fuel receipts, mileage logs
- Ensure that the vehicle is mechanically sound and road worthy
- Ensure the load is secured safely and within the weight capacity of the vehicle
- Perform basic repairs in the event of an accident or breakdown while in transit
- Liaise with the Depot Manager / Hire team to organise the most efficient, cost-effective and safest route plan (inbound & outbound)
- Adhere to the rules of the road, keeping informed of road closures, accidents, and potential diversions
- Ensure safe receipt of equipment delivery to the customer is acknowledged via the necessary system/process
- Provide guidance and advice to customers, answer the question and resolve queries
- Flag any risks or potential issues to the Workshop Supervisor and Depot Manager
- Keep up to date with continued professional development and compliant training.
About You
You will hold a full HGV Class 2 driving license with no endorsements or penalties. Ideally, you will have a completed CPC and hold a tachograph driver’s card. Previous experience in operating a lorry loader crane from 31 tonnes up to 66 tonnes is desirable, along with CPCS and/or ALLMI lorry loader operator qualifications.
Our Offer
We believe that we have a competitive and progressive benefits package to help shape and support you both inside and outside of work:
- We pay you a competitive salary – we are committed to promoting equality and diversity and gender pay parity;
- We will provide you with access to electric and hybrid vehicle leasing through our salary sacrifice scheme;
- We share our financial success with our bonus scheme;
- We invest in your future with our pension plan provided by AVIVA;
- We protect your loved ones by providing a life assurance benefit based on multiples of salary;
- We support you when you might have health concerns for you or your family with our AVIVA Digital GP app;
- We will help you manage the balance of work and home with agile working (where possible) and flexibility to ensure that you can be there for those important life events;
- We give you 23 days of annual leave, with the ability to buy additional leave.
- We support a full business closure between Christmas and New Year, which does not require you to use your annual leave entitlement;
- We give you enhanced pay if you take leave due to becoming a parent however you become a parent;
- We support your career aspirations; we are committed to personal growth and internal talent development;
- We offer you access to our Cycle to Work salary sacrifice scheme, which includes access to e-bikes;
- We support you at times when you need external support with our Employee Assistance Programme.
About Us
Banner Plant is a long-established plant hire company offering a wide range of products and services for hire and sale. Our head office is in Dronfield, on the edge of Sheffield, with hire centres located in Dronfield (Sheffield), Chesterfield, Derby, Leeds, Leicester, Rotherham and Ossett.
We’re part of the Henry Boot Group of Companies. We’ve defined what makes working with us so special in our unique initiative, the ‘Henry Boot Way’. This influences our culture and how we do things and strengthens the relationship between employer and employee.
Equality and Diversity
Since 1886 our business has always put our people first, so we’re totally committed to offering an equal opportunity to every individual who joins us.
The Henry Boot Group of Companies reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.