Driver

The Role:
 (Vehicle maintenance, scheduling & transit, loading & unloading)

• 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
• Adhere to Depot and Workshop conditions of presentation
• Ensure that the vehicle is mechanically sound and road worthy
• Ensure the load is secured safely and within the weight capacity of the vehicle
• Liaise with the Depot Manager / Hire team to organise the most efficient, cost-effective and safest route plan (inbound & outbound)
• Keep the Depot and customer informed of any delays or matters that may impact the scheduled delivery of equipment
• Adhere to the rules of the road, keeping informed of road closures, accidents, and potential diversions
• Adhere to the company driving rules and regulations
• Oversee/participate in the safe, compliant and accurate loading and unloading of equipment
• Ensure safe receipt of equipment delivery to the customer is acknowledged via the necessary system/process
• Give demonstrations of equipment as required
• Provide guidance and advice to customers, answer the question and resolve queries
• Flag any risks or potential issues to the Workshop Manager and Depot Manager
• Adhere to all external site rules and regulations
• Keep up to date with continued professional development and compliant training and feedback on opportunities for business improvement

Requirements:

The successful candidate must have a full clean driving licence and hold current CPC qualification

Our offer:

We are passionate about our people, and we are committed to your career development with us. You will have full access to our People Development team, and we encourage you to consider your personal development desires. We pride ourselves on fully supporting you in undertaking development and education to achieve your goals and objectives.

We have a competitive and progressive benefits package to help shape and support you 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 giving 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 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 24 days of annual leave, with the ability to buy additional leave;
• We support a complete 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 when you need external support with our Employee Assistance Programme.

We put our people first. As a responsible and inclusive employer, we are committed to creating an environment in which we can all be our best and bring our authentic selves to work. 

We ensure our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably, should you wish to discuss any adjustments please contact our people team (people@henryboot.co.uk) 

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time in advance of the closing date.   

We are unable to accept applications from agencies who have not been directly instructed to act on our behalf, this includes communications shared with hiring managers, for more information, see the recruitment agency disclaimer on our Careers home page.