Job Description
Banner Plant is part of Henry Boot, one of the UK’s leading land, property development, home building and construction businesses. Together, we are where great places start.
Banner Plant is one of the leading plant hire specialists for construction, infrastructure and industry. We offer a wide range of products and services for sale and hire, and continually
refresh our hire fleet, transport and service facilities.
Operating from seven regional depots in the north of England, we have supplied the most modern, technically acceptable and competitive construction products and services for over 65 years.
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're looking for an enthusiastic HGV Driver to join our friendly team at our Derby depot.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone passionate about having a hands-on approach to their work whilst leading from the front. We are looking for an individual with good communication and problem-solving skills, and a strong leader that possesses a high-quality standard and influences others to take the same approach.
Your Role
As HGV Driver, you’re the face of the company and ultimately responsible for the delivery and collection of site plant equipment in a safe, efficient and timely manner while providing the best in class customer service. The ideal candidate would have some experience in the hiring industry; however, this is not essential, as training and coaching would be provided.
- Ensure all deliveries and collections are completed in a safe and timely manner
- Be professional and courteous with customers and the public
- Complete all necessary paperwork as requested in a timely and accurate manner
- Complete daily checks/paperwork on lorry and crane
- Complete Risk Assessments on sites
- Report any faults/accidents to Dispatch/Managers using the correct procedure
- Required to keep up to date with various transport and driving regulations
- Wear the correct uniform and PPE at all times
- Ensure the lorry is kept clean and tidy on a daily basis
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.
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.