Join our Winter Crew!
We are recruiting for Winter Patrol Drivers to join our NMC South West account in Dumfries, these roles will be a 6-month fixed term contract between November and April and your will work on a 4 on 4 off rota.
Winter Patrol Drivers play a crucial role in our winter service operations, ensuring the safe and efficient movement of road users. Through timely and effective road gritting, you will help minimise delays and disruptions caused by snow and ice during the peak winter season.
You will be responsible for:
- The safety of yourself and others within your team, ensuring compliance with relevant health and safety legislation and safe operation to protect member of the public
- Carrying out vehicle checks prior to shift starting, correctly filling in defect books
- Driving and operating vehicles/plant requiring general and specialist skills, maintaining high technical standards
- Allocation and capturing time and resource utilisation in line with operated allocation system
- Attending project and work briefings as required
- Keeping records, completing all necessary paperwork, communicating, and liaising with other employees of Amey, sub-contractors, the emergency services, the police, the general public, clients and customers
We want to hear from you if you have:
- A valid HGV Class 2 license, and a full Drivers CPC qualification card
- Previous winter experience and a telehandler qualification would be preferred
- Problem solving skills
- Self-motivated and pro-active in terms of delivering solutions
- Good communication skills
What we can offer you
- Career Development - Exceptional development and progression plan
- Pension – Generous Pension scheme which we will contribute to
- Holidays - Minimum 24 days holiday per year + Bank Holidays
- Choices - Our flexible benefits scheme is tailored by you, including buying additional annual leave, cycle2work scheme, charity giving and gym membership.
- Save with Amey - Our online voucher portal gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in. It includes healthcare, free GP service, dental vouchers.
Application Guidance
Amey is committed to Inclusion and Diversity. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.
Please contact our recruitment team at peopleservices@amey.co.uk to discuss any access needs and reasonable adjustments that may be required at any point during the recruitment process.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the closing date should we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Apply today – We are excited to hear from you!