Plant Operative / HGV Driver - Wight Building Materials
Job Posted: 28 March 2025
- Contract Term: Permanent
- Location: Arreton, Isle of Wight
- Contract Type: Full time
- Salary: Competitive
- Industries: Logistics & Transport Manufacturing
Job Start Date: Immediate
Job Title: Plant Operator / HGV Driver
Scope
As a HGV Driver / General Operative you will report to and support your supervisor in the control and day-to-day smooth running of the depot and its assets.
Responsibilities
- Be reliable, willing, flexible and able to react and adapt to each day's requirements to include (when necessary) out of hours.
- Operation of HGV safely and efficiently, carrying out daily safety checks.
- Batching, mixing, delivery and controlling the quality of concrete products / asphalt products
- Maintaining a high standard of housekeeping by keeping areas clean, tidy and hazard free.
- Deal with all daily issues professionally and liaise with site management on a regular basis.
- To carry out the daily vehicle / plant inspections; complete the forms and where a problem exists notify the management/maintenance team immediately.
- Be responsible for the plant assets that are entrusted to you i.e. materials, vehicles, plant buildings, and equipment and stores used therein and efficient employment of them.
- To contribute the effective and efficient operation of all plant operations from the primary stockpile onwards.
- To react promptly and effectively to breakdowns by liaising with maintenance and assisting where needed.
- To monitor and ensure that all production data, plant stoppages, breakdowns, and logs are documented correctly.
- To inspect, carry out and ensure that plant routines are regularly adhered to and that the cleanliness of the plant mechanism, plant area, adjacent buildings, and equipment are at all times properly and regularly inspected, cleaned in accordance with site instructions.
- To act professionally when dealing with customers by offering exemplary customer service.
- To carry out other reasonable tasks within the scope of your operation and abilities as and when required.
Wight Building Materials
Wight Building Materials, the leading supplier of construction and building materials on the Isle of Wight. We are located at St Georges Down at the heart of the island. Our extensive product range includes our own land won sand & gravel, ready-mixed concrete, asphalt, concrete blocks, concrete block paving, garden landscaping materials and decorative aggregates providing a complete construction and building materials solution for the Isle of Wight
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