- HGV Driver/Yard Operative - Avonmouth.
- Salary: Around £30,000 per annum, pending experience.
- Hours: 40-hour week, Monday to Friday.
Our client, a large franchise-approved commercial vehicle dealership in the Avonmouth region, requires an experienced and professional HGV Driver/Yard Operative to join their team.
Reporting to the Centre Manager, as a HGV Driver/Yard Operative, your main duties will include:
- Safely operating commercial vehicles, collecting customer vehicles from various sites and presenting vehicles for MOT.
- Carrying out road tests of vehicles following workshop repairs and reporting findings to the Workshop Manager.
- Conducting pre and post-trip vehicle checks and reporting any mechanical issues promptly.
- Ensuring vehicles are parked safely and in designated areas at all times.
- Loading and unloading with care and ensuring items are secured properly during transit.
- Assisting with workshop operations and maintaining a tidy workplace and yard space.
- General housekeeping of the yard area, ensuring a safe working environment at all times.
- Maintaining internal and external building and yard areas.
- Covering other locations when required with flexibility across sites.
To be eligible, you will need to have a Class 1 HGV driving licence with minimal points. Previous experience in a similar collection/delivery role or experience working with vehicles or in a similar workshop/yard operative role would be highly advantageous to our client; however isn't essential as training is provided. Overall, you will be logistically minded, a team player, organised, presentable, and a good planner with a thorough understanding of the South West region.
What's in it for you? For your hard work as an HGV Driver/Yard Operative, our client is offering…
- Starting salary around £30,000 per annum.
- 22 days annual leave plus the 8 bank holidays.
- Access to full manufacturer-accredited training/development.
- Company pension scheme.
- Various company benefits, including private healthcare provisions.
- Chance to work with an industry-leading commercial vehicle brand in a long-running local business.
- 40-hour week, Monday to Friday.
Contact Hamish Lowrie, Automotive Recruitment Specialist at Perfect Placement covering Avonmouth and the surrounding region, today to discover more about this fantastic opportunity.