Location: Preston

Hours: 42.75 per week between 6am and 6pm Monday to Friday.

Salary: Competitive

Overview of the company and role: Global Ardour Recycling Limited are a national recycling and waste management business, operating sites nationwide to offer services to recycle scrap metal, scrap cars and much more. We’re industry leaders, developing ground-breaking Energy from Waste technologies. We’re also one of the country’s largest scrap car recyclers, processing up to 10,000 every month across our sites. At the heart of our business are our employees and to support the growth and development of everybody who works for us, we have developed a dedicated training facility that caters for all learning styles and supports the development of all employees.
As demonstration of our commitment to our employees and their families, we proud to pay no less than a living wage to any employee and offer enhanced maternity and paternity benefit.

Key duties/responsibilities:

• Driving a 7.5 tonne tilt and slide car transporter
• Liaising with customers to arrange vehicle collections
• Knowledge of driver’s hours and working time directive regulations.
• Use of Tachographs, digital and analogue.
• Smart & professional appearance.
• You will be one of the most important customer facing members of the organisation, so a professional approach to both the job and customers is essential.
• Strong work ethic.
• Ability to overcome problems.
• The ability to work both as part of a team and by yourself.
• Ability to plan the route to a job in the most time and fuel-efficient way.
• Complete daily vehicle check sheets and defect reports as directed by the Transport Operations Manager.
• Observe all relevant driving laws and regulations.
• Always provide good customer service (via telephone or face to face).
• Observe all health and safety requirements as directed.
• Always maintain tidiness and cleanliness as directed.
• Any other duties as directed by the Transport Operations Manager.

Skills required:

• You will have the ability to operate a mixed variety of trailer types
• Knowledge of driver’s hours and working time directive regulations. Use of Tachographs, digital and analogue.
• Smart & professional appearance.
• You will be one of the most important customer facing members of the organisation, so a professional approach to both the job and customers is essential.
• Strong work ethic.
• Ability to overcome problems.
• The ability to work both as part of a team and by yourself.
• Ability to plan the route to a job in the most time and fuel-efficient way.
• Clean driving licence
• Driver CPC (or in the process of obtaining)
• Digital Tacho card

Benefits include:

• Canteen
• Company pension
• Discounted or free food
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Enhanced paternity leave
• Free parking
• On-site gym
• On-site parking

Closing date: N/A

Contact: [email protected] OR apply via Indeed: https://uk.indeed.com/job/75-tonne-transporter-driver-694b63e09607b511