Job Description

Salary

36,338 (overtime available)

Location

Middlesbrough

About the role

HGV Sludge Tanker Driver (C E)

Full Time

Fixed Term Permanent

Salary - 43hrs pw 36,338 pa (overtime available)

Location - Bran Sands, Middlesbrough

HGV C E (Class1) Vacuum Tanker Driver. Transporting Sewage Sludge from treatment facilities to onward processing across the Northeast

Overtime rates

Day/Time Overtime rate

Monday - Sunday 07:00-22:00 x 1.5

Sunday and Bank Holidays - 07:00 - 22:00 x 2

Monday - Sunday - 22:00 - 07:00 x 2.2

About the role:

We're looking for an HGV Tanker Driver (C E) with proven experience of transport legislation compliance including driver's hours regulations and also the Working Time Directive in line with 'O' licence legislation and company procedures.



As part of the role, you will Maintain a clean and compliant vehicle, ensuring pre-use checks and defect reporting procedures are practiced, satisfying DVSA requirements. You will also take charge of the safe and secure loading/unloading of a Vacuum Tanker adhering to all NWL Health and Safety requirements, ensuring that you contribute and work in line with our "Everyone Home Safe Everyday" policy.



Here at Northumbrian Water, we are passionate about the environment and the sustainability of our business, this in mind you will adopt a safe and fuel-efficient approach to driving ensuring optimum vehicle performance.



Our customers are at the heart of everything that we do, so we would love you to deliver excellent customer service to our wastewater teams, ensuring work is carried out in a positive and manner whilst representing our brand in the best possible way.

About you:

To be successful, you will need have a C E licence entitlement, a valid Driver tachograph card and Driver CPC. You will need to be able to demonstrate a good working knowledge of EU Drivers Hours rules and Working Time Regulations.



Please note as part of the role you will work a rotational pattern (4/7) (days, nights and weekend days) so your flexibility will be important. You will meet lots of great people here at Northumbrian water and will become part and work within a team, this is not to say that on occasion you will not work on your own.



We need to keep the water running 24/7 so you may need to be part of a stand-by rota, but you will be compensated for this.



Vacuum Tanker experience preferred but don't worry if you don't have this as we will give you the training and support you need to be successful in the role.

Here at Northumbrian Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity, and encourage all colleagues to bring their most authentic self to work.

Our colleague network groups include our Rainbow Support Network (LGBTQIA+), REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), WiSTEM (Women in STEM) and Thisability (disability and neurodiversity) networks. They provide a safe space for colleagues from diverse backgrounds, welcoming all colleagues regardless of their personal characteristics to participate in valuable conversation that improves our organisational awareness, understanding and inclusivity.

We encourage and welcome all applications, as we strive to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to having diverse communities represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation.

About us

Here are NWG we strive to make Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) a Great Place to Work, for all. We embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity and encourage you to bring your full self to work. As an equal opportunity employer we're committed to having a diverse community represented across our business.



We're aware that not everyone will have every skill listed in the job description, however if you have some of the skills listed, we'd encourage you to apply

Please note:

This role has been defined as a safety or security critical role and as a condition of a formal offer of employment you'll be required to undergo a drug and alcohol test. Prospective employees and agency workers in defined safety and security critical roles will be required to undertake a drug and alcohol test after the job offer has been made. This will be prior to or within four weeks of their start date.

Prospective employees and agency workers who fail a pre-employment urine drug screen will have their sample analysed by the Company appointed laboratory as a matter of course. Failing a pre-employment drugs or alcohol test may lead to the job offer being revoked.

Please note this role will require a DBS to be completed prior to employment.

About us

NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England as Northumbrian Water, and water services to 1.5 million people in the South East of England as Essex & Suffolk Water.


We are proud to serve our customers and we're committed to delivering great service, putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.

Our values

Our values describe our main principles, qualities and attributes. They are the guiding principles which define who we are, what we do and how we do it. They make us different from our competitors and guide our decisions and actions to drive us towards our vision.


Our values are:

Results Driven

We take responsibility for achieving excellent business results.

Ethical

We are open and honest and meet our commitments with a responsible approach to the environment and our communities.

Customer Focused

We aim to exceed the expectations of our internal and external customers.

Innovative

We continuously strive for innovative and better ways to deliver our business.

One Team

We work together consistently, promoting co-operation, to achieve our corporate objectives.

Colleague benefits

We're the great company we are because of you - our people. As our way of saying thanks, we offer you a wide range of benefits and discounts to take advantage of.


To find out more about our benefits, see our benefits booklet attached to this advert.

Eyecare

Discounted Medicals

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle2work

Buying & selling annual leave

Long service awards

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Computer

Loans

Award winning wellbeing site

NWG savings scheme

Company pension scheme

Pre-retirement workshops

Life assurance

Discounts & cashback offers

Qualification loan

Documents

Business Plan 2025-30 - Essex & Suffolk Water - Download
Business Plan 2025-30 - Main Report - Download
Business Plan 2025-30 - Northumbrian Water - Download
Restore and Regenerate - Our Environment Strategy to 2050 - Download