Winter Maintenance Driver (fixed Term)

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

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Job Description

We're looking for Winter drivers to join our Transportation team based in Wellingborough.
Can you envision a world without transportation links by land, sea, or air? Neither can we! Your journey is our journey. Join us at Kier Transportation, where we are working brilliantly together to make a difference, supporting the movement of people, goods, and equipment.
Do you want to be a highways hero? Keeping the UK moving during the winter months.
Location: Wellingborough, Northamptonshire
Contract: Fixed term zero hour contract to April 2025 - Flexible days / nights - Call out & weather dependant
Salary: 21.84 per hour - Weekly pay + Standby of 16.38 per shift Monday to Friday / 32.76 per shift Saturday and Sunday
What will you be responsible for?
As a Winter driver, you'll be working within the Maintenance team, supporting them in key essential works, driving gritting vehicles to spread salt onto the roads during colder days and nights, keeping the UK's roads moving.
Your day to day will include:

Driving a gritter vehicle
Fitting a snow plough during adverse weather conditions
Maintaining relevant driver and vehicle records

What are we looking for?
This role of Winter driver is great for you if:

You can drive and hold a current HGV licence
Have CPC accreditation

Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.
As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.
We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier
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