Hgv Tanker Driver

**HGV Tanker Driver (C E)**:

- Salary £13.51ph (£30,209)- Location Howdon**About the role**

**HGV Tanker Driver (C E)**

**Full Time - Permanent**

**Location - Howdon**

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

**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) so your flexibility will be important. You will meet lots of great people here at Northumbrian water and will become part of the Bioresources operational team.

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.

**Interviews to be held Week Commencing 6th February**
- 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._

**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.

Creative
- 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.