Hgv Driver

**Who are we?**
Thames Water is the UK’s largest water and wastewater company. We make a daily difference to our 15 million customers by supplying 2.6 billion litres of water through 32,000 km’s of pipes, to keep taps flowing and toilets flushing. We are an essential service and have operated throughout the Covid19 pandemic. At Thames Water, every one of our actions, big and small, matters every day. Water is essential to daily life, and that means our business is always open.

**What you’ll be doing**
The Inventory Operations & Supply team provides warehousing, storage and distribution of materials and critical equipment across the entire business.

Acting as an Ambassador, your role is to support the Logistics Management Centre (LMC) in the safe, efficient, and cost-effective delivery of Inventory and logistics solutions to the business through the driving and operating of a range of vehicles. These include articulated vehicles, 26T Curtain Sider with Moffett, and/or flat bed, 10t and 7.5t vehicles also operation of HIAB (VMC) vehicles from 7.5t up to 32t with beavertail and various vans and trailers.

You will be based at the Thames Water Didcot Regional Distribution Centre providing a daily delivery to multiple sites across the Thames Water region. You will be required to be flexible in approach, in order to deliver a prompt response to both planned and reactive events. Your key responsibilities will include:

- Maintain a clean and compliant vehicle
- Drive and operate heavy goods vehicles, secure parking of your vehicle, complete and record pre and post vehicle checks in line with legislative and company-specific requirements
- Record and manage vehicle defects through to repairs completed
- Complete the appropriate training to use any vehicle prior to taking, using or operating it
- Oversee the safe and secure loading and unloading of vehicles
- Comply with transport legislation, including drivers’ hours' regulations and Working Time Directive in line with the ‘O’ license legislation and company procedures
- Adopt a safe and fuel-efficient approach to driving to minimise the risk to you, other road users, and to optimise vehicle running costs
- Deliver all duties in line with agreed service levels
- 45 hours per week, Monday-Friday, 07.00am-16.30pm
- On call rota: Monday-Sunday: On call enhancement, call out charge and overtime paid
- This position is based at Didcot

**We’re looking for you to**
- Have experience as a Class 1 HGV Driver
- Have no more than 6 penalty points and no DR or IN convictions on your licence
- Hold a full driver CPC and a valid Driver Tachograph card
- Demonstrate a clear knowledge of Transport Law and the Road Traffic Act
- Have working knowledge of Drivers Hours‘ rules and Working Time regulations
- Committed and enthusiastic approach to delivering excellent customer service
- Excellent communication skills and able to read and complete paperwork accurately

**What’s in it for you?**
Our competitive salary package includes an excellent contributory pension, 24 days holiday per year increasing to 28 with length of service and a wider benefits scheme.

We’re proud of the positive ways of working we have adopted during the pandemic. We want to create a more flexible and dynamic environment so all our colleagues can thrive. For our office-based roles we’re moving to a hybrid approach where we’ll provide options around working from our offices, our operational sites and home dependent on role/team/individual. This will be discussed during the assessment process.

Thames Water is a unique, rewarding and diverse place to work. If you join our team, you’ll enjoy fast-tracked career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and unparalleled benefits. We’re also proud to be an equal opportunity employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion and Disability Confident Leader and we’re a Times Top 50 Employer for Women.

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