Driver’s Mate / Operative

HQ8296Driver’s Mate / Operative
Location:Letchworth, Hertfordshire
Salary: £26,000 – £26,400per year
Holidays:20 days + bank holidays

A Driver’s Mate / Operative is required to accompany drivers to and from customer sites in order to collect Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment and data storage equipment. The Driver’s Mate / Operative will be trained in order to destroy this equipment on site or act as passenger when equipment is couriered to an alternative location or witnessing off-site destruction.

As this role has a very wide remit and will vary from day to day a flexible approach to both the work and the day is essential. This job includes some early starts and late finishes plus some nights away. Working as a key member of a very small team, a will do and go to attitude is a must.

Applications from ex-military personnel are strongly encouraged.

Responsibilities:

Drivers Mate activities:
Abiding by Safety rules and working practices learnt during training
Remaining vigilant to any safety risks or potential risks that occur during operations
Ensuring that customer data is physically guarded at all times during collection, transit, unloading and when appropriate or during compliant destruction
Travelling to customer site and assisting with all aspects of onsite destruction activities
Moving customer equipment to the vehicle
Assist with the audit of customer kit
Help in all aspects of the destruction operation

Small Van Collections:
Driving 3.5 ton van to carry out customer collections
Ensuring vehicle is always loaded with correct kit for the planned job
Be professional and timely on customer’s sites

All aspects of the warehouse operations including:
Sorting pallets and contents on arrival
Ensuring all pallets are prepared for despatch
Warehouse equipment to be checked and maintained, ie fork lift and pump trucks
Monitor warehouse consumables and request re stock

Vehicle turn around:
Carry out or assist in vehicle loading and unloading
Ensuring vehicles are fully kitted out for the next day’s work
Check any kit being load on to vehicles for completeness

Knowledge, skills and qualifications required:
Essential:
Clean, current driving licence
Desire to provide the very best in customer service
Ability to work as a member of a team
Knowledge of IT and basic windows packages
Maintenance of high standards of professionalism
Good record keeping
Representing the company in a polite, helpful and safe manner at all times

Training on all the destruction equipment will be provided as well as all aspects of the work required.

Interested applicants will be expected to complete and return by email a simple application form to which CVs must be pasted.