Winter Maintenance Driver

Sandy, Central Bedfordshire

Your duties & responsibilities will be:

• To drive a Winter Maintenance Gritting Vehicle for the duration of the winter maintenance season, being allocated to a rota within the Central Bedfordshire area.
• To be on standby alternate weeks i.e. one week on standby followed by one week off throughout the winter maintenance season.
• To undertake the gritting of the roads on your allocated route and all the associated activities required to deliver the Winter Service.

We are looking for:

• A full UK driving licence with HGV Class 2 (category C) entitlement and a full CPC is essential.
• A valid Winter Maintenance qualification or experience. If, however, training is required, training for the City and Guilds qualification will be arranged for September/October 2024 and the above-mentioned temporary contract will be extended to cover this

Shifts and Pay Rates:

The Winter Maintenance Season rota will commence in October 2024 and will finish in April incl 2025. Drivers must commit to being on standby alternate weeks for the duration of the service. A week starts at 07.30 am on the Friday and finishes at 07.30am the following Friday. When you are on Standby, you can be called out at anytime to undertake a grit run.

At Milestone we embrace diversity, opening a rich potential for new ways of thinking and helping us to build successful and winning teams. We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process; and as a Disability Confident employer, if you require any adjustments that would assist you throughout your application, please contact us at [email protected] or inform the recruitment manager in the first instance and we will be pleased to offer support.

We also welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need and in return, we will explore what is possible for the role.

This is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Milestone. The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the Business