Tractor Driver / Excavator Driver / Heavy Plant Machinery Operator required for our client a specialist contracting business that operate within the construction and maintenance of sports surfaces.
They have a yard in Chichester, West Sussex and most sites are within the Sussex, Hampshire, Surrey, Kent & London Boroughs regions,
It is expected that the Tractor Driver / Excavator Driver / Heavy Plant Machinery Operator will have experience operating a wide range of sports turf and agricultural machinery such as scarifiers, aerators, top dressers and fertiliser spreaders, mowers and trailers etc and used a range of manufacturers including Toro, John Deere, New Holland, Kubota and JCB.
Tractor Driver Job Overview
Cultivating sports turf surfaces
Operate 360 excavator (2t - 21t)
Carry out sports turf maintenance operations
Daily thorough machinery maintenance
Operating telehandlers
Practical, ideally with good workshop skills, able to repair simple faults & maintain machinery
Tractor Driver Job Requirements
Experience on agricultural machinery, sports turf equipment, heavy plant.
Full UK driving licence and machine tickets
Willingness to travel daily, work away and complete overtime in busy periods
Able to operate a 360 excavator
Knowledge of agricultural GPS systems
Tractor Driver Salary & Benefits
Basic Salary of £30,000 - £33,000
Overtime
Full Time, Permanent - Working 40 hours per week plus overtime
28 Days holiday including ...