Winter Maintenance Driver
March Highways Depot
Varied hours per week
Milestone Infrastructure, part of M Group Services, are looking for part time HGV Cat C (Class 2) drivers, with CPC, to work on the Cambridgeshire Highways Maintenance contract as Winter Maintenance drivers. The drivers will be appointed on a temporary contract to cover the Winter Maintenance season from November 2024 until April 2025. We are looking for suitable candidates to work on a zero-hour contract basis.
Milestone Infrastructure is a leading Infrastructure Services company operating in the Transport sector of M Group. Our portfolio includes contracts to operate, maintain and improve large parts of the UK road network. We have built and maintained relationships with our clients over a number of years and have a strong culture that continuously focuses on safety, operational delivery, efficiency, and customer service.
Location – March
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 Cambridgeshire 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
* The ability to get to March Depot, Melbourne Avenue, March, Cambridgeshire within 1 hours’ notice
Shifts and Pay Rates:
The Winter Maintenance Season rota will commence on the 1st November 2024 and will finish on the 15th April 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 07.30 am the following Friday. When you are on Standby, you can be called out at any time to undertake a grit run.
Callouts for WINTER SERVICE will be paid as follows: £91/run weekdays Mon-Sat, £116/run Sundays, £142/run Bank Holidays and £166/run on Christmas Day, New Year's Day, and Easter Sunday.
Standby will be at £137.06/week; £194.04/week for the weeks covering Christmas, New Year, and Easter.
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 ps@mgroupservices.com or inform the recruitment manager in the first instance and we will be pleased to offer support.
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 at any time at the sole discretion of the Business.
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