Driver / Labourer

Why Work for us: Employee benefits (southampton.gov.uk)

Are you looking to develop an interesting and rewarding career in an ambitious city? Are you, highly motivated, professional and friendly? We are looking for experienced Driver/Labourers to join our team.

Southampton is a city of opportunity. Can you help us deliver the vision for the entire city, ensuring we leave a positive legacy for future generations?

About You:

You will be part of the busy Employment and Logistics team undertaking multi-million-pound projects throughout our estates across the city. Your duties will include.

• Assisting Qualified tradesmen on various projects across the city
• Transporting, loading, and unloading plant and materials
• Manual Handling, accessing scaffolding,
• Loading and unloading waste at our central hub and segregating into relevant waste streams
• Keeping jobs clean and van and tidy.

Experience and knowledge in this field is a must.

You will need a full driving licence to drive our vehicles and will also be required to undergo a DBS check as part of the pre-employment checks.

As the work is varied a flexible approach is required to meet changing needs and tight deadlines. Excellent customer service skills, enthusiasm, and a ‘can do’ attitude is all essential as you’ll be our ambassador when you visit our customers’ homes to carry out repairs and installations to the highest of standards You will liaise with residents, peers and colleagues on a daily basis so communication and customer focus will be essential to the role. Organisational, customer service, time management and physical skills are key to this role.

About Us:

We are committed to being a Child and Resident Friendly City where people are proud to live and work and where you can make a significant difference to our local communities. We want Southampton to be a modern city, amongst the best places to grow up, live and work in and we are committed to tackling inequality and to creating a city that is greener, fairer, and healthier.

About Southampton:

• Our city is easy to travel around on foot, bike, and public transport.
• We have a fantastic range of retail outlets, restaurants, bars, cinemas, and theatres.
• Our City has award-winning parks and open spaces with the New Forest National Park and beautiful beaches on our doorstep
• We have one of the major ports in the UK operating 364 days a year.

Why work for us?

You can be confident of a rewarding career, with a competitive salary, job security and a wide range of employee benefits including generous annual leave and career progression opportunities in return for your dedication to bettering the lives of Southampton’s residents.

We’ll provide:

• A van for work use, all power tools, uniform, and PPE
• Access to the Hampshire Local Government Pension Scheme
• Interest free travel loans and discounts.
• Employee Support Services.
• Employer pension contributions
• Maternity/Paternity/Adoption leave

You will work 37-hour week plus an additional 2-hour TOIL (Time Off in Lieu). The TOIL equates to 12 days annual leave year, in addition to your basic entitlement of 25 days annual leave per year (not including bank holidays). This leave increases to 29 days after you have completed 5 years of continuous service. Other employee benefits range from childcare vouchers and discounted travel to money off at selected restaurants, shops, and salons.

If you’d like to be part of our team and our city, apply today!

If you need more information or wish to discuss this position, please contact Gavin Daffern gavin.daffern@southampton.gov.uk or +44 23 8083 4221

Additional information:

• Please note the salary quoted is based on full time hours (37 hours).

The supporting statement section of the application form must be completed unless there are specific criteria questions for you to evidence against. Applications are shortlisted against the essential and desirable criteria found within the job description for the post. Please refer to the job description when completing your application form and evidence how you meet the required criteria/questions. A CV on its own will not be considered.

Unfortunately we are not able to accept applications that are made through a third party agency. We cannot guarantee that any correspondence sent from third party agencies will be responded to. To ensure your application is received please apply online at www.careers.southampton.gov.uk

Recruitment contact details: recruitment@southampton.gov.uk

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