Class 2 Tanker Driver
Spennymoor, England, United Kingdom Full-time Posted 2 weeks ago
About The Role
Class 2 Tanker Driver
Full Time
Permanent Days – Mon to Sun (4 days out of 7)
Salary - 43hrs per week
Salary - £32,360 (£14.47ph) plus overtime opportunities
Location – Spennymoor, Co Durham
HGV C (Class 2) Vacuum Tanker Driver. Transporting waste products from Internal sewage treatment facilities across The North East region to onward processing across the Northeast.
Overtime Rates
Day/time Overtime rate Monday to Sunday 07:00-22:00 x 1.5
Sunday & Bank Holiday 07:00-22:00 x 2
Monday to Sunday 22:00-07:00 x 2.2
About The Role:
We’re looking for an experienced HGV Class 2 Vacuum Tanker Driver to join our team, bringing strong multi-drop experience and the confidence to operate in rural areas and challenging locations with restricted access.
This role requires a good understanding of transport legislation, including drivers’ hours, the Working Time Directive, and ‘O’ licence compliance. You’ll be someone who takes pride in doing things the right way, with a positive, proactive attitude and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
Safety is at the heart of everything we do, so it’s essential you share this commitment. You’ll be confident assessing tasks and making the right decisions, including challenging or refusing work if it cannot be carried out safely.
Day to day, you’ll be responsible for ensuring your vehicle is clean, compliant and well maintained, carrying out thorough pre-use checks and reporting any defects in line with DVSA standards. You’ll also ensure the safe loading and unloading of the vacuum tanker, always working in line with our health and safety policies and our “Everyone Home Safe Every Day” approach.
You’ll drive in a safe and fuel-efficient manner, supporting both environmental sustainability and vehicle performance, while also delivering a high standard of customer service. As a key representative of our brand, you’ll interact professionally with customers and work closely with our internal wastewater teams to ensure a reliable and high-quality service.
About You:
To succeed in this role, you’ll need to hold a C licence entitlement (or above), a valid driver tachograph card, a Driver CPC, and at least 12 months’ HGV driving experience. A solid understanding of EU Drivers’ Hours rules and Working Time Regulations is also essential, and knowledge of the County Durham area would be an advantage.
You’ll be joining a supportive and collaborative team where you’ll be encouraged to contribute and share best practice, while also having the confidence to work independently when required.
While previous experience operating a Vacuum Tanker would be beneficial, it is not essential. Full training and ongoing support will be provided, making this a great opportunity for someone looking to build on their existing HGV experience and develop new skills within the role.
About Us
Here at Northumbrian Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity, and encourage all colleagues to bring their most authentic self to work.
Our colleague network groups include our Rainbow Support Network (LGBTQIA+), REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), WiSTEM (Women in STEM) and Thisability (disability and neurodiversity) networks. They provide a safe space for colleagues from diverse backgrounds, welcoming all colleagues regardless of their personal characteristics to participate in valuable conversation that improves our organisational awareness, understanding and inclusivity.
We encourage and welcome all applications, as we strive to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to having diverse communities represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation.
NWG are an inclusive employer who support the rehabilitation of offenders, we will not, however consider candidates who have certain unspent convictions to ensure our commitment to fostering a safe and secure working environment for all OR colleagues, suppliers, customers and third parties.
We’re aware that not everyone will have every skill listed in the job description, however if you have some of the skills listed, we'd encourage you to apply
NWG At a Glance:
Our purpose at NWG is caring for the essential needs of our communities and environment, now and for generations to come.
We do this by providing reliable and affordable water and wastewater services for our customers.
We make a positive difference by operating efficiently and investing prudently, to maintain a sustainable and resilient business.
Our vision is to be the national leader in the provision of sustainable water and wastewater services. To support us in achieving our vision, we have five core values which are the guiding principles, defining who we are, what we do and how we do it.
Our Benefits
We’re a Great Place to Work because of the amazing people who work for us, and to say thank you we offer a range of benefits to colleagues. Our ‘Tap Into’ benefits include:
Prospective employees and agency workers in defined safety and security critical roles will be required to undertake a drug and alcohol test after the job offer has been made. This will be prior to or within four weeks of their start date.
Prospective employees and agency workers who fail a pre-employment urine drug screen will have their sample analysed by the Company appointed laboratory as a matter of course. Failing a pre-employment drugs or alcohol test may lead to the job offer being revoked
Please note this role will require a DBS to be completed prior to employment
About Us
NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England as Northumbrian Water, and water services to 1.5 million people in the South East of England as Essex & Suffolk Water.
We are proud to serve our customers and we're committed to delivering great service, putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.
Class 2 Tanker Driver
Full Time
Permanent Days – Mon to Sun (4 days out of 7)
Salary - 43hrs per week
Salary - £32,360 (£14.47ph) plus overtime opportunities
Location – Spennymoor, Co Durham
HGV C (Class 2) Vacuum Tanker Driver. Transporting waste products from Internal sewage treatment facilities across The North East region to onward processing across the Northeast.
Overtime Rates
Day/time Overtime rate Monday to Sunday 07:00-22:00 x 1.5
Sunday & Bank Holiday 07:00-22:00 x 2
Monday to Sunday 22:00-07:00 x 2.2
About The Role:
We’re looking for an experienced HGV Class 2 Vacuum Tanker Driver to join our team, bringing strong multi-drop experience and the confidence to operate in rural areas and challenging locations with restricted access.
This role requires a good understanding of transport legislation, including drivers’ hours, the Working Time Directive, and ‘O’ licence compliance. You’ll be someone who takes pride in doing things the right way, with a positive, proactive attitude and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
Safety is at the heart of everything we do, so it’s essential you share this commitment. You’ll be confident assessing tasks and making the right decisions, including challenging or refusing work if it cannot be carried out safely.
Day to day, you’ll be responsible for ensuring your vehicle is clean, compliant and well maintained, carrying out thorough pre-use checks and reporting any defects in line with DVSA standards. You’ll also ensure the safe loading and unloading of the vacuum tanker, always working in line with our health and safety policies and our “Everyone Home Safe Every Day” approach.
You’ll drive in a safe and fuel-efficient manner, supporting both environmental sustainability and vehicle performance, while also delivering a high standard of customer service. As a key representative of our brand, you’ll interact professionally with customers and work closely with our internal wastewater teams to ensure a reliable and high-quality service.
About You:
To succeed in this role, you’ll need to hold a C licence entitlement (or above), a valid driver tachograph card, a Driver CPC, and at least 12 months’ HGV driving experience. A solid understanding of EU Drivers’ Hours rules and Working Time Regulations is also essential, and knowledge of the County Durham area would be an advantage.
You’ll be joining a supportive and collaborative team where you’ll be encouraged to contribute and share best practice, while also having the confidence to work independently when required.
While previous experience operating a Vacuum Tanker would be beneficial, it is not essential. Full training and ongoing support will be provided, making this a great opportunity for someone looking to build on their existing HGV experience and develop new skills within the role.
About Us
Here at Northumbrian Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity, and encourage all colleagues to bring their most authentic self to work.
Our colleague network groups include our Rainbow Support Network (LGBTQIA+), REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), WiSTEM (Women in STEM) and Thisability (disability and neurodiversity) networks. They provide a safe space for colleagues from diverse backgrounds, welcoming all colleagues regardless of their personal characteristics to participate in valuable conversation that improves our organisational awareness, understanding and inclusivity.
We encourage and welcome all applications, as we strive to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to having diverse communities represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation.
NWG are an inclusive employer who support the rehabilitation of offenders, we will not, however consider candidates who have certain unspent convictions to ensure our commitment to fostering a safe and secure working environment for all OR colleagues, suppliers, customers and third parties.
We’re aware that not everyone will have every skill listed in the job description, however if you have some of the skills listed, we'd encourage you to apply
NWG At a Glance:
Our purpose at NWG is caring for the essential needs of our communities and environment, now and for generations to come.
We do this by providing reliable and affordable water and wastewater services for our customers.
We make a positive difference by operating efficiently and investing prudently, to maintain a sustainable and resilient business.
Our vision is to be the national leader in the provision of sustainable water and wastewater services. To support us in achieving our vision, we have five core values which are the guiding principles, defining who we are, what we do and how we do it.
Our Benefits
We’re a Great Place to Work because of the amazing people who work for us, and to say thank you we offer a range of benefits to colleagues. Our ‘Tap Into’ benefits include:
- Generous holiday entitlement, plus bank holidays and additional time off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. There’s also the option to buy or sell holidays.
- Company pension scheme, where we’ll double match your contributions up to an employer contribution of 10%.
- Free access to local attractions.
- A fantastic discount scheme, with savings on days out, shopping, travel and more.
- Award winning ‘Living Well’ wellbeing support, including access to a digital GP service for you and your family members.
- Support with sustainable travel – through salary sacrifice cars and a cycle to work scheme.
- Financial wellbeing support – access our community savings scheme, financial education and low cost loans through Salary Finance. We also provide 4 x Life Assurance and an Income Protection Scheme.
- Support with your development – we offer a range of development opportunities, can support you through an interest free qualification loan and we’ll even pay for any relevant professional body subscription.
Prospective employees and agency workers in defined safety and security critical roles will be required to undertake a drug and alcohol test after the job offer has been made. This will be prior to or within four weeks of their start date.
Prospective employees and agency workers who fail a pre-employment urine drug screen will have their sample analysed by the Company appointed laboratory as a matter of course. Failing a pre-employment drugs or alcohol test may lead to the job offer being revoked
Please note this role will require a DBS to be completed prior to employment
About Us
NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England as Northumbrian Water, and water services to 1.5 million people in the South East of England as Essex & Suffolk Water.
We are proud to serve our customers and we're committed to delivering great service, putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.
