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Winter Maintenance Driver

Peterborough

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 Peterborough Highways Maintenance contract as Winter Maintenance drivers. The drivers will be appointed on a temporary contract to cover the Winter Maintenance season from November 2023 until April 2024. 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.

M Group Services is a trusted employer to approximately 9,000+ skilled specialists, working from over 100 locations across the UK and Ireland.

Location – Peterborough

Varied hours per week

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 Peterborough 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 2023 and the above-mentioned temporary contract will be extended to cover this
• The ability to get to Peterborough Highways depot, Dodson Way, Fengate, Peterborough, PE1 5XJ within 1 hours’ notice

Shifts and Pay Rates:

The Winter Maintenance Season rota will commence on the 1st November 2023 and will finish on the 14th April incl 2024. 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.

Callouts for WINTER SERVICE will be paid as follows: £87/run weekdays Mon- Sat, £111/run Sundays, £136/run Bank Holidays and £159/run on Christmas Day, New Years Day and Easter Sunday.

Standby will be at £132/ week. £186/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 [email protected] 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.