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Driver LGV
Location: Camden
Salary: £14.59 an hour
Hours: 39 hours weekly
What we can offer you;
● 20 days of annual leave.
● Access to our people’s pension scheme.
● Discounts on everything from groceries to well known retailers.
● Access to a range of resources to support your physical, mental and financial health; so you can lean on us whenever you need to.
● One paid day leave every year to volunteer and support your community
● Ongoing training and development opportunities, allowing you to reach your full potential.
When you see the world as we do, you see the chance to help the world take better care of its resources, and help it become a better place for everyone.
With one of the largest growing fleets in the UK, our drivers are pivotal to delivering essential services. They work hard to serve their local communities and make a positive impact every day.
Whether you’re looking to overhaul the industry, or just do a good day’s work, we know that everyone here at Veolia can help us work alongside our communities, look after the environment, and contribute to our inclusive culture.
What you'll be doing;
● Driving any vehicle supplied by Veolia, having received the relevant training
● Carry out and complete daily vehicle checks and daily defect books as instructed
● Be responsible for ensuring that the vehicle is in a roadworthy condition and report any defects to the Supervisor or Manager immediately
● Ensure that all loads are safe and secure by using sheeting systems provided as well as any fall arrest systems to get up, down and on top of the trailers.
● Report any accidents or incidents that occur during the shift immediately to the Supervisor or Manager and ensure that the relevant accident/incident report is duly completed and submitted for investigation.
● Ensure that all road traffic rules and regulations are adhered to at all times and that all parking restrictions are observed.
● Once driving duties are completed to assist with any other duties as directed.
● Ensure the correct completion and submission of tachograph uploads as per the
● company policy and procedures.
What we're looking for;
Essential:
● Class 1 licence
● Class C& E licence
● Time management
● Ability to work in a team or alone
Desirable:
● Previous waste industry experience
What’s next?
Apply today, so we can make a difference for generations to come.
We're proud to have been named as one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work for three consecutive years in 2023, 2024 and 2025. This consistent recognition reflects our commitment to our people, demonstrating that Veolia is not just transforming the environment, we're also transforming what it means to have a rewarding, purposeful career.
We're dedicated to supporting you throughout your application journey, offering adjustments where reasonable and appropriate. As a proud Disability Confident Employer, we will offer an interview to applicants with a disability or long-term condition who opt-in to the Disability Confident scheme, and meet the minimum criteria for our roles.
We're also committed to ensuring that all applicants and colleagues receive fair treatment without discrimination on any grounds, aiming to create a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.
Veolia UK provides solutions for ecological transformation which means reconciling human progress with environmental protection. We develop and implement local solutions to depollute our vital resources and regenerate resources to preserve them from depletion along with solutions to decarbonize our ways of living and adapt them to the consequences of climate change.
We are a company of almost 14,000 employees, although we prefer to think of ourselves as “resourcers”. Every day across the country our “resourcers” design and deploy useful and concrete solutions, which help our customers fight against climate change, prevent pollution of waterways, soil and air and create a circular economy where nothing goes to waste.
Every year, we serve around 1.8 million people through our municipal wastewater contracts. We complete over 400 million waste collections across our Local Authority contracts, serving over 3 million residential properties; and we treat over 1.5 million tonnes of commercial and industrial waste from our 85,000 private customers. We also produce over 560 MWe of renewable and low carbon electricity, to power over 1.3 million homes.
We also anticipate the needs of tomorrow with innovative solutions that will decarbonise our energy and heating demands through the development of microgrids and energy management through our Hubgrade solution, which optimises the resources using digital and artificial intelligence.
Veolia UK is an exciting and innovative place to work, but don't just take our word for it - we were named as one of the top 10 'Very Big Organisations' to work for in The Sunday Times' Best Places to Work 2024.
We are driven by optimism and passion, not to see the world as it is, but how it should be; and we are tenacious in our efforts to achieve our goals.
These aren't just empty words.
