As a Heavy Goods Tug/Shunter Vehicle Driver, you will play a crucial role in the daily operations of our transport and logistics depot, ensuring the efficient and safe movement of trailers within the depot yard. Working closely with warehouse staff, transport coordinators, and depot management, you will help to streamline loading, unloading, and dispatch processes to facilitate smooth operations.
Key Responsibilities
Trailer and Vehicle Movements: Safely operate the tug/shunter vehicle to move trailers around the depot yard, aligning with scheduled loading and unloading activities.
Loading Dock Coordination: Assist in positioning trailers accurately for loading and unloading, working closely with warehouse operatives to maximise efficiency.
Inspection and Maintenance: Perform routine pre-shift checks on the tug/shunter vehicle, ensuring that it is in proper working condition. Report any faults, damage, or required maintenance immediately to the depot management team.
Safety Compliance: Adhere to all health, safety, and environmental policies.
Skills and Experience
Experience not necessary as full training will be provided.
Experience reversing any type of trailer, farm machinery or prior tug driving would be an advantage.
Training:
Training will be provided to the highest level to the successful candidate, including those without prior experience.
Additional Requirements
Willingness to work in a shift pattern, including nights, weekends, and bank holidays, as required by depot operations.
Age requirements: candidates must be over 18 years of age.
Benefits
- Competitive hourly wage
- Overtime pay as applicable
- Uniform and safety equipment provided
- Training and career development opportunities
HANNON Transport offers fully in-house logistics solutions across Europe, UK & ROI
We offer you the same door to door service whether it be for a full load or groupage. Our highly trained teams operate from bases in Aghalee, Dublin, Poeldijk & Paris.
Hannon is Ireland’s best option to economically satisfy ‘just in time’ demands no matter what your business.
We are always prepared to move our business forwards, demonstrated by the opening of our hubs in Rotterdam and Dublin. We are strategically placed so that freight passes seamlessly and quickly from Ireland to the UK or Europe and back, arriving at the end destination in perfect condition.
Our offices and distribution facility in Poeldijk is at the heart of Holland’s main fruit and vegetable market and adjacent to Europe’s largest flower and plant wholesale centre at Honselersdijk. This puts Hannon Transport in a crucial location allowing easy access to our export customers.
Hannon’s ongoing investment in our fleet and IT led transport management systems keeps us at the top of the efficiency curve.
We continue to grow our range of services to meet customer demand, for example strengthening our unique offering to smaller producers and processors.
