Shift Driver in Ruislip

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Shift Driver

Location:

Ruislip, London, GB, HA4 6NG

Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite

Job Title: Driver
Location: Ruislip, Middlesex
Compensation: £31,758.48 + £5,374.84 Shift allowance + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF63494

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Driver at our RAF Northolt site.

The role
As a Driver you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Help us make a difference and support the UK Military and Aviation. The Mechanical Transport Department supplies transportation solutions to Royal Air Force (RAF) Northolt on a daily 24/7/365 days a year basis.

Day-to-day you’ll be responsible for cover base duty vehicle driver requirements, including transporting RAF personnel which also includes coach driving.

• Carrying out VIP driving duties and checking vehicles daily/weekly in line with vehicle specifications and requirements.
• Seasonal snow and ice clearance in large LGV platforms, to allow critical flying to remain active.
• Ensuring that all transport services driver and vehicle documentation is completed relevant publications. Completion and maintenance of driver analogue tachograph discs and driver digital cards.
• Reporting all vehicle defects to Control Staff in accordance with legislation and service publications.
• Refuelling, washing, vacuuming, checking of vehicle fluids and tyre condition of all vehicles as required.

This role is full time and based onsite at RAF Northolt, near Ruislip. You\'ll work an average of 38.5 hours a week on a shift basis (12hr rotational flexible shift basis, days and nights), however you\'ll need to be flexible as there may be changes to the roster from time to time, to meet customer needs.

Essential experience of the Driver

• Previous experience in a similar role
• Previous experience within driving stakeholders and maintaining all required paperwork essential to hold Driver Vehicle Standard Authority (DVSA) Category D Licence with no more than three current Penalty Points.
• Hold full clean driving license with categories B, C, and D.

Qualifications for the Driver

• You must pass a Colour Perception test for aerodrome access and should be colour perception (CP) standard of Red Green CP2 (safe) or CP3 (defective/safe).
• Driver qualification card CPC, LGV and PSV.
• ADR class 1 and 3 desirables.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain UK - Security Check(SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day\'s paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.