HGV Multi-Skilled Operative

HGV Multi-Skilled Operative

Location: Rainham, London

Salary: £35,000 to £45,000 per annum including overtime

Contract: Permanent and full time, 40 hours per week

Hours: Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm, with evening and weekend overtime opportunities

Our client is a well-established, national provider of environmental and industrial services, with a strong reputation for delivering high-quality, compliant solutions across a broad range of sectors. Operating from a network of depots across the UK, they specialise in environmental protection, asset maintenance, and emergency response, supporting both commercial and public sector clients with a professional, can-do approach.

Based at the company’s Rainham depot, this is a varied, hands-on role sitting within a busy technical operations team. As a HGV Multi-Skilled Operative, you will play a key part in the day-to-day delivery of environmental and industrial services across client sites. You’ll be expected to work both independently and as a part of a team, representing the company professionally on site and contributing to a wide range of planned and reactive works.

About the role:

• Operating company HGV and other vehicles in a safe and compliant manner, including adherence to tachograph regulations
• Completing daily vehicle checks and reporting any defects to supervisors promptly
• Carrying out high pressure water jetting and industrial cleaning duties
• Responding to spills and emergency clean-ups using specialist equipment and resources
• Installing, servicing, inspecting, and decommissioning of interceptors and storage tanks
• Undertaking groundworks, remediation, and civils project support
• Preparing surfaces and spray lining using specialised equipment
• Uplifting and offloading materials in a compliant and safe manner
• Completing job reports on site, with all relevant information
• Communicating with customers on site and identifying opportunities to recommend additional services
• Participating in a standby/call-out rota, including occasional evening, weekend and away working

About you:

• Valid UK HGV Class 2 license with ideally zero points (up to 6 points may be considered)
• Must be willing to comply with both a DBS check and drug and alcohol screening
• Previous experience in a similar environmental, industrial, or multi-skilled operative role
• Experienced in completing RAMS documentation
• A flexible, can-do attitude with the ability to adapt to emergency and reactive works
• Strong team player, capable of supporting colleagues under pressure
• Right to work in the UK

Desirable but not essential:

• Valid ADR license
• Previous experience operating plant machinery
• CPCS/NPORS Excavator cert

What makes this role so great?

• Competitive starting salary of £35,000
• Regular overtime potential bringing earnings up to £45,000 realistically
• Permanent, full time role with a stable, growing national business
• Genuine variety of work – no two days are the same!
• Opportunities to develop skills across multiple disciplines and gain additional qualifications
• Supportive team environment