Overview
Army – Driver Jobs in Londonthorpe, England, United Kingdom at UK Ministry of Defence
Title: Army – Driver
Company: UK Ministry of Defence
Location: Londonthorpe, England, United Kingdom
Prince William of Gloucester Barracks, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 7TJ. The role of a Driver is hands on and customer facing, therefore there is an expectation that you will be on site for most of the working week.
Job SummaryThe Ministry of Defence employs over 50,000 Civil Servants. Within that, the Army Top Level Budget (TLB) employs around 7,000 MOD Civil Servants located at over 300 locations. Ours is a diverse workforce, with roles ranging from trainers, human resources, teachers, and psychologists to storekeepers, financiers, project and programme managers, and policy secretariat staff. There are many different functions and professions delivering key outputs for the Army.
The Driver position is a key role within 167 Regiment Royal Logistic Corps’ based in Grantham. The successful candidate will work as part of a team of three delivering support to enable the unit to deliver essential outputs. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a dynamic and operationally focused environment, which offers you a wide range of opportunities, training and benefits! If this sounds like the role for you? If so, we would love to hear from you!
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.
Job DescriptionThe successful candidate will be able to work closely with their civilian and military colleagues, as well as prioritising their own workload effectively.
Key Areas Of Responsibility Will Include:
Assist in the management of the day to day running of the unit fleet
Issuing and receipting equipment to personnel
Ensuring all equipment is clean and serviceable
Maintaining documentation for auditing
This role may attract the opportunity for additional hours outside normal working times.
A degree of physical ability is required. The role will include lifting and carrying boxes (also loading / offloading vehicles), and placing / retrieve items and boxes from shelving that may be above head height. In accordance with health and safety guidance, the recommended maximum manual handling weight that applicants can expect to lift is men (25kg) and women(16kg).
The successful candidate will be able to work closely with their civilian and military colleagues, as well as prioritising their own workload effectively.
Key Areas Of Responsibility Will Include:
Assist in the management of the day to day running of the unit fleet
Issuing and receipting equipment to personnel
Ensuring all equipment is clean and serviceable
Maintaining documentation for auditing
This role may attract the opportunity for additional hours outside normal working times.
A degree of physical ability is required. The role will include lifting and carrying boxes (also loading / offloading vehicles), and placing / retrieve items and boxes from shelving that may be above head height. In accordance with health and safety guidance, the recommended maximum manual handling weight that applicants can expect to lift is men (25kg) and women(16kg).
Person specification
As a customer facing role, excellent communication and interpersonal skills are required to be able to interact professionally with a range of different people at all grades. The successful applicant will be expected to be a team player who can build trust-based relationships and work closely within a close-knit team.
You must also demonstrate a self-motivated, fle…
