Winter Maintenance Driver, Totton

Varied hours per week

Milestone Infrastructure, part of M Group Services, are looking for part time HGV Cat C (Class 2) drivers, with CPC, to work on our Hampshire Highways Maintenance contract as Winter Maintenance drivers. The drivers will be appointed on a temporary contract to cover the Winter Maintenance season from 1^st October 2024 until 30^th April 2025. We are looking for suitable candidates to work on a zero-hour contract basis.

Milestone Infrastructure is a leading Infrastructure Services company operating in the Transport sector of M Group. Our portfolio includes contracts to operate, maintain and improve large parts of the UK road network. We have built and maintained relationships with our clients over a number of years and have a strong culture that continuously focuses on safety, operational delivery, efficiency, and customer service. 

This position will require you to work varied hours per week.

Your duties & responsibilities will be:

• To drive a Winter Maintenance Gritting Vehicle for the duration of the winter maintenance season, being allocated to a rota within the Hampshire area.
• To be on standby alternate weeks i.e., one week on standby followed by one week off throughout the winter maintenance season.
• To undertake the gritting of the roads on your allocated route and all the associated activities required to deliver the Winter Service.

We are looking for:

• A full UK driving licence with HGV Class 2 (category C) entitlement and a full CPC is essential.
• A valid Winter Maintenance qualification or experience. If, however, training is required, training for the City and Guilds qualification will be arranged for August / September 2023 and the above-mentioned temporary contract will be extended to cover this.
• The ability to get to your appointed Hampshire Highways Depot within 1 hours’ notice

Shifts and Pay Rates:

The Winter Maintenance Season rota will commence on the 1^st October 2024 and will finish on the 30^th April 2025. Drivers must commit to being on standby alternate weeks for the duration of the service. A week starts at 07.00 am on the Friday and finishes at 07.00am the following Friday. When you are on Standby, you can be called out at any time to undertake a grit run.

Callouts for Winter Service will be paid as follows: £100 per run (up to five hours) weekdays Mon- Sat, £130 per run Sundays (up to five hours), £130 per run Bank Holidays (up to five hours), including Christmas Day, New Years Day and Easter Sunday.  In the event a run exceeds 5 hours, overtime will be paid at the appropriate rate in increments on 15 minutes.

Standby will be at £150 per week, with an additional £55 per day for those on standby on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day and £25 per day for those on standby on Good Friday and Easter Monday.

M Group Services delivers a range of essential infrastructure services within the water, energy, transport and telecommunications sectors in the UK & Ireland. We have built and maintained relationships with our clients over a number of years and have a strong culture that continuously focuses on safety, operational delivery, efficiency and customer service. We are committed to profitable growth both organically and through acquisitions. M Group Services, a trusted employer to over 10,000 skilled specialists working from 240 locations, operates a divisional structure aligned with its end markets.

At M Group Services we recognise and value the benefits from our workforce diversity. We work hard to build and maintain inclusive environments and develop a culture where our people feel included and valued.