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HGV Driver Class 1 (CE)

Videalert

The Role

Overview

Drive HGV to enforce untaxed vehicle regulations and recover vehicles for DVLA.

Key Responsibilities

  • enquiry handling
  • daily briefing
  • equipment inspection
  • vehicle removal
  • condition reporting
  • photo capture

Tasks

-Deals with enquiries from the public regarding enforcement action and ensures the relevant information packs are available. -Attends a daily briefing and collects all removal information and reports relevant to the day’s work. -Checks to make sure the recovery vehicle is capable of removing the vehicles safely and informs the pound manager of any concerns. -Carries out a physical examination of all lifting and towing equipment, and ensures the digital tachograph is operating correctly. -Ensures vehicle and equipment is serviceable and fit for purpose, reports all faults to the Pound Manager. -Carries out the safe removal of all vehicles, assigned either via the tablet p.c. or by telephone from the pound. Ensures all photographs required of the vehicle are taken and completes a vehicle condition report, contacts the pound to confirm removal and requests the Police are informed. -Delivers the vehicles to the pound, unloads and takes further photographs. Requests next task from the office and repeats the process.

Requirements

  • hgv licence
  • crane cert
  • initiative
  • communication
  • customer focus
  • flexibility

What You Bring

-Ability to work on own initiative -Excellent communication skills -Can often work with other agencies, when required including, Police, DVLA and VOSA. -Customer focused -HGV Driving licence & Crane certification - HGV Driver C+E vacancy (Class 1) -Ability to work shifts -Must be flexible in their attitude to working hours, locations and must be prepared to take on other roles, temporarily, as required by the operation.

Benefits

-Staff benefits designed to suit your lifestyle - from discounts on retail shopping travel and socialising to health & wellbeing -Competitive holiday including bank holidays -Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Package subject to eligibility criteria -Full uniform provided -First Class Training & Development Opportunities -Competitive rates of pay -Excellent Reward & Recognition Scheme -Pension Scheme

The Company

About Videalert

-Grew through high-profile UK local-authority contracts—Westminster, Barnet and Kingston—replacing legacy systems with smarter enforcement. -Typical projects include mobile enforcement vehicles (cars, bikes, electric scooters), school-street safety schemes, Clean Air Zones and ANPR police integrations. -Specialises in moving-traffic enforcement, school-safety, police ANPR, parking management and low-emission zone compliance. -Offers hosted Enforcement-as-a-Service and flexible commercial models, reducing capex and speeding deployment. -Open-platform architecture feeds anonymised ANPR data into wider smart-city, police, parking-operators and traffic systems.

Sector Specialisms

Local Government

Police Authorities

Traffic Management

Traffic Enforcement

Parking Management

Clean Air Zones

Low Emission Zones

School Safety

Mobile Enforcement

Road Safety

Environmental Enforcement