Vehicle Driver

**Description**:
Position: Vehicle Driver

**Job Type**: Permanent full-time

Hours of Work: 38 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Plus overtime

Reports to: Operations Manager

Purpose of position:
To operate vehicles in a safe & efficient manner.

To perform tasks in a safe & efficient manner.

To ensure all vehicles are maintained in a road worthy state.

To deliver & pick up products as required.

Fill in documentation as required.

Key Accountabilities:

- Ensure all tasks are performed safely.
- Ensure appropriate PPE is worn at all times.
- Must wear company provided uniform as provided.
- Address/report any unsafe actions when observed.
- Ensure prime mover, tipping trailer, tautliner & van are regularly cleaned inside & outside.
- Maintain vehicles in road worthy condition. Report any issues to your supervisor.
- Monitor tyre wear & advise when new tyres are required.
- Ensure vehicles are regularly serviced (outside contractors).
- Operate vehicles within legal limits & road rules.
- Operate prime mover as per manufacturer’s recommendations.
- Operate “Container Tipping Trailer” as per Tipping Skel Operation Procedure.
- Operate Tautliner as per manufacturer’s recommendation.
- Ensure all deliveries & pick ups are performed effectively & efficiently.
- Ensure all delivery & pick up documentation is collected and signed for.
- All delivery & pick up documentation to be given to the relevant company contact.
- Record travel details on log sheets as required (ie: Truck log & van log).
- Fill in Vicroads log sheets as required.
- Only operate vehicles & equipment you are licensed or trained to operate.
- Check fuel & fluids regularly and top up as required.
- When using fuel cards, collect receipts & give them to appropriate person (eg: Supervisor, sales).
- Where possible, suggest improvements so greater efficiencies can be made.
- Advise Supervisor of any intended leave with reasonable notice.
- Must be willing & able to work flexible hours (eg: early starts, Saturdays).
- Assist in the development of any position descriptions & procedures.
- Assist in maintaining quality accreditations (ie: Feedsafe, HACCP, DAFF, etc..)
- Anything else as required by your Supervisor.

Procedures Relating to Role:

- Evacuation Procedure.
- Bulk Tanker procedure.
- Tipping skel operation procedure.

Contacts:
Production Co-Ordinator

Maintenance Supervisor

Production Personnel

Contractors

Operations Manager

Other Requirements/General Comments:
Victorian heavy combination truck license

Victorian car license

Good Leadership qualities

Good communication skills

Requirement to undergo training when required

Ability to train others

Other:
Vehicle Driving will roughly be 3-4 days per week, when not driving the employee will be unloading raw materials and working as a Production Operator.

Vehicle is a prime mover with 2 different trailers, which are:
A tautliner,

A container tipping trailer (tipping Skel).

**Must hold a valid Multi combination (MC) Licence**

Just a few things to note:

- We have a completely free & confidential Employee Assistance Program
- We have a Social Club
- We have a Service Awards program

**Applicant must be based in Australia and have full unlimited working rights.**

**Role Type**:

- In-house - Permanent - Full-time - Mid-Senior Level

**Pay Rate**:

- 30 AUD - 35 AUD (Hour)

**Company Overview**:

- Industry leaders in equine feed manufacturing