Apprentice Tanker and Tipper Driver

Are you ready to live your future? Life as a United Utilities apprentice is full of benefits. With a range of award-winning roles on offer, you're bound to find your future career. We see our apprentices are well looked after, with a generous salary, 26 days leave excluding bank holidays, 10 driving lessons to help to get you on the road and many more benefits. Want to be part of building a greener, healthier and stronger North West? Come and join us! We'll provide you with industry leading skills and the experience you'll need to succeed in your career.

Start living your future, today

Come and join us as an apprentice tanker and tipper driver and you'll be given the training and development to take that first step onto the career ladder, supported by the United Utilities family. As an apprentice tanker driver you will be part of a team who transport sludge between United Utilities Wastewater Treatment Works and third party locations.

What makes us different?

• Secure your future – every apprentice is guaranteed a permanent position at the end of their scheme*
• It's a springboard to your career – we provide you with structured training, a dedicated mentor and quality placements to help you shape your career
• Inspire the next generation – you'll have the opportunity to represent United Utilities at key events across the region to engage with young people to bring careers in the water industry to life

A bit more about the role

During your 19 month apprenticeship as an Apprentice tanker and tipper driver the work you will do is vital for our business. You'll be driving our large goods vehicles to transport our sludge. In this role, you will be involved in:

• Transporting treated or untreated liquid sludge via road tanker between United Utilities sites
• Ensuring you're compliant with all relevant legal requirements, including making sure you do your daily vehicle checks, and report any problems with the vehicle
• Loading and unloading bulk tipper trucks using silo loading systems and or loading shovels
• Providing an efficient, cost effective and quality service for internal and external customers
• Driving both rigid and articulated bulk sided tipper trucks, collecting sludge cake from various UU sites then delivering and stockpiling at agricultural outlets
• Ensuring you follow health and safety practices and stay safe at work

Successful apprentices will achieve Large Goods Vehicle (LGV) Driver Level 2 Apprenticeship endorsed by the Institute for Apprenticeships. More details can be found here: Large goods vehicle (LGV) driver C + E / Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education

What you'll learn from us:

• How to transport treated or untreated sludge from wastewater or water treatment processes using tankers
• How to drive a LGV.
• Training on how to drive, load and unload the articulated and rigid tanker using the available on-site and vehicle systems
• Guidance on how to work with operations to ensure sludge is of optimum quality and consistency
• How to ensure that all health and safety requirements and procedures are followed, in particular to drive and operate the vehicle in a safe manner
• How to undertake basic operational tasks when required

You'll need to have 2 GCSEs or equivalent in Maths and English along with a full driving licence.

We're looking for someone who is customer focused, keen to gain hands on experience, develop practical skills and achieve the standards needed to really succeed in your role.

You'll have a dedicated mentor and manager who'll be on hand to support you every step of the way. All that we ask from you is that you're willing to learn, know how to work as part of a team and can manage your time and workload to get things done.

What you'll get from us:

• Rewarding essentials – there's lot of perks to the job, including a starting salary of £17,000 and further increases each year based on performance
• Be the best you can be – you'll get involved in all sorts of training and fun activities with your fellow apprentices
• An environment to be proud of – we're a responsible employer committed to developing our young talent in state of the art facilities
• Be part of the family – you'll have the chance to network, bond and learn from your colleagues and fellow apprentices

Additional information

• As long as you meet all necessary standards and behaviour criteria throughout the programme

We need fantastic people to enable us to deliver a great service to the public. We are committed to reaching and recruiting from every community and then supporting employees to achieve their full potential ensuring they feel valued and included, regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, sexual orientation or social background. If you are offered a job with us, a number of pre-employment checks need to be carried out before your appointment can be confirmed. Any offer of employment with United Utilities will be subject to a satisfactory checking report from the Disclosure Scotland / the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Closing Date: 05/03/23