Position Overview & Specifications

Due to an exceptionally busy order book BE EVENT HIRE are continuing to recruit additional staff.

At BE Event Hire – we hire out furniture to national events as well as selling furniture.

We are looking for both Class 1 and Class 2 HGV lorry drivers to join our team.

Benefits:

The hours are a minimum of 40 hours per week.
Salary £15 p/h for class 1 and £13.50 for class 2 HGV
It is time and a half for any hours worked over 40 hours Monday to Friday so £20.25 for Class 2 and £22.50 for Class 1 drivers
There is an additional half time on top of that rate at weekends so it’s possible to earn £30 p/h for Class 1 and £27.00 p/h for Class 2.
Throughout the season there is usually a good amount of overtime to be worked.
Under 23 years old the pay rate is according to age, driving & plant licences eg any forklift licences and experience

Role Responsibilities:

The role is not purely driving - it includes preparing items of furniture for hire . Loading vans and lorries by hand and by forklift. There is a lot of physical work.
Delivering and collecting the furniture, offloading and setting it up on site
Sometimes you will work independently, sometimes you will work in a team in our yard or at a venue such as the ExCel / NEC or a music festival .
We have weekend work, so whilst core hours are 8:00am to 4:30pm Monday to Friday, if the business requires it you will need to work some hours during evenings and some weekends.

Role Requirements:

Good attention to detail,
The ability to count accurately,
A high degree of customer and product care
A very flexible attitude and willingness to help and learn a variety of skills.
The role is physically active - moving furniture – so a good level of fitness and self motivation is needed.
Under 23 years old the pay rate is according to age, driving & plant licences eg any forklift licences and experience

Please send a covering letter with your CV

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £13.50-£30.00 per hour

Benefits: