Tractor Driver CPCS

Contract: PAYE
Duration: Long-term project

About the role

The Joseph Gallagher Group is a family-owned business that delivers expertise while putting client satisfaction at the core of the business. Built on a personal reputation for honesty and quality, we understand the actions we take affect the communities and environments we operate in. We are currently recruiting for several Tractor Drivers to join our team.

Responsibilities

• Safely operating articulated or standard tractors with attachments (e.g., fuel/water bowsers, trailers, spreaders) on busy construction sites or industrial areas.
• Transporting construction materials, rubble, or slurry, often under HGV regulations.
• Supporting ground crews, performing grading, or spreading materials with rear-mounted equipment.
• Conducting pre-shift safety checks, cleaning, and routine maintenance of tractors and attachments, reporting any defects to supervisors.
• Adhering to site health and safety protocols, including wearing PPE, monitoring ground conditions, and ensuring safe speed limits.

Requirements

• Valid CPCS (Construction Plant Competence Scheme) card (A33 Agricultural Tractor).
• Clean driving license and HGV Class 1 experience.
• Experience in a construction or civil engineering environment is typically preferred over purely agricultural experience.

Benefits

• Competitive salary package.
• Additional travel and accommodation benefits available to employees who meet the eligibility criteria.

About the company

We are one of the UK's leading civil engineering and tunnelling contractors, offering a wide range of construction and specialist services. At the Joseph Gallagher Group, we're promoting a culture change within the industry and demonstrating initiatives to dramatically improve Health, Safety, and Wellbeing. In 2014, we launched our award-winning cultural safety programme (LIFE), which is deeply embedded into the company’s DNA and core values.

The Joseph Gallagher Group is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment. All individuals will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability, or sexual orientation.