Class 5 Driver

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  • Job Type:Full time
  • Category:Construction/Technical
  • Business Group:Higgins
  • Location:Palmerston North
  • Job Reference:FCH/33314
  • Closing Date:16 Dec 2023

Description:

The Higgins Green Team in Palmerston North is looking for an experienced Class 5 Driver to join the Chipseal Division.

Come join the Green Team:
  • Competitive hourly rate + guaranteed hours 
  • Join a supportive team that treat each other like Whānau
  • Ongoing training and development to help you reach your career goals
  • Career development – opportunities to grow your career at Higgins and the wider Fletcher Building group of businesses
  • Access to Fletchers Building Benefits Programme, including: 
  • A brand-new market-leading parental leave policy to ensure employees are well supported throughout one of life’s most significant events.
  • FB employee share scheme, educational and welfare funds
  • A significant portfolio of retail benefits across major NZ businesses such as ANZ, Z energy, PlaceMakers, Mico and Samsung. 
  • Brand new PPE gear (that’s your own personal protective equipment)

What you’ll bring to the role:
  • Class 5 ideally with WTR
  • Experience driving truck and trailer 
  • Roadranger gearbox experience 
  • Dangerous Goods – we can put you through that if needed
  • Experience transporting aggregate / construction materials advantageous 
  • A safety-first attitude – for yourself and the public
  • Flexible, committed and reliable 
  • Passion for our industry and the willingness to work hard and learn

Higgins is a leading roading and civil infrastructure company in New Zealand. We are on a dynamic growth path with people at the heart of what we do every day. We offer a great working environment, competitive hourly rate, subsidised medical insurance, and subsidised education and training for you and your dependants.

Higgins is committed to a drug-free workplace. The successful applicant will be required to pass pre-employment drug and alcohol testing along with a health check – you’ll need to be fit for work!

Building better roads for safer journeys – He pai ake te hanga o ngā rori, kia haumaru ai ngā haerenga

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