Truck Driver
We’ve worked hard to build a culture where people feel a genuine sense of belonging, wherever they work in our operations, and whatever their role. Our culture is grounded in our core values and our very strong commitment to delivering every day for our clients and their customers, getting everyone home safely, and caring about your wellbeing.
The Role
To operate company vehicles up to the limitations of a Class C license in a safe and competent manner. The Truck Driver will be responsible for transporting, lifting, and delivering utility poles to sites across Ireland. The role combines professional driving with crane‑operation duties, including loading/unloading, secure transport, and safe delivery often at customer or work‑site locations (e.g. overhead line installation, utility sites).
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for ensuring safe loading, transportation and delivery/collection of goods
- Operate onboard crane (or lifting equipment) to load, unload, and position poles — ensuring safe lifting practices, load‑securing, and compliance with manual‑handling and lifting regulations
- Plan and follow delivery schedules/routes, coordinate with site contacts, and provide good customer (site‑manager) communication during delivery/unloading operations.
- Complete delivery paperwork: delivery notes, load manifests, time/driver logs, digital tachograph records (if applicable).
- Report any vehicle, crane or load‑security defects or incidents immediately.
- Assisting in yard duties when not involved in driving, which may involve loading and unloading of company and customer vehicles
- To identify and quantify company materials involved in deliveries and collections
- Full compliance with driving hours and other current transport regulations
- Communication with office, yard staff, customers etc
Requirements:
- Full, valid Irish (or EU) Category C / CE / rigid‑truck license
- Valid Road Safety Authority (RSA) “Driver CPC” card.
- Digital Tachograph Card & compliance with tachograph / driving‑hours regulations.
- Valid certification/licence to operate crane‑equipped vehicles / lifting equipment.
- Ability to work independently and manage own schedule/routes.
- Good communication skills.
- Strong health & safety awareness.
- Basic mechanical awareness (to inspect and report any vehicle or crane defects)
Benefits:
- Pension plan
- Life assurance – 4 times your annual salary
- Employee assistance programme
- Refer a friend scheme
- Maternity pay
- Educational assistance
- Career progression opportunities
- Long Service Awards
- Department
- ESB
- Locations
- Actavo - Charleville
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Work Status
- Field Based
About Actavo
We are an international strategic operations partner, offering a multitude of services across different sectors to our many valued clients. In operation over 50 years, we have our roots in a number of businesses that came together in 2015 under the Actavo brand. While our service offerings are diverse, what we have in common across all our operations is an unwavering commitment to delivering excellence for our clients and their customers, underpinned by rigorous quality standards, a multi-award-winning safety performance and industry-leading customer experience.
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