Job Title: Heavy Goods Vehicle Driver.
Closing Date: 30th September 2024
Business Area / Unit: Transport Location: Luzira Portbell
Recruiter: Hamuza Mwima
Reports to: Transport Lead UBL
Job Purpose:
Operating and maintaining company motor vehicles:
Key Accountabilities:
- Operating & maintaining company motor vehicles (as directed) as efficiently as possible.
- Filling in journey plans to ensure all trips details are fully captured on time and correctly.
- Responsible for the vehicle and the goods there in assigned.
- Report and ready for duty at the specific start time and work effectively throughout.
- Delivery of goods on time in full and quality condition
- Ensure the highest standards of customers service is maintained.
- Ensure that health and safety rules and regulations that pertain to your workplace are followed.
- Ensure communication of incidents and accidents are reported to supervisors in time.
- Maintain general cleanliness of the vehicle.
- Work within operating areas as determined by the management and needs of the business.
- Must do an inspection of the vehicle and the load before departure and sure of where he is heading to. (Journey plan)
- Ensure that right PPE are put on all times.
- Report all defects in defect book and must make sure truck in good condition and clean all the time.
- Ensure the goods carried match with the invoices, quantity, brand and secure on to the vehicle.
- Ensure safe driving on the road, observing all traffic rules and within the required speed limit.
- Ensure effective and timely communication at all times.
- Verify the load with the distributor on arrival and ensure goods are well received hence driver must be present at the time of offloading.
- Ensure documents are signed, stamped and breakages, decants, missing’s well declared (pod)
- PODs must be returned within the stipulated time to the right receiving point.
- Ensure the asset and the load are secure at all times on the road.
- Must verify final destination before departure to avoid wrong deliveries.
Qualifications, Experience & Attributes:
Minimum qualification is UCE.
- Driving permit for Heavy Goods Class.
- 5 Years Experience in heavy goods vehicles.
- Defensive driving/Smith training
- Good knowledge of Uganda roads across all the regions of the country
