Heavy-metal-Hodge:
it sounds like the same job. warehouse strap the load and you deliver straight to builders yard.
And there’s where it turns to [zb] if you’re doing a site delivery. First point of order is even finding the place and once you have then how you get in because new builds aren’t on Satnav or maps yet. You then get to join the long queue of trucks who’ve also decided to turn up as early as possible to get there for when the workers arrive. Then there’s navigating on the site to find someone to ask where you need to be avoiding lovely things like raised manhole covers several inches above the surface you’re driving on and builders vans randomly dumped everywhere. Then you waste time trying to find the contractors you’re supposed to be delivering to then there’s a delay whilst they go find something to unload you with.
So if you don’t like a challenge dont apply,I did bricks and blocks for years and the best part of it was aforementioned challenges, keeps the driving skills up.[/
I ■■■■■■■ hated the places , mud & ■■■■ everywhere , there ok for the drivers who don’t take a pride in there lorry , but I do & at times I was nearly in tears seeing mud sprayed all down the side of my lorry , and my nice polished black boots / trousers ■■■■ up in mud , I’m sure those site idiots put me in the ■■■■■■■ muddiest place they could find on the site to tip me , thank Christ I don’t do those ■■■■ holes anymore
That said I did a bit of bg/ knauf plasterboard & never went near a building site , builders merchants mainly .
Full time days contracted to 48 hours a week. £13 per hour and £13 overtime rate per hour after your 48.
Roughly £90 per week “bonus”. Used to be attendance based but as of 1st April will be performance based. Either be in the scania pictured above or new volvo fm 460. Units seem to be kept well condition by drivers. You are allocated a unit but may have to share with a night driver. Most of the sites have fitters permanently based so if there is an issue with a trailer it can be normally be fixed straight away. You will never be pressured to take something out that is unsafe.
Work is generally clean (unless delivering to building site) and as has been said above you do your drop and 9 out of 10 times return empty. Some of the builders merchants are abit tight and challenging but for the really bad ones they will have people stopping traffic and banksmen etc so you can complete your manoeuvre. There is the occasional back load, anything from paint, bagged aggregates or clothes. The plaster load will be strapped for you by bay operatives but you will still have to get behind the curtain to tighten them.
Can do anything from 1 distance drop a day or 3 locals. Office are generally always happy for you to keep going and work all hours under the sun so you may have to be firm if you want to work closer to contracted hours.
Full time is Monday to Friday with fixed start time.
Night work is trunking trailers to other Gypsum sites. Dont know the wage for that.
On nights for WH Malcolms and the full time day men were well looked after. Good money, good kit, steady job and steady work load. The place is H&S mad, if you ■■■■ at the wrong time without making a ‘■■■■ plan’ or filing the aforementioned ‘■■■■ plan’ with the ‘■■■■ plan’ department, you’ll be hearing from someone with a brighter hi-viz than you.
As already mentioned, it’s a better rate cos it’s in the middle of nowhere.
If I was looking for day work in that area, I’d be looking there first.
Cracked me up… Especially the bit about someone with a brighter Hi Viz vest than you… [emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji106][emoji106]
eldenco:
Full time days contracted to 48 hours a week. £13 per hour and £13 overtime rate per hour after your 48.
Roughly £90 per week “bonus”. Used to be attendance based but as of 1st April will be performance based. Either be in the scania pictured above or new volvo fm 460. Units seem to be kept well condition by drivers. You are allocated a unit but may have to share with a night driver. Most of the sites have fitters permanently based so if there is an issue with a trailer it can be normally be fixed straight away. You will never be pressured to take something out that is unsafe.
Work is generally clean (unless delivering to building site) and as has been said above you do your drop and 9 out of 10 times return empty. Some of the builders merchants are abit tight and challenging but for the really bad ones they will have people stopping traffic and banksmen etc so you can complete your manoeuvre. There is the occasional back load, anything from paint, bagged aggregates or clothes. The plaster load will be strapped for you by bay operatives but you will still have to get behind the curtain to tighten them.
Can do anything from 1 distance drop a day or 3 locals. Office are generally always happy for you to keep going and work all hours under the sun so you may have to be firm if you want to work closer to contracted hours.
Full time is Monday to Friday with fixed start time.
Night work is trunking trailers to other Gypsum sites. Dont know the wage for that.
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Thanks for that insight. Is that the score for most BG sites? I think there’s five of them around the country.
So driving the British Gypsum artics, is it overnight work and long distance? Or home every night? What time do the day drivers start and finish generally?
And is the £90 weekly bonus achievable and taxable? And the trucks are loaded for you already ?
eldenco:
Full time days contracted to 48 hours a week. £13 per hour and £13 overtime rate per hour after your 48.
Roughly £90 per week “bonus”. Used to be attendance based but as of 1st April will be performance based. Either be in the scania pictured above or new volvo fm 460. Units seem to be kept well condition by drivers. You are allocated a unit but may have to share with a night driver. Most of the sites have fitters permanently based so if there is an issue with a trailer it can be normally be fixed straight away. You will never be pressured to take something out that is unsafe.
Work is generally clean (unless delivering to building site) and as has been said above you do your drop and 9 out of 10 times return empty. Some of the builders merchants are abit tight and challenging but for the really bad ones they will have people stopping traffic and banksmen etc so you can complete your manoeuvre. There is the occasional back load, anything from paint, bagged aggregates or clothes. The plaster load will be strapped for you by bay operatives but you will still have to get behind the curtain to tighten them.
Can do anything from 1 distance drop a day or 3 locals. Office are generally always happy for you to keep going and work all hours under the sun so you may have to be firm if you want to work closer to contracted hours.
Full time is Monday to Friday with fixed start time.
Night work is trunking trailers to other Gypsum sites. Dont know the wage for that.
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Thanks for that insight. Is that the score for most BG sites? I think there’s five of them around the country.
So driving the British Gypsum artics, is it overnight work and long distance? Or home every night? What time do the day drivers start and finish generally?
And is the £90 weekly bonus achievable and taxable? And the trucks are loaded for you already ?
I think that is the score for all the xpo bg sites. Robertsbridge is jempsons so may be different. It is definitely the score for Barrow and nottingham. They seem to be quite flexible with start times. Alot of day drivers start at around 5/6 but some as early as 2.30. The day work is home every night. 6am starters usually parked up and finished by 6 but you do have to sometimes refuse a further away 2nd drop if you don’t want they extra hours. Like most places they sometimes try to get as much out of you as possible. So far the bonus seems achievable, and it is also part of holiday pay now, but it only came in fully on 1st April. BG loads will already be loaded and strapped for you just a case of checking the loaders have put the straps on properly. You do get the occasional back load that you would have to strap. Maybe once every month or two.