Driver/ Equipment Installer
| Posting date: | 28 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £25,185 to £26,403 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 September 2025 |
| Location: | Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Hertfordshire County Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | HCC28176 |
Summary
About the team
Hertfordshire Equipment Service (HES) provides health and social care equipment to disabled and vulnerable service users and patients across Hertfordshire. From bath boards to hospital beds and grab rails to gantry hoists, the equipment HES provides enables Hertfordshire residents to remain living independently in their own homes or supports them and their carers by providing equipment which enables them to be discharged from hospital.
About the role
Our service is growing and very much in demand, and we are looking for a technician to join our busy team, delivering and installing items of equipment within client’s homes. We’re looking for people who can work flexibly and as part of a team here at Hertfordshire Equipment Service which intern supports NHS and social care colleagues in working across seven days. Must be able to drive a 3.5T vehicle and used to heavy or cumbersome equipment to deliver and fit.
The working pattern will be
Monday to Friday - You will also work one Saturday in every 4 weeks and get a day off during the week, or paid over time.
Or
Tuesday to Saturday
About you
Essential:
Full Driving Licence with either D1, C1, C, B or BE category
Demonstratable practical abilities
Empathy to provide high levels of customer service
Desirable:
Experience of installing specialist equipment desirable
Customer Service
Face to Face client interaction
Hertfordshire Equipment Service (HES) provides health and social care equipment to disabled and vulnerable service users and patients across Hertfordshire. From bath boards to hospital beds and grab rails to gantry hoists, the equipment HES provides enables Hertfordshire residents to remain living independently in their own homes or supports them and their carers by providing equipment which enables them to be discharged from hospital.
About the role
Our service is growing and very much in demand, and we are looking for a technician to join our busy team, delivering and installing items of equipment within client’s homes. We’re looking for people who can work flexibly and as part of a team here at Hertfordshire Equipment Service which intern supports NHS and social care colleagues in working across seven days. Must be able to drive a 3.5T vehicle and used to heavy or cumbersome equipment to deliver and fit.
The working pattern will be
Monday to Friday - You will also work one Saturday in every 4 weeks and get a day off during the week, or paid over time.
Or
Tuesday to Saturday
About you
Essential:
Full Driving Licence with either D1, C1, C, B or BE category
Demonstratable practical abilities
Empathy to provide high levels of customer service
Desirable:
Experience of installing specialist equipment desirable
Customer Service
Face to Face client interaction
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.