Road gritter driver

About the job

As a road gritter driver for the municipality of Valkenburg aan de Geul, you keep roads safe in winter conditions. You make sure residents and visitors can travel safely during frost and snow.

Work follows a standby rota. Your shift runs once every two weeks, from Monday 07:30 to the following Monday 07:30. During that week you are on call outside regular working hours, including evenings, nights, weekends and public holidays.

What you'll do

• Drive and operate gritting and snow-clearing vehicles
• Carry out preventive and reactive gritting on set routes
• Take part in the standby rota: on call once every two weeks outside regular hours
• Respond quickly when slippery roads are expected or reported, maximum travel time to the depot is 30 minutes
• Keep clear communication with colleagues and planners

What we ask

• Driving licence category C, C1 and/or T
• Experience driving heavy vehicles
• Willingness to work irregular hours according to the standby rota
• Home address within 30 minutes of Valkenburg
• Knowledge of road gritting is a plus

What we offer

• Hourly rate of €22.95 gross, in line with scale 5 of the CAO Gemeenten (collective labour agreement for Dutch municipalities)
• Fixed-term contract from 1 November 2026 to 31 March 2027
• Working week up to 40 hours, part-time is possible
• 8% vakantiegeld (holiday allowance, a standard Dutch supplement paid on top of your wages) and 27 holiday days at full-time, with the option to buy 40 extra holiday hours per year
• Access to the online training platform Skillstown
• Informal work atmosphere, short lines of communication and room for personal development
• Employment conditions equal to directly employed staff at the client, including hourly rate, days off, allowances, ADV pay (time off in lieu) and other salary components

How to apply

Submit your application using the form on the website.