HDV Driver -Kathu

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM), headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bridgestone Europe, Middle East and Africa (BSEMEA), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, operate collectively as a “Bridgestone West” strategic region. This region services the strategic business needs of teams across the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. BSAM and BSEMEA are subsidiaries of Bridgestone Corporation, globally headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products and solutions to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.

Job Req

Type of work:
On site

Type of contract:
Open-ended/permanent

Full/Part Time:
Full time

Salary Range:

Location:

Kathu, ZA

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM), headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bridgestone Europe, Middle East and Africa (BSEMEA), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, operate collectively as a “Bridgestone West” strategic region. This region services the strategic business needs of teams across the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. BSAM and BSEMEA are subsidiaries of Bridgestone Corporation, globally headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products and solutions to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.

The driver will assist with the collection and transportation of goods, attend to breakdowns (even after hours) and maintain good customer relations by providing excellent customer service.

Otraco Southern Africa is a key part of Bridgestone’s strategy to enhance mobility solutions and tyre‑centric services across all market segments. As part of Bridgestone's initiative to improve these services, the company recognized a need for specific mining services and enhancements within the mining sector. The acquisition of Otraco Southern Africa, with its expertise in tyre management systems, creates a valuable opportunity to expand and strengthen Bridgestone's mobility solutions in this important market.

For more information about Otraco Southern Africa, please read the details below.

• Collection and transportation of goods.
• Client liaison and accurate record keeping of all goods in transit.
• Perform breakdown service after hours.
• Daily vehicle inspection and always ensure clean vehicle appearance.
• Ensure vehicle is serviced at correct intervals.
• Adhere to traffic regulations.
• Adherence to company policy and procedures.
• Adhere to Health and Safety protocol.
• Attend all in house training.

• Grade 12 National Senior Certificate.
• Valid Code CE Driver’s License & PDP.

• Two years HDV Driving experience.

• Strong communication and problem‑solving skills.
• Knowledge of road safety regulations and vehicle maintenance procedures.
• Ability to perform basic vehicle troubleshooting and minor repairs.

With over 50 years’ experience delivering off-the-road (OTR) and light mobile equipment (LME) tyre management solutions, Otraco help customers to maximise tyre life, increase productivity, reduce waste and improve safety. Otraco’s highly skilled teams are in 60+ customer mining operations across three continents in Australia, New Zealand, Southern Africa and Chile.

Otraco offers a robust portfolio of OTR tire management solutions that track tires across the full lifecycle, such as its computerized Otracom platform. Otraco’s offering will complement Bridgestone’s world‑class OTR products and solutions, including Bridgestone Master Core
* 3 surface mining tires and the tire monitoring and management solution.…