As an Operational Driver, you will provide safe, reliable, and compliant transportation support for the company's field operations, including movement of personnel, tools, equipment, documents, and approved operational materials to and from offices, client locations, yards, workshops, and oilfield/site locations.
You will ensure strict compliance with HSE requirements, journey management controls, road traffic regulations, client/site access rules, vehicle management procedures, and operational dispatch instructions while maintaining high standards of professionalism, communication, and accountability.
- Transport authorized personnel, tools, equipment, documents, samples, and approved operational materials safely and on schedule to offices, bases, workshops, client locations, and field/site locations.
- Plan routes in line with journey management requirements, traffic conditions, road risk, weather, security advisories, site access restrictions, and approved dispatch instructions.
- Maintain effective communication with the Logistics/Operations team, journey manager, dispatch focal point, passengers, and site representatives before and after each journey.
- Conduct daily pre-trip, en-route, and post-trip vehicle inspections covering tyres, brakes, steering, lights, fluids, mirrors, emergency kit, first-aid kit, fire extinguisher, spare tyre, jack, wheel spanner, and other required safety equipment
- Ensure assigned vehicle is clean, roadworthy, properly equipped, and fit for operational duty; promptly report defects and follow up on scheduled servicing, repairs, inspection, and certification requirements.
- Maintain accurate trip records, mileage logs, fuel records, delivery notes, gate passes, journey plans, vehicle inspection checklists, and other required operational documentation
- Ensure all vehicle and driver documents are valid and available, including driver's license, insurance, registration, roadworthiness, permits, client/site access documents, and any required journey authorization.
- Comply with Geoplex and client HSE rules, including seatbelt use, speed limits, defensive driving, fatigue management, mobile phone restrictions, PPE requirements, journey management, hazard reporting, and incident/near-miss reporting.
- Support safe loading, unloading, securing, handling, and delivery of approved operational materials within vehicle capacity, ensuring items are properly positioned, protected, and accounted for before departure and upon delivery.
- Respond appropriately to breakdowns, accidents, security concerns, road hazards, medical incidents, spills, or operational delays and escalate immediately in line with Geoplex emergency response and reporting procedures.
- Observe client and site-specific transportation requirements, including site speed limits, parking controls, restricted areas, security checks, safe reversing practices, use of spotters where required, and site induction requirements.
- Valid Nigerian driver's license appropriate for assigned vehicle category; commercial driving license will be an added advantage where applicable.
- Defensive Driving Certificate
- Ability to use navigation apps, journey management tools, communication devices, and basic reporting templates.
- Clean driving record with proven adherence to road safety, defensive driving, and company vehicle-use standards.
- Good knowledge of local, inter-state, operational base, workshop, yard, airport, and field/site routes relevant to operations.
- Minimum of SSCE; OND in Logistics, Transport Management, Mechanical/Automotive Studies, or related fields will be an added advantage.
- Integrity, accountability, and confidentiality
- Reliability, attention to detail, and ownership of vehicle readiness and documentation
- Strong safety mindset and willingness to stop unsafe work or unsafe journeys
- Ability to work flexible hours, weekends, and field/site schedules when operationally required.