3.5 Tonne Driver

Team CV LTD; Eastleigh; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking an experienced 3.5 ton Driver in Eastleigh, focusing on vehicle maintenance, deliveries, and warehouse support. The role operates Monday to Friday from 7:30am to 5pm, offering £13 per hour with overtime. Successful candidates may transition to a permanent role. Key qualities include effective communication, teamwork, and physical fitness to handle furniture. The agency emphasizes a proactive and efficient working style in alignment with health and safety standards.

Benefits

28 days paid holiday inclusive of bank holidays

Qualifications

• Must hold a clean UK driver's licence.
• Willingness to assist in warehouse duties when required.
• Experience as a 3.5 ton Driver preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensure standards of the delivery vehicle are maintained.
• Assist with deliveries and manage loading/unloading tasks.
• Execute warehouse duties, including stock taking when required.
• Follow health and safety guidelines.
• Communicate effectively with customer service and sales staff.

Skills

Effective communication

Team player

Selling skills

Fit enough to carry and handle furniture

Job description

Key Information for 3.5 ton Driver

Location: Eastleigh and the surrounding areas.

Hours: Monday to Friday, 7:30am until 5pm

Salary: £13 per hour (with overtime paid at time and a half)

28 days paid holiday inc bank holidays

Our client is seeking an experienced, proactive and efficient 3.5 ton Driver to join their team in the Eastleigh area. This 3.5 ton Driver role will require the successful candidate to hold a hostility clean UK drivers licence, have a willingness to work in the warehouse when required and to be a supportive team player.

Key responsibilities of 3.5 ton Driver

• Ensuring standards of the delivery vehicle – including daily Vehicle checks, maintainingiligen the cleanliness of the vehicle and ensuring faults are reported within a timely manner.
• To assist with deliveries – assisting the driver with directions, picking and packing, loading and unloading of vehicles, and ensuring that deliveries arrive in expected condition and in a timely manner.
• Warehouse duties – Stock taking (when required / for yearly stock check), day-to-day administration and manual tasks (as directed by line manager), ensuring that the warehouse is tidy and safe for yourself and your colleagues.
• Ensuring that you are fulfilling legal duty to take reasonable care of yourself and others, co-operating with Health and safety guidelines of the company.
• To ensure that you are following GDPR requirements (of both the company and their clients).
• Resolve customer queries / warranty / credits / complaints to the satisfaction of all parties.
• Identify and work with third party distribution providers, identify potential problems to ensure the smooth flow of orders and customer satisfaction.
• Maintain close contact with customer service staff, understand their working practices and be proactive in preventing the occurrence of avoidable problems for our customers.
• Communicate enquires to the External Sales Engineers to enable maximisation of potential sales.
• Provide cover within the branch / trade counter, at which you are based during unplanned absences.
• Ensure that the warehouse and trade counter support sales in achieving product sales / and market share in accordance with company objectives.
• Communicate effectively with the Branch Manager
• Acquire and demonstrate the necessary selling skills, product knowledge and understanding of company policy to work effectively.
• Provide assistance and motivation to all colleagues when required.
• Work within Focus sales procedures in the branch environment.
• Work with the Branch Manager to ensure that customers’ required levels of service are being met.
• Ensure that complaints Lagi vulnerabl is promptly dealt with, in a professional manner.
• Maintain company property to the required standard.
• Represent the company in a business-like manner and maintain a standard of dress and appearance in‑keeping with the job and position within the company.
• Be prepared to assist with out-of-hours services to customers when the need arises.
• Participate in company annual stock check.

Any ad hoc duties as required by the Branch Manager or a Director.

Essential qualities for the role of 3.5 ton Driver

• To be an effective communicator.
• To be a team player and helpful in assisting colleagues and customers
• The selling skills, product knowledge and understanding of company policy required to work effectively on the trade counter.
• Must be fit enough to carry and handle furniture

Shifts : Monday to Friday, 7 : 30am until 5pm

Nature of the Role : This position is a temporary ongoing position, with the potential for a successful 3.5 ton Driver to secure a permanent role (dependent on performance).

We look forward to hearing from experienced 3.5 ton Driver candidates at Team CV LTD