7.5 Tonne Delivery Driver

SCS Sofas; Bridgend; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading furniture retailer in the UK seeks a 7.5 Tonne Delivery Driver to join their supportive team. You will deliver and install furniture at customers' homes, ensuring excellent service and safety standards. Applicants must have a valid Category C1 vehicle licence, a tachograph card, and CPC qualification. With a salary of £30,000 and great benefits, this role offers a rewarding workplace that values hard work and dedication.

Benefits

33 days holidays including bank holidays

Employee benefits platform with various discounts

Career progression opportunities

Pension Scheme

Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave

Qualifications

• Valid Category C1 vehicle licence is mandatory.
• Driver digital tachograph card required.
• CPC qualification necessary for legally driving commercial vehicles.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and install furniture in customers' homes.
• Work through a delivery schedule with support.
• Ensure safety checks and drive safely.

Skills

Good communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Team player

Ability to follow process

Education

Category C1 vehicle licence

Driver digital tachograph card

Relevant drivers CPC qualification

Job description

Want to drive your career forward at a company where you're truly valued? Then we'd love you to join us at ScS as a 7.5 Tonne Delivery Driver. You'll be part of a supportive team dedicated to bringing smiles to customers' faces, not just furniture to their door. In a career that rewards hard work with great benefits.

All you need in order to apply is a Category C1 vehicle licence, a driver digital tachograph card and the relevant drivers CPC qualification (certificate of professional competence). We'll sort the rest!

Previous furniture delivery experience can be a benefit, but we find personality and the ability to learn new skills more important.

What does the role involve?

• Delivering and installing furniture in customers' homes
• Working through a delivery schedule with the support of your crew mate
• Work as part of a wider distribution centre team in helping to load and unload furniture onto our vehicles
• Providing a brilliant service to our customers and encouraging their feedback
• Making sure the team is safe by carrying out checks and driving safely
• Work 44 hours over 4 days with every Sunday off. Flexibility would be required in peak periods
• Heavy lifting
• Previous experience within a driving role

Requirements

• Category C1 vehicle licence
• Driver digital tachograph card
• Relevant drivers CPC qualification (certificate of professional competence)
• Knowledge and understanding of safety requirements of operating a vehicle and is familiar with the use and regulation of tacographs
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to follow process and procedures
• Strives to achieve the highest level of customer satisfaction
• Physically fit and able to undertake manual handling as this role involves heavy lifting
• Hard working
• Team player
• Experience in a warehouse environment (desirable)

Salary & Perks

• Basic salary of £30,000
• A five day rest period every three weeks
• Development plan
• 33 days holidays including bank holidays pro rata
• Employee benefits platform - access to 100s of high street discounts and more - holiday discounts, gym discounts, cinema discounts, e-vouchers, cashback and more!
• Colleague Discount
• Career progression
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave
• Access to our dedicated Employee Assistance Programme - to give you free access to advice and information on a range of topics
• Virtual GP - Access to a GP service 24/7
• Salary finance scheme
• Pension Scheme
• Death in Service
• Life assurance