7.5 Tonne Delivery Driver

ScS Upholstery plc; Coventry; On-site; GBP 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading furniture distribution company is seeking a 7.5 Tonne Delivery Driver to join their Coventry team. The role involves delivering and installing furniture, ensuring customer satisfaction, and working in a team. Requires a Category C1 licence, good communication skills, and physical fitness. Competitive salary of £32,148 with multiple employee benefits including discounts and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Employee benefits platform with discounts

Career progression opportunities

Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave

Virtual GP service 24/7

Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• Previous experience within a driving role.
• Knowledge of safety requirements for operating a vehicle.
• Experience in a warehouse environment (desirable).

Responsibilities

• Deliver and install furniture in customers’ homes.
• Follow delivery schedules with crew support.
• Ensure team safety through checks and safe driving.
• Provide excellent customer service and encourage feedback.

Skills

Good communication and interpersonal skills

Ability to follow process and procedures

Team player

Physically fit

Education

Category C1 vehicle licence

Driver digital tachograph card

Relevant drivers CPC qualification

Job description

7.5 Tonne Delivery Driver

Department: Distribution

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Coventry Distribution Centre

Reporting To: Distribution Centre Manager

Compensation: £32,148 / year

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.

What’s the opportunity?

If you’re all about making the people around you smile and delivering a great service for customers then you could be the perfect for us. 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

Who are we looking for?

• Previous experience within a driving role
• 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)

What’s in it for you?

• Basic salary of £32,148
• 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
• Long service awards
• 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
• Medicash – low cost health plans
• Virtual GP – Access to a GP service 24/7
• Salary finance scheme
• Pension Scheme
• Death in Service
• Life assurance