C+E HGV Driver - Local Deliveries with Great Benefits

Wiltshire Farm Foods; Gillingham; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Living Wage employer

33 days holiday

Discretionary bonus scheme

Pension scheme

Free meals on site

Free parking

Christmas turkey/voucher

Salary sacrifice perks

Job summary

apetito is the UK’s leading supplier of food and catering solutions to care homes, local authorities and hospitals. This C+E driver role involves delivering finished frozen food products to care homes, local authorities, hospitals and Wiltshire Farm Foods franchisees across the UK.

Working 40 hours per week (14:00–22:00 Mon–Fri) with flexibility to cover some nights, you will be the face of apetito, ensuring professional, on-time deliveries and excellent customer service.

Qualifications

• Essential: 2-3 years full-time C+E driving experience
• Essential: Customer Service experience
• Essential: Full Class C+E Licence
• Essential: Excellent understanding of Drivers hours regulations, working time directive and tachographs
• Desirable: Clean driving license
• Desirable: Temperature Control Transport
• Desirable: Multi-drop deliveries
• Desirable: Tail lifts & double deck trailers
• Personal Qualities: Excellent communication with customers and colleagues
• Personal Qualities: Flexible and calm under pressure

Responsibilities

• This role is full time yard shunting. May shunt to/from our Trowbridge facility and trunk to outbase locations
• Undertake pre & post trip vehicle inspections to ensure road worthiness
• Full compliance with drivers’ hours, tachographs and road traffic regulations
• Driving style - damage free and economical
• Be an ambassador of the company
• Undertake minor vehicle service activities such as cleaning and refuelling
• Maintain a clean vehicle internally and externally
• Delivery and collection of vehicles to rental suppliers as required
• Inspection of hire vehicles pre and post rental
• Participate in daily debriefs with supervisor to identify safety, service and operational improvements
• Supervise and assist with loading at Cross dock sites

Skills

C+E driving

Customer Service

Driver CPC

Hours regulations (DTL)

UK geography knowledge

Job description

apetito is the UK’s leading supplier of food and catering solutions to care homes, local authorities and hospitals. This C+E driver role involves delivering finished frozen food products to care homes, local authorities, hospitals and Wiltshire Farm Foods franchisees across the UK.

Working 40 hours per week (14:00–22:00 Mon–Fri) with flexibility to cover some nights, you will be the face of apetito, ensuring professional, on-time deliveries and excellent customer service.