Class 2 HGV Driver

Serve Talent; Grays; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Health benefits after 1 year

20 days + 8 holidays

Pension plan (optional)

Training provided

Job summary

Serve Talent is seeking a Class 2 Long Distance HGV Driver to join our client near Grays, Essex. This full-time permanent role offers weekly pay and a dedicated truck regardless of route.

You will perform palletised deliveries across the UK, often 6–8 drops per day and 12–13 hours per shift, including nights out. Safety and tachograph compliance are essential to daily operations.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Class 2 long-distance driver is required.
• ADR licence in packages is beneficial but not required.
• Must hold a valid digital tachograph and CPC card.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and collect pallets across the UK on a 6–8 drops per day schedule.
• Work 12–13 hours per day with nights out as required.
• Report to dispatch and maintain safety and compliance with tachograph rules.

Skills

Safe working practices

Attention to safety

Education

CPC Card

ADR Licence (packages)

Tools

Digital tachograph

Job description

Class 2 Long Distance HGV Driver

Job Type:Full Time, Permanent
Location:Grays, Essex
Salary:£#removed# per week depending on hours/overtime

The work is consistent, i.e. it is a full-time, permanent job with weekly pay and your own allocated truck.

The trucks available are automatic FM Volvo's sleeper cab curtain side tail lift.

Benefits

• Pay is weekly
• A health benefits scheme after 1 year's employment.
• 20 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays per year
• A pension plan is optional with your employment
• Training where necessary

About the Role

• This 18T HGV Driver role involves working directly for our customer, on contract.
• Our client will be your point of contact for all operational work; however, we will be your point of contact should you have any issues with the truck or what the customer is asking of you.
• Nights out will be a part of this job.

We are looking forexperiencedmulti drop drivers ONLY.

Outline of the Work

• This logistics role is based out of our customer's site off Oliver Road in Grays, aiming to be at your first job for 8am
• Monday to Friday with nights out
• Customers try to route you to the same areas where possible, helping you get to know the customers and the quickest routes
• If you return to the depot after completing your run and the customer asks you to do something further within your 11 hours, you'll be expected to carry out this work (this isn't regular but worth noting)
• A typical Class 2 long distance driver will complete approximately 6-8 deliveries/collections per day and work around 12-13 hours per day on average.

Essential Skills and Qualifications

• Must be keen, efficient and have sound safe working practices
• ADR licence in packages is beneficial but not required
• Always be conscious of the health and safety of yourself and the people around you
• Valid digital tacho
• Up-to-date CPC Card

This 18T HGV Driver role involves palletised transport work, doing multiple deliveries or collections per day to commercial premises across the UK.

Each morning, you'll be expected to put your card in, do your walk-round checks, go to the office to get your consignments for the day (or continue on from secure parking via SNAP account), check your load, secure it as necessary, and commence driving — calling ahead to your first customer to advise an ETA where possible.