Driver

James Latham; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonus schemes

Health Cash Plan

Life assurance

Pension up to 7.5% matched

Job summary

James Latham is recruiting a Class 2 Driver and Warehouse Operative for our Hemel Hempstead depot. You will deliver timber products and perform warehouse tasks such as order picking, goods inwards, and loading lorries, with forklift operation where needed.

The role requires a motivated, flexible candidate with excellent customer service. Training is provided, and early morning starts are common. Experience with timber products is preferred but not essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in customer-facing roles is beneficial but not essential as training is provided.
• Ability to perform manual handling and forklift operations.
• Flexibility with early morning starts is required.
• Experience with timber products is preferred but training will be provided.

Responsibilities

• Drive Class 2 deliveries, including timber products, with a mix of mechanical and manual offload.
• Carry out warehouse duties: picking orders, goods inwards, loading lorries and forklift operation.
• Support stock control and maintain a safe, clean working environment.

Skills

Customer service

Manual handling

Forklift operation

Driving Class 2

Tools

Forklift operation

Job description

We are seeking someone to work as a Class 2 Driver and Warehouse Operative at our Hemel Hempstead depot. The ideal candidate will be highly motivated and enthusiastic with excellent customer service skills. Prior experience in a similar role would be ideal, but training can be provided for the right candidate. Flexibility is essential and early morning starts will be required. Experience working with timber and panels products is also preferable, but not essential as training will be provided.

Our Class 2 Drivers deliver many different types of timber products and deliveries will be a mixture of customer mechanical offload and manual driver offload. The candidate must be able to conduct manual handling work picking orders, though we do make use of mechanical plant where possible.

Key duties for our Warehouse Operative part of the role are picking orders, goods inwards, loading of lorries and forklift operation.

James Latham is one of the UK's largest independent trade distributors of timber, panels and decorative surfaces. As a long-established, family-owned business with history back to 1757, we believe our success is down to our employees and are proud to say that many of our team stay with us for decades. In a recent survey 86% said they would recommend James Latham as a great place to work.

You’ll be working in a modern and well-equipped environment which provides opportunities to develop and grow your career. You will be part of a team that continually seeks out new and innovative products and better ways to serve its customers.

Benefits include:

• Competitive salary
• Up to 7.5% matched pension contributions
• Bonus schemes
• Health Cash Plan
• Life assurance

James Latham - the natural choice