Driver

Latham Timber; Purfleet-on-Thames; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Matched pension up to 7.5%

Bonus schemes

Health cash plan

Life assurance

Job summary

James Latham, a leading timber and panel distributor in the UK, is recruiting a Class 2/Cat C Driver for their Purfleet-on-Thames team. The role involves multi-drop timber deliveries and both customer mechanical and driver offloads.

Early starts and a flexible approach are essential; a forklift licence is advantageous but not required. You should hold a valid CPC and digital tachograph card, have no more than six points and no DD or CD, and have at least two years of Class 2 driving experience.

Qualifications

• You must have no more than 6 points, no DD or CD, valid CPC and digital tachograph card.
• Minimum of 2 years’ Class 2/Cat C driving experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver timber products; mix of customer offload and driver offload.
• Work in a modern, well-equipped environment and develop your career.

Skills

Class 2 driving

Multi-drop deliveries

Customer service

Flexible with early starts

Tools

Forklift licence (advantageous)

Job description

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.

We are currently recruiting for a Class 2/Cat C Driver to join our established team based in RM191NZ.

The ideal candidate will be highly motivated and enthusiastic with prior experience working as Class 2/Cat C Driver. They will have multi drop experience and have excellent customer service skills. Flexibility is essential and early morning starts will be required. A forklift/combi-lift licence would be advantageous, but not essential. Experience working with timber and panels products is also preferable, but not essential.

Our Class 2/Cat C Drivers deliver many different types of timber products and deliveries will be a mixture of customer mechanical offload and customer driver offload.

You must have no more than 6 points, no DD or CD, valid and up to date drivers CPC and digital card. A minimum of 2 years’ experience is preferable.

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 a competitive salary, up to 7.5% matched pension contributions, bonus schemes, a Health Cash Plan and life assurance.

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