Driver Trainer

Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd; Northampton; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 49,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid holiday

Colleague discount

Season ticket loan

Gym membership

Retail vouchers

Job summary

Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd in Northampton is seeking a Driver Trainer to train drivers and oversee safety and compliance across the depot. This permanent role involves training, evaluating, and maintaining driver records while promoting health and safety standards.

You will deliver practical and classroom training, assess drivers, and support continuous improvement within the Supply Chain & Logistics team.

Qualifications

• Holds a full UK driving licence.
• C+E licence held for a minimum of 5 years.
• Willing to work towards RTITB accreditation within 3 months.
• Understands Drivers Hours Regulations and Working Time Directive.
• Understands safe and fuel-efficient driving techniques.

Responsibilities

• Delivering quality training and instruction to colleagues.
• Training colleagues in duties safely and updating legislation.
• Carrying out evaluations and ongoing training for driver positions.
• Carrying out assessments and identifying training needs for all drivers.
• Maintain and review driver training records and deadlines.
• Conduct all forms of H/S training (manual handling, food safety, banksman).
• Ensure HS training for store deliveries and depot operations.
• Attend departmental meetings as required.
• Act as a legal representative when necessary.
• Complete store deliveries/driver duties as required.

Skills

Full UK Driving Licence

C+E Licence

RTITB accreditation readiness

Drivers Hours Regulations knowledge

Safe driving techniques

Job description

Rate: £19.69 per hour
Location: Crick Depot, Northampton, NN6 7SL
Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Supply Chain & Logistics
Closing date: 23 October 2026
Requisition ID: 400082634

Availability Window
Please note that the total weekly working hours for this role are 45 hours.

We believe in providing meaningful work and achieving a real work/life balance. Here, you'll find both. Our Supply Chain team is the engine room for getting thousands of products from farms and factories to our millions of customers every day. We leverage insight and data to anticipate customer needs, ensuring they get what they want, when they need it. You'll be part of a team that is data-driven and judgement-focused, always the first to identify and address any issues or ambiguities. A culture of collaboration, customer obsession, and continuous improvement drives us to deliver market-leading product availability and operational excellence, and fuels our innovation. Our Supply Chain team calls for people who champion change, are customer-obsessed, data-driven, and excel at collaborating and communicating effectively - because those people can go a very long way.

Driver Trainer

Please note that the total weekly working hours for this role are 45 hours.

Your driving skills have never been in more demand. Now we need your help with the next generation. As you know, getting products of all shapes and sizes from warehouse to stores is the name of the game at Sainsbury’s. So, to help train other drivers, we’re looking for experienced C+E Drivers with a full CPC qualification card and inside knowledge of how we work.

Driver Trainer is a stable job in an organization that takes your skills seriously. After all, you won’t just be out and about representing our company. You’ll also be training others to do the same. As a great driver and trainer, it should go without saying you’ll enjoy the highest spec tech in your vehicle. And your health and safety – and that of your trainees – will be top of our priority list.

More about the Role

The key part of the role is…

• Delivering quality training and instruction to colleagues.
• Training colleagues in the skills required to carry out their duties in a safe manner and keeping them updated with current and ever-changing legislation.
• Carrying out evaluation and essential ongoing training for applicants for driver positions/new/experienced colleagues.
• Carrying out assessments and identifying training needs, for all drivers including agency drivers.
• Maintain and review all driver training records, advising management of training deadlines.
• Conduct all forms of H/S training, I.E manual handling, food safety, banksman etc.
• Ensure H/S training with regards to store deliveries.
• Conduct all forms of depot specific training.
• Ensure health and safety training with regards to equipment used.
• Attend appropriate departmental meetings as required.
• Act as a legal representative when necessary.
• Complete store deliveries/driver duties as and when required.

More about you

We would like to hear from you if…

• Holds a full UK driving licence
• Must have had a C+E licence for a minimum of 5 years.
• Prepared to work towards RTITB accreditation within first 3 months of being appointed
• Full understanding of Drivers Hours Regulations and Working Time Directive
• Understanding of Safe and Fuel-Efficient driving techniques

Added to competitive rates of pay, the benefits are really also great – including paid holiday, colleague discount at Sainsbury’s, Argos, and Habitat after three months. And if a longer-term career is what you’re interested in, there’s nothing stopping you moving on up. We never say no to ambition.

Overtime is readily available giving the opportunity to work additional shifts frequently to help you budget for those holidays and special events in life.

• Guaranteed minimum hours for all rota patterns.
• We operate shiny new kit and offer some of the best facilities of any employer.
• Discount card after 12 weeks that gives you up to 15% off your Sainsbury’s shop and 10% off at Argos and Habitat with further special increase at promotional times in the year.
• Season ticket loan after you’ve completed 12 weeks of service and passed your probation.
• Our Love It special offers including gym memberships, restaurants, holidays, retail vouchers and more.