Express Logistics Driver

Miller’s Recruitment; Manchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics company in Manchester seeks a diligent driver to collect and deliver food service equipment across the UK. The ideal candidate will have a full UK driving licence and should be available for short-notice travel. Training will be provided at their City and Guilds accredited center. Enjoy competitive benefits including 32 days holiday and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Job Specific Uniform and tooling

Company Pension

32 days holiday per year

Training in accredited academy

Qualifications

• Must hold a full UK driving licence.
• Availability to work out of normal hours preferred.
• Class 2 HGV qualification is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Collect and deliver food service equipment to retail customers.
• Liaise with customers to ensure satisfaction and professionalism.
• Adhere to company policies and perform assigned duties.
• Assist Installation Engineers for 2 man installs when needed.

Skills

Full UK driving licence

Availability to work out of normal hours

Class 2 HGV

Job description

About Us

We are a leading provider of bakery, catering & powered access equipment, supplying businesses across the UK with high-quality solutions. Our team is passionate about delivering exceptional customer service and ensuring our clients get the most from their equipment.

The Role

Due to continued growth and success an opportunity has arisen for the right individual to join our established installations team and support our large chain of customers. Driving one of our fleets of Mercedes transport vehicles you will be helping to supply our National Supermarket, fast food chain and coffee customers with equipment for their stores.

This will be an express service resulting in short notice travel within the UK with overnight stays being required on occasions with longer commutes.

We have a culture of training at Millers Vanguard, a full training induction will be provided to you in our City and Guilds approved training centre ensuring that you are looked after from day one!

Key Responsibilities

• The collection and delivery of food service equipment into our retail customers.
• Customer liaison to ensure client satisfaction while representing the company in a professional manner.
• Follow company working policies and practices.
• To carry out ad hoc duties as required by your manager.
• Liaise with Installation Engineers to complete 2 man installs when required.

What We’re Looking For

• A full UK driving licence.
• Availability to work out of normal hours if required.
• Class 2 HGV would be advantageous.

Company Information

Who are we? Miller’s Vanguard are proud to have been supporting all the UK’s Supermarket chains for over 40 years, in brief, we are the people in the background ensuring that supermarkets keep the Nation fed! Maintaining a wide and varied range of assets from food production equipment through to loading bay lifts.

Our service are as follows

• Nationwide reactive maintenance
• Hygienic Deep cleaning & Planned maintenance services
• Refurbishment, logistics and installation of equipment

We do all of this with the firm foundations of being owned by the global Ali Group, whose turnover is in excess of £4 billion p.a.

Our people

Despite being a large operation here at Miller’s Vanguard we still firmly believe in running the business like we have done for the last 40 years, by valuing our biggest asset we have YOU…the employee.

Our team of over 500 employees have the advantage of working in state-of-the-art working environments:

• New (2021) Technical response centre
• Award Winning research, Innovation, and recycling facility
• Industry leading Mercedes Benz fleet

We believe in providing you with the very best environment and tools to do the job.

Career Development

Training is also a huge part of our culture here at Miller’s Vanguard and our City and Guilds accredited training centre is where we coach and develop our employees regardless of your position or your length of service, we want to make sure that our staff can progress and keep pace with ever changing equipment technologies.

Why Join Us

• Training in our City & Guilds accredited academy
• Job Specific Uniform & tooling for all roles
• Company wide fun days and charity events
• Company Pension
• 32 days holiday per year
• Regular staff ‘treats’ for employees and their families