HGV Class 2 Driver

Latham Timber; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

7.5% pension match

Health Cash Plan

Life assurance

Job summary

James Latham is recruiting a Class 2 HGV Driver for our busy Yate depot, Monday to Friday. You will perform multi-drop deliveries of timber and panels, with customer-facing loading and offloading. Full CPC and clean licence required; early starts and strong geography knowledge are essential.

A great place to grow your transport career in a supportive team environment. You will work in a modern depot with opportunities to develop, plus benefits including a competitive salary, a pension match up

Qualifications

• Class 2 HGV driving experience required.
• Multi-drop deliveries over a wide area preferred.
• Excellent customer service and local knowledge of routes desired.

Responsibilities

• Deliver timber and panel products to customers, with a mix of offload methods.
• Carry out timely and safe vehicle offloads and maintain driver duties.
• Adhere to Driver Hours and Working Time Directive regulations; flexible start times.

Skills

HGV Class 2

Multi drop

Customer service

Driver CPC

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 HGV Driver to join our established team based in our busy Yate depot working Monday to Friday.

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 over a wide area, good geographical knowledge and excellent customer service skills. They must fully understand Driver Hours and Working Time Directive regulations. Flexibility is essential as early morning starts will be required.

Our drivers deliver many different types of timber and sheet material products, with deliveries being a mixture of customer mechanical offload and manual driver offload. Experience working with timber and panel products is preferable, but not essential.

You must have no more than 6 points, no DD or CD, valid and up to date Driver 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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