Hgv Cover Driver (Full-Time & Permanent)

Churchill Freight Services Ltd; Chichester; On-site; GBP 47,759,000 - 58,372,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Pension 6.5%

Group Income Protection

Accruing holiday

Electric and Hybrid Car Scheme

Job summary

Churchill Freight Services Ltd is an award-winning business seeking an experienced HGV driver to join our team as a Cover Driver. The role covers all main vehicle types: HGV bulk, Pallex vehicles and delivery vans, with UK-based work across the Southern Counties.

This full-time position offers a highly competitive salary and full company benefits. Our main operating centre is in Chichester, West Sussex, with depots at Eastleigh, Maidenhead and Shoreham; night-out work may be available on request.

Qualifications

• 1 to 2 years experience with a C+E license.

Responsibilities

• Collecting and delivering agricultural, aggregate and general freight.
• Daytime work arranged over a Monday to Friday working week.
• Some weekend cover during the busy Summer Harvest period (July to September).
• Night-out work may be available.

Job description

Full-time and permanent opening for an experienced HGV driver to join our award winning team in Churchill Freight Services as a Cover Driver and in a flexible role to cover all of our main vehicle types:

HGV Bulk Vehicles

Pallex vehicles

Delivery Vans

Our driving team work across the Southern Counties of the UK helping our Agri Food business to service our farmer customers, we also have a thriving Storage and Distribution company within our portfolio and third party partners who we work closely with, for example Pallex and aggregate products.

This is a full-time opening offering a highly competitive salary, full-time employment, plus full company benefits package:

• UK based, work will include bulk tipping and curtain side work
• Collecting and delivering agricultural, aggregate and general freight.
• Daytime work arranged over a Monday to Friday working week
• Some weekend cover during the busy Summer Harvest period (July to September)
• Our main operating centre is based in Chichester, West Sussex with a depots at Eastleigh, Maidenhead and Shoreham
• Night-out work may be available if preferred

Pay Rates:

• Full-time hours
• £16.65 per hour, weekly pay
• Night-out work is available which can be discussed at interview. Night-out allowance is £25 per night.
• Full benefits package including a Company Pension scheme offering 6.5% employer contribution, Group Income Protection scheme, accruing holiday, Electric and Hybrid Car Scheme and more!

We would like to hear from you if you have 1 to 2 years experience with a C+E license and put customer service at the forefront of all that you do.

Please note that we cannot grant holiday at Harvest time (August & September) as that is our busiest period for the agricultural business, Bartholomews Agri Food Ltd.

About Us:

Churchill Freight Services Ltd is a customer focused company with a first class reputation and part of the Bartholomews Group, a well established, privately owned agricultural group who has successfully traded in the Agricultural & Animal Feeds markets for more than 140 years. We are highly respected and recognised for the very high standards that we set for all of our activities across the broad range of markets that we are involved in. The business is continuing to grow and we consider that our people are our most important asset.