HGV Driver

Johnsons Hotel Linen; Bonnyrigg; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnsons Hotel Linen seeks Class 2 LGV/HGV drivers for permanent roles in Bonnyrigg. Responsibilities include the delivery and collection of linen, ensuring a high standard of service. Join a well-respected team committed to both employee support and exceptional customer service.

Benefits

SAYE scheme

Company pension

Free Life Assurance

24/7 GP Helpline

Discounted gym membership

Extra mile awards

Long service awards

Referral schemes

Thorough onboarding training

Free onsite parking

Qualifications

• Required to have a digital tacho card.
• Must have a Class 2 driving licence.
• Fully CPC qualified.

Responsibilities

• Delivery and collection of clean and soiled linen.
• Assisting with loading/unloading vehicle.
• Regular communication with the Transport Manager.

Skills

Digital tacho card

CPC qualified

Education

Class 2 driving licence

Job description

• HGV Driver -Bonnyrigg

Location:Bonnyrigg

Job Type:Permanent

We have exciting opportunities for Class 2 LGV/HGV drivers to join our well-respected team at Johnsons Hotel Linen. You will assist with the distribution of our linen from our Bonnyrigg distribution facility.

The shift pattern is 5 on 3 off .

The Company:

Johnsons Hotel Linen, is one of the UK’s largest laundry and linen hire companies, which specialises in supplying bed and bath linen to 4-star to budget hotels.

It’s the people at Johnsons Hotel Linen that make us so special. By understanding what our people want, giving them the support they need, recognising everyone’s contribution and realising the unique power of teams, together we win. We’re driven by our goals, which are designed to create a supportive working environment for our team and an exemplary standard of service to our customers.

The Role:

• Delivery and collection of clean and soiled linen
• Assisting with loading/unloading vehicle
• Regular communication with the Transport Manager
• Unloading of the company vehicle on your return to the depot at the end of your days' delivery round
• Collection of soiled linen lists and handing them into the service office, as required
• Recording of any delivery times/windows and securing signatures on delivery notes
• Day-to-day liaison with customers and the office

Essential Criteria

The successful candidate will require a digital tacho card, a Class 2 driving licence and be fully CPC qualified.

Benefits

In addition to a competitive salary, we’re really proud to offer a great employee benefits package that rewards hard work and supports mental health and wellbeing.

• SAYE scheme, Company pension, Free Life Assurance

• EAP, 24/7 GP Helpline, Health4all Scheme, Discounted gym membership
• Wedding civil partnership leave
• Extra mile awards, long service awards, Referral schemes, Baby boxes
• Menopause Policy, Free sanitary products
• Employee Rewards platform (Retail discounts + Reward scheme)
• Thorough onboarding training and induction programme
• Deliver the appropriate training to enable you to do your job to the very best of your ability
• Apprenticeship programs LGV, Team Leading, Management and Customer Service
• Free onsite parking.
• Johnsons Hotel Linen is a Disability Confident Employer

In Short

• Industry Hospitality, Travel & Tourism
• Founded 1885
• Location National
• Company size 1000 - 4999

About us

Johnsons Hotel Linen, part of Johnson Service Group PLC, is one of the UK's largest high volume hotel laundry and linen providers, created by the amalgamation over recent years of several high quality family laundry businesses including Afonwen, Bourne, PLS and, our latest acquisition at the end of 2019, Fresh Linen.

We’re extremely proud to have the benefits of the heritage of being created from leading family businesses but with ownership today under a financially strong and highly supportive PLC, giving us the best of both worlds: financial strength and passionate, local service.Today, Johnsons Hotel Linen regularly collects, launders and delivers over 9 million items of linen a week.We are trusted by our customers and have developed strong relationships over many years with a wide range of nationwide hotel chains, family run hotels and leisure & gym facilities, many of whom share the same values of offering high class customer service at a cost-effective price.

About us cont.

In addition to investing over £16 million a year in linen products, we have also invested heavily in state-of-the-art laundry facilities so that our equipment is second to none, provides a higher quality and greater reliability than more traditional operators and is at the leading edge of productivity.

We don’t cut corners, we invest in training and rewarding our people and we strive to reinvest and recycle whenever we can. We provide confidence to our customers and are working hard to build upon our reputation as one of the strongest, experienced and high quality teams delivering consistency and reliability at a fair price where we help our customers achieve a cost effective service whilst enabling us to reinvest continuously in our business.

We have one of the most loyal customer bases in our industry, recognising our reputation for pro-active service and being a safe pair of hands! Our leadership team has the most experience of running hospitality laundries of any major national supplier in the UK. Passionate laundry people running a passionate laundry company. Committed to exceeding customer expectations and delivering a first class service.