HGV Driver

airproducts; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Air Products in Cardiff is seeking a Sales Centre Driver to deliver gas cylinders to customers from Monday to Friday, 07:30–15:30. You will join a small team of five drivers, ensuring safety, quality and service standards are met while providing excellent customer service. Responsibilities include loading, operating HGV and forklift, and handling customer enquiries.

Required licences include HGV C+E, ADR, CPC, and forklift. Strong safety mindset and ability to work independently are essential.

Qualifications

• HGV Licence C+E (class 1) required.
• ADR Licence (Packages min class 2) required.
• Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) required.
• Forklift Licence required.
• Proficiency with PC and mobile devices.
• Knowledge of local areas helpful.
• Excellent communication, face-to-face and phone.
• Strong safety focus and following procedures.
• Flexible and able to work on own initiative.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safety standards and regulatory compliance on site.
• Pick, sort and load cylinders for deliveries.
• Operate a rigid HGV to deliver cylinders to customers.
• Operate forklift when loading vehicles for deliveries.
• Maintain and operate delivery vehicle per O Licence rules.
• Maintain high housekeeping standards at all times.
• Handle customer enquiries and feed leads to the commercial team.

Skills

HGV licence C+E

ADR licence (Packages 2)

Driver CPC

Forklift licence

Literacy on PC/mobile

Local area knowledge

Excellent communication

Safety adherence

Initiative & flexibility

Job description

At Air Products, we reimagine what’s possible. By tapping into the motivation of our people and our collective experience, we create the ideas and innovations that drive us forward. When we come together – where every voice is heard and everyone knows they belong and matter – we create solutions that launch people into space, support lifesaving care in hospitals, and enable the construction of groundbreaking, world scale production facilities.

Reimagine What’s Possible

We are looking for aSales Centre HGV Driver, reporting to the facility inCardiff. You will deliver gas cylinders to customers in an efficient manner in accordance with all company's safety, quality and service standards and procedures. You will be an integral member of a small team of 5 drivers, ensuring our customers’ needs are met. Responsibilities include dealing with customer orders and enquiries, so you should be passionate about delivering customer service. There is also a requirement to operate a large goods vehicle (HGV Cat C and C+E) to deliver cylinders to customers; and to operate a forklift to sort and pick the customers' orders. Success in this position depends on strong Interpersonal skills, organizational skills, operational and technical capacity, commercial acumen and ability to work within a small team. Your working hours will be Monday to Friday from 07:30 to 15:30. (37.5 hrs per week).

As the Sales Centre Driver, you will

• Ensure the company’s and legislative safety standards are complied with and maintained at all times on site.
• Pick, sort and load cylinders for customer deliveries
• Operate a rigid HGV in order to deliver cylinders to customers
• Operate the forklift when loading vehicles for customer deliveries
• Manage the maintenance and operation of cylinder delivery vehicle in line with O licence requirements
• Maintain high standard of housekeeping at all times
• Deal with customers, following up on enquiries, supplying leads to the commercial team

As the Sales Centre Driver, you already are or have

• HGV Licence C+E (class 1)
• ADR Licence (Packages minimum class 2)
• Driver Certificate of Professional Competence
• Forklift Licence
• Literacy in PC and mobile devices
• Knowledge of local areas
• Excellent communication skills both face to face and over the phone
• Strong focus on safety and strong adherence to company procedures
• Flexibility
• Able to work under own initiative

Founded in 1940, Air Products is a world-leading industrial gases company and has a proud history of innovation, operational excellence, with an unwavering commitment to safety and environmental stewardship. Working together, we are taking our passion and diverse backgrounds forward to reimagine what’s possible and generate a cleaner future for our customers, our communities, and the world.