HGV Driver

GB03 Air Products PLC; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Air Products PLC in Cardiff is seeking a Sales Centre HGV Driver to deliver gas cylinders to customers and support a small team of drivers. You will handle orders, ensure safety and quality standards, and drive a rigid HGV and forklift as needed.

The role runs Monday to Friday, 07:30–15:30 (37.5 hours/week), focusing on customer service and on-site safety adherence within a leading industrial gases company.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Pick, sort and load cylinders for customer deliveries.
• Operate a rigid HGV to deliver cylinders to customers.
• Operate the forklift when loading vehicles for customer deliveries.
• Maintain the delivery vehicle in line with O licence requirements.
• Maintain high standard of housekeeping at all times.
• Deal with customers, follow up on enquiries, and supply leads to the commercial team.

Skills

HGV C+E

ADR

Driver CPC

Forklift

Literacy

Local knowledge

Communication

Safety focus

Flexibility

Initiative

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 a Sales Centre HGV Driver, reporting to the facility in Cardiff. 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.

Employee and Applicant Rights Behind every success and innovation that has made a difference in the world, you will find a team of passionate people who helped make it possible. At Air Products, our talented people help each other and our customers thrive. To our colleagues, we are valued and respected teammates. To our customers, we are partners in creating value. To our communities, we are caring, involved neighbors and committed stewards of the environment.

Air Products is a world-leading industrial gases company with more than 85 years of experience serving energy, environmental, and emerging markets while generating a cleaner future. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to creating a workplace where safety comes first, diverse perspectives are valued, innovation thrives, and employees have opportunities to learn, grow, and make a meaningful impact.