HGV Driver

ForFarmers N.V.; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agricultural company is seeking a dedicated LGV Driver to deliver feed directly to farms in the UK. The role involves maintaining strong relationships with customers, ensuring compliance with safety and environmental policies, and accurately completing delivery records. Candidates must possess a Class 1 licence and a Driver certificate of Professional Competency, with excellent communication skills in English. Embracing a passionate, responsible, and united approach, the company is committed to supporting sustainable farming practices while driving customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Class 1 licence essential and ownership of a digital Tachograph Card.
• Regular experience of driving of LGV’s preferred but not essential.
• Ability to demonstrate the highest level of professionalism.

Responsibilities

• Delivering customer orders accurately and on time.
• Completing delivery records, cleaning records, and defect reports accurately.
• Complying fully with company & customer health and safety policies.

Skills

Class 1 licence

Excellent communication skills

Ability to comply with legislation

Driver certificate of Professional Competency

Job description

As a driver you will be delivering our customer orders, directly to farm, accurately and on time. Building strong relationships between departments, and with customers, to ensure you have the ability to resolve queries wherever possible. You will be a champion of safe working, and eco-driving.

Purpose of the Job

• LGV Driving - All legal requirements to be met fully. Consideration for other road users and members of the public. Clear, accurate completion of tachograph records, manual entries and defect reports. Vehicles to be operated within relevant speed and weight limits at all times. Nights out will be involved.
• Feed Delivery - Accurate, safe working on customers farms. Care to be taken at all times to achieve correct bins for feed and UFAS compliance. Safety of farm employees, children and stock are paramount. Damage to buildings or other property to be avoided.
• Paperwork - All delivery records, cleaning records, defect reports etc., to be completed accurately, in full and on time.
• Health & Safety - Comply fully with company & customer health and safety policies.
• Environment - Fully adhere to rules set out in the site IPPC, comply with company environment policy and assist the transport manager to improve the site EMS.

Skills Required

• Class 1 licence essential and ownership of a digital Tachograph Card
• Regular experience of driving of LGV’s preferred but not essential
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to converse fluently in English with colleagues and customers
• Ability to comply with legislation, work on own initiative and the ability to demonstrate the highest level of professionalism
• Driver certificate of Professional Competency essential

About ForFarmers

Do you ever stop to wonder where your Sunday morning poached egg came from? Or the milk in your cafè latte? Or what about the sausage and bacon served with full English? It will come as no surprise to you that the animals which produce these products need to eat themselves too. And that’s where ForFarmers comes into the equation.

ForFarmers produces feed for cattle, pigs and poultry in both conventional and organic livestock farming. And that probably sounds a great deal simpler than it actually is. Make no mistake: an awful lot of knowledge, research and innovation has gone into one of those seemingly simple-looking chunks of animal feed. And these are the kind of things we, as a company, invest a great deal in.

PASSIONATE Working for ForFarmers is more than a job; it's a passion. The farming business is what makes us tick. We do everything we can to future-proof the sector, and this ambition shines through in our behaviour and our way of working. We push back boundaries and go the extra mile for our customers, suppliers and colleagues.

RESPONSIBLE Our actions have an impact. We help farmers work in a sustainable way so that together we can safeguard the continuity of the farming business. The same principle applies to our day-to-day operations: we take good care of our customers and other stakeholders, and always aim for the best, most efficient and most sustainable result.

OPEN-MINDED Keeping an open mind enables us to support farmers in the rapidly changing agricultural sector. We are able to adapt to the needs and working methods of the industry and are always on the lookout for new opportunities. We are clear about our intentions and expectations and prefer to listen than to speak.

UNITED Addressing the challenges with which the agricultural industry is faced requires a joint effort and mutual trust. We join forces with colleagues and customers and work as one team towards our shared goals. In many cases we take the lead but we are also able to follow if that produces better results.

DELIVERING We have a natural ambition to get things done, regardless of how difficult the job is. We do what we say and say what we do. We are respectful, honest and direct at all times. It is the sign of a ForFarmers employee.

Please make us aware if your need any reasonable adjustments to participate in this process.

We encourage you to submit your application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary.