HGV - Driver - Southampton

Enterprise Mobility; Southampton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as an HGV Driver with Enterprise Mobility, where you can drive growth by delivering and collecting vehicles across the UK. As part of the Events Team, you will enjoy competitive pay and extensive benefits including paid holidays and a pension plan. Excellent customer service and organizational skills are essential for success in this role, alongside a full driving license and the ability to work flexibly. Discover a rewarding career with opportunities for training and development.

Benefits

25 days paid holidays + public holidays

Life Assurance – x3 Salary

Short and Long Term Disability

Pension plan including stakeholder contribution and profit share

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounted car rental hire

Cycle to work scheme

'Promote from within' policy

Qualifications

• Full UK / Irish / EU Class C or CE Manual Driving Licence required.
• Maximum of 6 points on driving licence for insurance purposes.
• Aged 21 or above for insurance purposes.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and collect Heavy Goods Vehicles as per driving licence entitlement.
• Inspect vehicles upon delivery and collection to record defects.
• Complete necessary handover paperwork ensuring correctness.

Skills

Customer service

Organisational skills

Punctuality

Reliability

Flexibility

Job description

An exciting opportunity to join Enterprise Mobility as: HGV Driver

The role would be to join our existing team at our location in: Events Team - Mill Lane SouthamptonDepot

About Enterprise Mobility

Enterprise Mobility manages the largest and most diverse privately-owned fleet in the world through an integrated network of more than 9,500 fully staffed neighbourhood and airport rental locations. This global network of independent regional subsidiaries and franchises also operates theEnterprise Rent-A-Carbrand, as well as theNational Car RentalandAlamo Rent A Carbrands, Enterprise Flex-E-Rent, Enterprise Car Club and many more – in over90countries and territories.

Enterprise Mobility is also still family-owned – our CEO Chrissy Taylor is the third generation of the Taylor family to run the company. This allows us to look forward even more confidently to the future, providing the stability we need to pursue the long-term good for our business, our employees and our customers.

We are here to advance the world, one journey at a time.

What Division will I be working in?

Enterprise Flex-E-Rent is our commercial vehicle rental division, providing services tailored to the needs of commercial vehicle hire customers from locations all across the UK and Ireland. Join our team and be one of the people driving our growth.

To help understand and find out more about our Flex-E-Rent division of Enterprise Mobility, please visit: Commercial Vehicle Hire | Enterprise Flex-E-Rent (flexerent.co.uk)

Salary

• Competitive
• Opportunity to earn overtime at 1.5% rate

Benefits

• 25 days paid holidays a year + public holidays (additional x5 days holiday after 5 years of service)
• Life Assurance – x3 Salary
• Short and Long Term Disability
• Pension plan including stakeholder contribution and profit share
• Relocation assistance policy
• Employee Assistance Programme – Support on physical, mental and financial wellbeing
• My Purpose My Time – x1 day annually to volunteer at a charity / organization of your choice
• Maternity / Paternity / Adoption / Shared Parental leave
• Worldwide discounted car rental hire for personal, family and friends use
• Enterprise Car Club membership discount
• Cycle to work scheme
• Many more partner discounts
• Our ‘promote from within policy’ means you can go as far as your talent will take you

Hours

• 42.5 hours
• Monday - Friday
• 08:00-17:00 (Flexible start and finish)
• Occasional Saturdays

Location

• 18, Premier Way, Abbey park industrial estate, Romsey SO51 9DQ

Training and Development

• The role offers fantastic progression opportunities via our in-house training and development programmes.
• We encourage all our employees to be the best they can be and support your learning via our structured training roadmap and regular development sessions.
• As you complete each task on the training roadmap you will mark your completion and your understanding and competence in that area will be assessed and accredited by your leadership team.
• There will be lots of different knowledge checks and activities along the way, so you’ll always be taking the next step in your learning with us.
• What is certain is that we encourage all of our employees to be the best they can be and diversity is a priority in all areas of our business.

The successful candidate will play an integral part in the success of our business and will be responsible for delivering and collecting vehicles as well as on site movements.

• Delivery and collection of Heavy Goods Vehicles as per your driving licence entitlement
• To inspect all vehicles up on delivery and collection to ensure that any defects or damage is recorded, agreed and signed for by the customer
• Where appropriate to identify any faults on the vehicles and report as necessary
• To complete all necessary handover paperwork, such as rental check sheets etc ensuring that all details are correct and accurate
• Where necessary to clean and valet vehicles inside and out to an exceptionally high standard, ensuring outstanding customer satisfaction
• Delivering Buggies and vehicles in and around the South of the UK. Please note there maybe a requirement from time to time to deliver Buggies and Vehicles to other locations in the UK which may include overnight stays as needed.

This is an exciting and rewarding opportunity where you can directly see your impact on the business. If you think this role sounds like the perfect job for you, then don’t delay and apply today!

Qualified candidates must also possess the following skills/abilities:

• A Full UK / Irish / EU Class C or CE (formerly Class 1 or 2) Manual Driving Licence
• A maximum of 6 points on your driving licence for insurance purposes
• Aged 21 or above for insurance purposes
• Excellent customer service skills
• Organisational skills
• Punctual and reliable
• Have a flexible and positive approach to work
• The ability to pass a security check that includes Criminality, Financial and Employment References