Trainee Class 2 Driver

Warburtons; Highweek; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit share

CPC training in work hours

Pension scheme 7–12%

Life assurance

Employee discounts

Personal development opportunities

Staff kitchen provisions

Job summary

Warburtons” Trainee Class 2 Driver position is a hands-on opportunity to start a driving career with the UK’s leading bakery brand. You’ll begin with intensive training to gain your Class 2 licence, with all training costs covered, and ongoing CPC modules completed during working hours.

Your role includes early starts around 04:00, loading your own vehicle, and delivering to multiple customers daily while maintaining excellent service and brand ambassadors for Warburtons.

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence with no more than 6 points.
• Good knowledge of transport legislation.
• Reliable, responsible and customer focused.
• Ideally multi-drop or home delivery experience.
• Ideally experience picking orders.

Responsibilities

• 6 week in‑house driver training to gain Class 2 licence (training at no cost).
• Ongoing, funded Driver CPC training during working hours.
• Deliver to multiple customers daily and load your own vehicle from delivery notes or device.
• Work a defined rotating 5 over 7 rota, 43 hours per week, early starts around 04:00.
• Load and manage your route to ensure accurate deliveries and professional brand representation.

Skills

Driving licence

Multi-drop experience

Customer focus

Transport knowledge

Reliability

Job description

As 'the UK's No. 1 Bakery Brand' we have been baking bread since 1876. Today, we are proudly a fifth-generation family, with the introduction of the sixth generation, supplying over 18,000 retail customers from 11 bakeries and 16 depots, producing a range of over 70 products including gluten and wheat free. Family and values are what makes us different, and we are a proud bunch, join us and you too could be proud to be Warburtons.

Title: Trainee Class 2 Driver

Location: Newton Abbot

Shifts: 43 hours per week, 5 over 7 rota

Salary: £602.01 per week (rising to £783.69 per week upon completion and move into Class 2 position)

Do you have your class B car licence with the desire to further your career and gain your Class 2 licence, with all of the costs of your training and licence taken care of?

Essential Ingredients

• To join the Warburtons family, you'll need a full current UK Driving Licence with no more than 6 points. You'll also have a good knowledge of transport legislation, be reliable, responsible, customer focused and used to working in a fast paced environment, ideally with multi drop or home delivery experience and ideally previous experience of picking orders.

The Recipe

• Be supported by the driver training teams in an intensive 6 week training course, to gain your Class 2 Licence, with no cost to you.
• Ongoing fully funded Driver CPC (Your Driver CPC training is in work hours too, not outside of them)

• You'll be an early riser-shifts start around 04:00 (some patterns may vary). The upside? Never miss the 3pm school run again.
• You'll enjoy plenty of autonomy. You'll be given delivery notes (or an electronic device), from which you'll accurately pick the orders either at the depot or on the move and load your own vehicle with our baked goods
• To help keep your day smooth and safe, knowledge of basic vehicle maintenance and transport legislation will be included
• Once your route for the day is loaded into your onboard computer, you're off!
• You'll deliver to multiple customers daily (they're like family to us), so top-notch service, strong relationships, and professionalism are a must. This includes being able to manage difficult conversations in a calm manner and acting as an ambassador for our brand.
• You'll work a defined rotating 5 over 7 rota, including weekends. That's 43 hours a week! All of which will hopefully help you to plan your life around work more easily.

At Warburtons, you're more than a driver.

There's no aimless wandering looking for things. You load your own vehicle, making things that little bit easier to find. You'll also make sure each delivery is picked accurately and in full from your delivery notes or electronic device. So, if you like to be hands‑on, love a bit of organisation, and want to keep the nation's eggs in their soldiers, then hop in and join us on the road to bread‑based glory.

Extra Dough

And last but by no means yeast... what's your bread worth?

• Basic Weekly Pay of £602.01 per week (rising to £783.69 upon completion and move into the Class 2 position)
• A slice of the profits (discretionary annual profit share)
• Ongoing CPC Modules (Your training is during working hours-so no need to give up your free time)
• Award‑winning pension scheme with company contributions up to 7% (Rising to 12% with length of service)
• Life assurance
• Product you'll love, plus deals and discounts for you and the family through our Extra Dough platform
• Continued investment in your personal development
• Kitchens fully stocked with our tasty products-perfect to enjoy with your daily brew

We respect and value difference. We look to create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Companies that are diverse in age, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, or any other aspect which makes them unique, are proven to be better companies. More importantly, creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work, is the right thing to do.