Trainee Class 2 Driver

Warburtons; Newburn; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully funded Driver CPC

Profit sharing

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Job summary

Warburtons in Newburn invites applicants to train as a Trainee Class 2 Driver. You\'ll gain a Class 2 licence with all costs covered and CPC in-work hours. This is a hands-on start with a strong focus on safety and customer service.

You\'ll start around 3.30am, delivering fresh bakery products, picking orders accurately, and loading the vehicle for route delivery across the North East. The role offers 43 hours per week on a rotating 5‑day schedule, including weekends and bank holidays.

Qualifications

• Full current UK driving licence with no more than 6 points.
• Good knowledge of transport legislation.
• Reliable, responsible and customer focused.
• Experience in multi‑drop or home delivery is preferred.
• Experience in picking orders is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Be supported by the driver training teams in an intensive training course to gain your Class 2 Licence, with no cost to you.
• Ongoing fully funded Driver CPC (training in work hours too).
• Be an early riser with shifts starting around 3.30am.
• Deliver bakery products by loading the vehicle from delivery notes or an electronic device and ensuring accurate order picking.
• Work set contracted hours with a rotating 5‑day schedule, including weekends, ~43 hours per week.

Skills

Customer focus

Reliability

Punctuality

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: Newburn

Shifts: 43 hours per week, 5 over 7 rota (including weekends and Bank Holidays)

Salary: £581.09 per week (rising to £756.46 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 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)
• Be an early riser. Your shift will start at around 3.30am, so it's an early start, but your afternoons will be your own.
• You will also enjoy plenty of autonomy. As a driver you'll be given delivery notes (or an electronic device), from which you'll accurately pick the orders (either prior to leaving or out on your route) and load your vehicle with bakery products.
• Work set contracted hours and have stable shift patterns. That's 43 hours a week, working a rotating 5 days including weekends, although a typical week can be less than that. All of which will hopefully help you to plan your life around work more easily.

About Us

At our Newburn site, we bake wheat and gluten free fresh bread from scratch in our dedicated gluten free bakery and deliver it to Supermarkets all over the UK from our distribution depot in the North East.

Extra Dough

• Basic Weekly Pay of £602.01 (rising to £783.69 upon completion and move into the Class 2 position)
• A slice of the annual profits (discretionary profit share)
• Ongoing CPC Modules - your Driver CPC training is in work hours too, not outside of them.
• Award winning pension scheme with company contributions up to 7%
• Life assurance
• Products you'll love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Extra Dough website
• Continued investment in your personal development
• Fully stocked kitchens filled with our delicious products for you 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.