Trainee HGV Driver — Training & Growth Path

Sunbelt Rentals Careers; Brentwood; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Real living wage employer

Excellent development opportunities

Incentive scheme

Life Assurance

Employee assistance programme

Opportunity to buy and sell holidays

Job summary

Sunbelt Rentals in the United Kingdom is seeking a Trainee HGV Driver to join our team, ensuring timely collection and deliveries from customer sites while meeting customer expectations.

You will develop the skills to operate commercial vehicles, maintain safety standards, and build relationships with customers on site. This role offers development opportunities and a supportive environment to learn.”

Qualifications

• Must hold a Category B driving licence with no more than 6 points.
• Previous driving experience.
• Proactive approach to training opportunities and able to act on feedback to make improvements.
• Proactive approach to safety of company vehicles and other drivers.
• Polite and professional manner when visiting customer premises.
• Good geographical knowledge and industry experience (desirable).
• Knowledge of IT systems (desirable).

Responsibilities

• Work towards gaining specialised knowledge and skills to operate commercial vehicles for transportation of goods.
• Ensure the vehicle is safe and roadworthy before journeys, and manage loading, unloading and securing loads.
• Visit customer locations and communicate with internal and external customers.
• Ensure compliance with legal and company safety requirements and working time directives.

Skills

Driving licence knowledge

Driving experience

Training mindset

Safety focus

polite customer-facing manner

Geographical knowledge

IT systems knowledge (desirable)

Job description

Sunbelt Rentals in the United Kingdom is seeking a Trainee HGV Driver to join our team, ensuring timely collection and deliveries from customer sites while meeting customer expectations.

You will develop the skills to operate commercial vehicles, maintain safety standards, and build relationships with customers on site. This role offers development opportunities and a supportive environment to learn.”