Van Driver - Glasgow Depot

William Jackson Food Group; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Volunteer day

Discounts on products

Cycle to Work Scheme

charity payroll donation

Employee assistance services

Free meal every few months

Job summary

William Jackson Food Group is recruiting a Van Driver for the Glasgow Depot, with start times between 3am and 5am. You will work five days out of six, including bank holidays, delivering orders to customers in line with requirements and ensuring everything arrives in perfect condition.

You will pack crates, follow the routed manifest, and communicate with the depot team to resolve any delivery issues. A full UK driving licence is required.

Qualifications

• Must hold a Full UK driving licence.
• Good understanding of GB domestic drivers' hours rules and UK driving laws.
• Reliable, conscientious with strong problem solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver orders to customers and ensure they arrive in perfect order.
• Pack crates and goods into the delivery vehicle according to the routed manifest.
• Adhere to delivery instructions and raise issues to the depot team when needed.
• Ensure orders match invoices upon delivery and raise discrepancies.
• Comply with UK driving laws and complete all paperwork on time.
• Complete de-brief with depot management on return and keep vehicle clean.

Skills

Full UK driving licence

Job description

Van Driver - Glasgow Depot - £14.30 per hour

This role will require a start time of3am-5amwith a finish time dependent on when your last order in delivered and you return to the depot. You will be working5 out of 6 days Monday to Saturday, inclusive of Bank Holidays.

You will work as part of our Depot Team to ensure that all orders are delivered to our customers in line with requirements ensuring everything arrives in the chef's kitchen in perfect order.

What you will do:

• Always ensuring that our customer's received first class customer service during their delivery; interacting with customers in a respectful and professional manner.
• Pack crates and goods into your assigned delivery vehicle in an organised manner that matches the routed manifest in order of delivery.
• Ensure each order is delivered to our customers as per the delivery instructions. If it is not possible to deliver as per the instructions that this is raised immediately to the Depot team.
• When delivering to the customer, ensure that the order is a per the invoice. If there are any issues, ensuring that these are raised to the Depot Team.
• Ensure that you adhere to UK driving laws at all times.
• Complete all paperwork appropriately and within the designated timescales.
• Complete the full de-brief with the depot management team on your return to the depot.
• Ensure that your vehicle is kept clean and tidy at all times in line with the cleaning schedule.

What you will need:

• Good understanding of GB domestic drivers' hours rule.
• Good understanding of UK driving laws.
• Full UK driving licence.
• As this is a manual role, you will need to be able to be on your feet for 8.5 hour per day.
• You will be working on your own so will need to be reliable and conscientious.
• Strong problem solving skills to assist in minimizing disruption to our customers.
• You will need strong verbal and written communication skills and have an enthusiastic, can do attitude

Let us tell you some more benefits you would receive:

• Fancy volunteering? We will give you one day off a year to take part in volunteering.
• Generous discounts on our products
• Cycle to Work Scheme that offers discounted bikes and cycling equipment.
• Donate through your pay to a charity of your choice. The money is simply deducted through your pay before tax, so for every pound you donate, the 20p that usually goes to tax will go to the charity instead!
• We also have a range of employee assistance services which can be tailored to give you support on various matters such as financial, health and wellbeing advice.
• We treat our teams to a free meal every few months, from our visiting fish & chip van, to freshly made bacon baps from our in-house chefs

About us

Wellocks, is one of the leading UK food distributors in the hospitality industry. We provide fruit, vegetables, dairy, eggs, poultry, meat, store cupboard essentials and everything else chefs will need in their restaurant kitchen. Thanks to our highly skilled team, we also offer pre-prepared veg and freshly-made pasta which is a key part of our service.

From our humble beginnings in 1961 supplying potatoes to local pubs and restaurants, 60 years later we now supply over 1,200 restaurant kitchens across the country with amazing ingredients.

We're proud to be part of the William Jackson Food Group, a dedicated family-owned food business which started in 1851. Our sister businesses are Abel & Cole, Jacksons Bakery and Belazu