Van Driver (Part-time) - Harlow

William Jackson Food Group Limited; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 19,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Cycle to Work Scheme

Volunteer day

Charity donation via payroll

Employee assistance services

Job summary

Wellocks, part of the William Jackson Food Group, is hiring a part-time Van Driver at the Harlow Depot with early starts (3am–5am). You will ensure orders reach customers in pristine condition and work as part of the depot team to meet delivery requirements.

You will drive in compliance with GB hours rules, hold a full UK driving licence, and be on your feet for long shifts. You’ll work 5 days out of 6, including bank holidays, with duties spanning packing, delivery, and post-delivery de-briefs.

Qualifications

• Must understand GB domestic drivers’ hours rules.
• Must have full UK driving licence and be able to drive manual vehicles.
• Ability to stay reliable and conscientious; good problem solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver orders to customers in line with delivery instructions.
• Pack crates and goods into the vehicle according to the manifest.
• Ensure orders match the invoice and raise issues to Depot if needed.
• Adhere to UK driving laws at all times and complete paperwork on time.
• Perform full de-brief with depot management on return to the depot.
• Keep the vehicle clean and tidy according to schedule.

Skills

GB driving hours rule

UK driving laws

Full UK driving licence

Problem solving

Verbal & written communication

Reliable & conscientious

Job description

Van Driver (Part-time) - Harlow Depot - £14.30 per hour

This role will require a start time of 3am-5am with a finish time dependent on when your last order in delivered and you return to the depot. You will be working 5 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 as a driver:

• Fancy volunteering? We will give you one day off a year to take part in volunteering.
• 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.

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. Family values and the commitment which comes with such a long-standing business are rooted in our culture here at Wellocks.