Van Driver - Westcott

William Jackson Food Group Limited; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 15,934 - 22,693; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Volunteering day off

Cycle to Work Scheme

Charity donation through pay

Employee assistance services

Job summary

A leading UK fresh food distributor is looking for a Van Driver for the Westcott Depot. The role requires a start time of 3am-5am, delivering orders while ensuring first-class customer service. Applicants must hold a full UK driving licence and possess strong understanding of driving laws along with problem-solving skills. Additional benefits include volunteering days, a cycle to work scheme, and employee assistance services. You will work independently, ensuring timely and accurate deliveries of top-quality ingredients.

Qualifications

• Good understanding of GB domestic drivers’ hours rule.
• Good understanding of UK driving laws.
• As this is a manual role, you will need to be able to be on your feet for 8.5 hours per day.
• You will be working on your own so will need to be reliable and conscientious.
• You will need strong verbal and written communication skills and have an enthusiastic, can do attitude.

Responsibilities

• Ensure customer receives first class service during delivery.
• Pack goods into the delivery vehicle in order.
• Adhere to delivery instructions and raise issues as needed.
• Complete all paperwork appropriately and on time.
• Keep your vehicle clean and tidy.

Skills

Understanding of GB domestic drivers’ hours rule

Understanding of UK driving laws

Strong problem solving skills

Strong verbal communication skills

Strong written communication skills

Reliable and conscientious

Education

Full UK driving licence

Job description

Van Driver - Westcott Depot - £14.02 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 fresh food distributors, using the finest ingredients we support chefs with quality ingredients. We offer pre prepared vegetable items to our customers which is an integral part of our service.