Role Overview: As a Driver, you will be responsible for safely driving and delivering products from our Central Warehouse to stores and to customers in a timely manner. Your role includes supporting the safe transfer of products and cages into stores.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Route Driving: Drive HGV/LGVs on pre-planned routes, ensuring timely deliveries.
2. Loading and Unloading: Undertake manual loading and unloading of vehicles, ensuring health and safety procedures are followed and items are properly secured.
3. Vehicle Maintenance: Conduct daily routine checks to ensure vehicles are roadworthy and report any defects immediately to the line manager.
4. Compliance and Safety: Drive vehicles courteously, adhering to legislation, health and safety guidelines, and company policy. Ensure all vehicles are loaded within their weight specifications and comply with safe and legal requirements.
5. Documentation: Complete tachograph, where appropriate, and other essential documents efficiently, ensuring delivery notes, drivers manifest have correct signatures as per company policy.
6. Customer Relations: Build effective working relationships with customers, acting as an ambassador for the business.
7. Security: Safeguard against theft of company goods or property by maintaining security consciousness at all times.
Skills and Experience Required:
Essential:
8. Driving Skills: 3.5t Drivers hold a valid Class 2 licence held for at least 12 months, with no more than 3 points, and a 7.2t Drivers hold a Qualification Card (DQC) with relevant CPC training, with no more than 3 points on their licence.
9. Vehicle Maintenance: Ability to conduct routine vehicle checks and perform basic maintenance.
10. Loading and Unloading: Experience in manual handling and safely loading/unloading vehicles.
11. Compliance Knowledge: Understanding of driving regulations, tachograph usage (as appropriate), and health and safety guidelines.
12. Documentation Skills: Ability to accurately complete delivery notes and other essential documents.
13. Customer Service: Strong interpersonal skills to build effective relationships with store colleagues and act as a company ambassador.
14. Security Awareness: Vigilance in safeguarding against theft and maintaining security consciousness.
15. Positive Attitude: A positive and can-do attitude, with a willingness to support other branch staff with warehouse or other duties.
16. Multi-Site/Multi-Drop Deliveries: Experience with multi-site or multi-drop deliveries.
Desirable:
17. Route Planning: Ability to plan and follow efficient delivery routes.
18. Problem-Solving: Skills to address delivery challenges and adapt to changing conditions.
19. Communication: Effective communication skills for interacting with customers and colleagues.