Overview
This is a vital role to the business, delivering our kitchens and interacting with customers. Your customer service skills are as important as your manual handling skills. The role is physically demanding, as units are prebuilt for customers and can be awkward in shape and size. A trolley is available for heavier items.
Working hours are Thursday to Sunday on a 40-hour contract, with overtime paid at time and a third. You must be able to drive to and from the depot at the start and end of each shift.
Responsibilities
* Responsible for the safe, efficient and economical driving of our vehicles.
* Ensure loads arrive on time and in good condition.
* Safety and legal compliance of your vehicle, including checks to ensure weight and load distribution complies with axle and gross weight guidance and that loads are secure.
* Maintain good communication with transport management regarding delays, accidents, breakdowns or discrepancies.
* Maintain a clean and tidy vehicle and report any damages caused by yourself or other drivers.
* Flexibility to working hours and overtime.
* You will be assigned a driver’s mate who will stay in the cab with you to help unloading items from the van.
Qualifications
* At least 1 year of HGV Class 2 driving experience and a licence with no more than 6 penalty points.
* Completed periodic CPC training.
* Valid Digi Card (Tacho). Training in the use of digital tachographs would be useful but not essential.
* A positive and flexible approach toward team ethic.
* Diligent, organised and with a good eye for detail.
* Accurately managing all documentation, ensuring it is completed and submitted correctly and on time.
* No Drink/Drug Driving offences in the last 10 years.
About the Company and Benefits
DIY Kitchens is the world’s number 1 online kitchen retailer, a family-owned business with three state-of-the-art manufacturing sites in Yorkshire. We have been manufacturing kitchens since 1982 and pride ourselves on producing stunning kitchens that customers love, finished to the highest standard and built to last. We are proud to be rated Excellent by customers on Trustpilot and to have been awarded Best Rated Kitchen Brand by Which? magazine. We offer a range of benefits and opportunities to grow your career with a friendly, dynamic company.
* We are paying £18.00 per hour for this role with overtime paid at £23.94.
* Working hours Thursday–Sunday on a 40-hour contract; overtime after 40 hours at time and a third.
* Excellent rate of pay
* Bonus Scheme
* Uniform Provided
* 30 days inclusive of bank holidays
* Pension
* Weekly Pay
* Driver Incentives
* Generous DIY Kitchen discounts
* Christmas shutdown period
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values at DIY Kitchens and we are committed to being fair and inclusive.
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