Job Title: HGV Class 2 Driver
Location: Letchworth, SG6 Hours/Shifts: 48 hours per week, Mon - Sat (rotating Sat) Salary/rate: £40,535.04 Job Summary: To ensure the speedy, efficient and accurate delivery of assembled product and invoices to the customer within the corporate guidelines.
Key Responsibilities:
- To maintain a safe a competent standard of driving, observing speed limits and other traffic signs and giving due regard to other road users.
- To have a daily check to ensure that your vehicle is in a roadworthy condition including a check of the lights, brakes, coolant, etc.
- To report any faults, breakdowns, accidents or delays.
- To maintain the internal and external condition of the vehicle together with the cleanliness of the vehicle.
- To ensure sufficient quantities of fuel have been taken for the day's work.
- To maintain the security of the vehicle and its contents at all times.
- To check all orders shown on the drop sheets and ensure all orders are loaded on the vehicle.
- To collect goods returned for credit, mail, delivery bins and their safe return to the branch at times instructed by the branch management.
- Ensure damages/breakages are dealt with promptly and correctly with due regard to special procedures for Hazchem's.
- To maintain a smart appearance at all times.
- To help maintain good customer relations.
- To be involved in other duties including warehouse tasks as defined by the Management.
- Meet all Health & Safety requirements.
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Skills Knowledge and Experience required:
- A full driving license must be held relevant to the vehicle being driven
- For insurance purposes, all drivers must be over 21 years of age
- Whilst we do not ask for a clean license, we will assess the risk of employing applicants who have points on their license and this may affect our decision to shortlist
- Existing employees must update fleet services accordingly with any changes to their license status e.g. points on their license, driving bans etc
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent Customer care
- Intermediate Numeracy and Literacy
- Building Customer Loyalty - Effectively meeting customer needs; building productive customer relationships; taking responsibility for customer satisfaction and loyalty.
- Communication - Clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message.
- Contributing to Team Success - Actively participating as a member of a team to move the team toward the completion of goals.
- Initiating Action - Taking prompt action to accomplish objectives; taking action to achieve goals beyond what is required; being proactive.
- Safety Awareness - Being aware of conditions that effect employee safety.
Desirable Experience:
- Previous experience of multi-drop delivery driving is highly desirable
- Route planning experience
This is a Temp to Perm role