Job Summary:
Position: Driver. Full-Time, Permanent role.
Hours: Monday – Thursday 7.30am – 4pm, Friday 7.30am – 1.30pm. 38-hour working week with opportunities for overtime and flexibility with potential delays/early starts where necessary.
Location: Nechells & Saltley, Birmingham
Salary: £8.76 per hour
Holidays: 20 Days’ Holiday per annum + Bank Holidays
The company are looking for an experienced driver of LGV and HGV vehicles to join their manufacturing team in Birmingham. This is a full-time role but there will be occasions where driving is not required and therefore the role includes some labouring when not driving during standard working hours.
Key Responsibilities
- Collecting & delivering parts from their manufacturing facilities in Birmingham to customer and supplier locations nationally
- Driving their company vehicles in a safe, courteous and legal manner. Vehicles include 7.5 tonne DAF, Mercedes Sprinter Flatbed and various smaller vans
- Performing daily checks on vehicles and completing safety paperwork
- Ensuring vehicles are kept in appropriate condition; all defects are reported, and the cab interiors are kept tidy
- Supervise loading, unloading, checking and securing various loads on & off the trucks
- Ensuring vehicle is never overloaded at any time
- Managing multiple collections/drops in conjunction with daily job board and Supervisors
- Responsible for ensuring vehicles are regularly serviced and maintained, including topping up AdBlue where necessary
- Engaging with customers/suppliers
- Ensuring paperwork has been completed correctly at all times
- Any additional tasks required by Supervisor/Management when not actively driving, including labouring work around the factory
- Willingness to participate in improvement activities across the business.
License requirements:
- CPC (Driver Certificate of Professional Competence)
- Digi Tacho
- C1 driving licence
- Licence must have no more than 3 penalty points and no convictions for any drink or drug-related offences
General Responsibilities
- Maintain a clean and safe working area to meet the requirements of Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality Policies
- Ensure all company policies and procedures are adhered to, to ensure compliance with the accredited Integrated Management System
- Wear PPE as required in accordance with Risk Assessments and all written instructions
- Practice and maintain 5S disciplines in accordance with quality standards
- Ensure hazardous waste is disposed of in accordance with the company environmental policy.
- Undertake any other reasonable management request in line with the business needs
Basic Requirements
- Good communication and customer service skills
- Hard-working team player
- Friendly and courteous to clients and colleagues
- Basic literacy/numeracy and admin skills
- Flexible to working hours as schedules dictate