GXO Logistics
Class 1 Driver

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Have you built your driving career one mile at a time and are ready for your next challenge? Are you ready to put your skills to work within a fast-paced transport operation supporting a leading UK retailer? Could GXO be the next stop on your driving journey? If so, we'd love to hear from you.
Here at GXO Logistics, we're looking for full-time, permanent HGV Class 1 Drivers to join our growing team in Thrapston, working in partnership with one of the UK's most recognisable retail brands, Primark.
Working Friday to Tuesday, you'll benefit from a consistent shift pattern with start times operating in a 2-hour window between 16:00 and 21:00 (for example, 16:00-18:00, 17:00-19:00, through to 19:00-21:00). You'll enjoy excellent support, long-term stability, job security and great earning potential.
Pay, benefits and more:
- Basic hourly rate of £17.44 per hour
- Additional 10% premium (£1.53) for hours worked between 16:00 and 21:59
- Additional 20% premium (£3.07) for hours worked between 22:00 and 05:59
- Additional 30% premium (£4.60) for all hours worked on Saturday and Sunday
- Overtime paid at time and a half rate after 45 hours per week or for an extra shift per week
- Paid weekly
- Modern and well-maintained fleet
- 28 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays)
- Workplace pension
- Access to our Hapi App platform, offering a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme, cashback cards, a saving scheme and much more!
- Opportunities for career development and progression, as well as training enrichment and multiskilling in a dynamic working environment
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What you will do on a typical day:
- Take the wheel of Class 1 vehicles, delivering retail stock to stores and helping keep one of the UK's best-known retail supply chains moving
- Complete up to 3 deliveries per shift, transporting predominantly palletised loads while enjoying well-planned routes and a varied day on the road
- Play a key role in ensuring products arrive safely and on time, assisting with the unloading process at delivery points and providing excellent service at every stop
- Take ownership of the full delivery cycle, including returning empty pallets, recyclable materials and store returns back to the RRU, while operating safely, legally and professionally at all times
What you need to succeed at GXO:
- Full UK driving licence with category C+E entitlement
- Valid Driver Qualification and Digital Tachograph Cards
- No more than 6 penalty points
- No DR, DG, DD, BA, CD, AC, LC or TT99 endorsements within the previous 5 years
- Previous experience driving category C+E vehicles is desirable
We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains. GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.


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