Culina Group
HGV Class 1 Driver
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Company Description
Fowler Welch – a multi-award winning logistics provider who deliver a range of products and services to retailers and wholesalers across the nation. We live by a simple set of values: to delight our customers, maximise our efficiency, be socially responsible and promote being an employer of choice.
Job Description
We’re looking for experienced HGV Class 1 Drivers to join our chilled distribution operation based in Newton Abbott. In your role as a HGV Driver, you will be operating refrigerated articulated vehicles, delivering and collecting chilled stock from Local and Regional Distribution Centres as well as Farms and Packhouses across the UK.
Shifts: Friday to Tuesday Days (Start time between 05:00 and 07:00)
Salary:
- Days – Guaranteed annual salary of £40,580
- Average hourly rate £15.61
- Guaranteed 50 hours per week
- Overtime paid at an enhanced rate
What you'll be doing:
- Carrying out chilled distribution deliveries to local and regional distribution centres, as well as Farms and Packhouses
- No requirement to self tip, Stores responsibility to load and unload
- Collecting equipment or returns from customer locations and bringing them back to site.
- Report to the Transport team at the start of each shift and keep them updated on delays, delivery issues or load discrepancies.
- Complete all paperwork accurately and ensure PODs are signed and returned to the Transport Office.
- Follow company procedures, including health, safety and hygiene standards.
- Manage your working time in line with the Road Transport Directive and tachograph rules.
- Complete daily vehicle checks and report defects correctly and take responsibility for your unit and trailer, including temperature checks where required.
- Maintain a professional standard of behaviour, appearance and customer service at all times.
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Qualifications
- Possession of LGV Class 1 Licence
- Current CPC
- Knowledge of Road Transport Directive and current drivers’ hours.
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work efficiently and accurately under pressure.
- Effectively prioritise workload in order to meet set deadline
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Additional Information
In return, we offer:
- Fully funded CPC training that takes place on a paid working day
- Fowler Welch ‘Safedrive’ Scheme – we reward our drivers on safe, efficient and legally compliant driving, with the potential of earning an extra £1,000 a year!
- Fowler Welch ‘Collision Free Year’ awards and associated yearly prize draws
- Coveted ‘Driver of the Year’ accolade – highlighting our very best drivers and rewarding them with prizes including £500 of vouchers
- Free Fowler Welch Healthcare Cash Plan
- Free Life Insurance as a Fowler Welch employee equal to three times your basic salary
- Competitive Pension Scheme
- Recognition schemes for our exceptional employees – monthly winners receive £100 of shopping vouchers
When our staff have passion for what they do they work with more care and attention which is reflected to our clients,
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