delivery driver Cambridge, East of England, England
Job description
Delivery Driver Assistant
£23,000 per annum
Sawston, Cambridgeshire
7am – 5:30pm (Tuesday – Thursday)
7am - 5pm (Friday)
About Us
HWC is an independent fast-growing Logistics and Warehousing company. Our Cambridge depot houses our fleet of delivery vehicles operating across the network and delivering to domestic and commercial properties.
We’re currently looking for a Delivery Driver Assistant to join our team working across Cambridgeshire on a permanent, full-time basis. Our Delivery team play a crucial part within the business. They are the face of our brand by delivering our customers goods, predominantly garden furniture, and continuously providing excellent garden furniture. Our Delivery Drivers are important to us, giving customer feedback insights and ensuring we stay committed to delivering goods within the promised time.
This is an excellent opportunity for a multi-drop driver with great DIY skills to join our growing company and continue to provide outstanding customer service.
This is a great chance to get outside, meet people and travel your local area, utilising your DIY skills to brighten customers’ days with new furniture and your great customer care expertise.
In return, we offer an abundance of support and encouragement to enable you to make a success of your role, now and for the future.
The Role
As a Delivery Driver Assistant, you will work as part of a two-person team to deliver and install/build furniture and seasonal goods directly to customers’ homes.
Providing excellent customer service, you will ensure customers receive a smooth and friendly furniture installation/build service.
You will work with the distribution team to load and unload furniture onto vehicles and make multiple deliveries on a daily basis.
Responsibilities
- Delivering product to customer’s premises (Domestic and Commercial)
- Assembly of Garden Furniture
- Ensure high levels of customer service at all times
- Loading of your vehicle
- Vehicle maintenance including carrying out daily checks
- Help in the warehouse as and when required
About You
To be considered as a Delivery Driver Assistant, you will need:
- Experience of multi-drop
- Excellent DIY skills
- Familiarity with navigation aids
- A customer-focused, detail-oriented approach
- Exceptional time management skills
- A full, valid driving licence
Company Benefits
- A range of regular staff events.
- Staff discounts.
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Christmas Close Down
- Enhanced overtime pay over peak periods
- Birthday Gifts
Interview Process
The Interview for this role will be a 2-step process as follows:
First Stage – Teams Screening Call with HR Director (30 minutes)
- Why have you applied?
- Discuss your experience
- Discuss your successes
- Have you got the passion?
- Why should we employ you?
Second Stage – Face to Face with Warehouse and Logistics Director (1 hour)
- Demonstration of past experience and experiences
- Cultural discussion
- Do you like us?
- Do you like our culture?
- Will you fit well within in the existing team?
- Show around the warehouse
Due to the nature of the role, overtime may be required to meet the needs of the business.
Other organisations may call this role Delivery Driver, Multi-Drop Driver, Goods Delivery Driver, Delivery Operative, or Driver’s Mate.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £23,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Store discount
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Flexitime
- Holidays
- Overtime
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Cambridge, CB22 3JG: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- Delivery driver experience: 1 year (preferred)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (preferred)
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: Drivers Mate
