LGV Class 2 Driver Northampton, England
Job description
All About Us
AH Allen Steel Services are part of Barrett Steel Limited the UK’s largest steel stockholder with over 150 years of heritage. Family owned, the group is made up of 29 sites and holds over 120,000 tonnes of steel stock. Barrett Steel is committed to providing innovative and exceptional service by continuously investing in the latest processing machinery and materials handling equipment. Customer needs and community support are at the heart of everything, ensuring Barrett Steel is always your local steel stockholder. For more information about the company visit https://www.barrettsteel.com/
All About the Role
Based at our AH Allen Steel Services site in Brackmills, Northampton, the purpose of this role is to carry out driving & related duties involved with the carriage of goods within a defined geographical area, ensuing full compliance to all Health and Safety procedures. This role is Monday to Friday 6.30 am – 3.00pm Monday to Friday plus overtime when required
Specific tasks could include:
- To oversee the safe unloading of vehicles at customer premises.
- Ensuring Proofs of Delivery are signed & returned without delay.
- To check the load security & weight distribution according to latest safe working practices at the beginning and end of each shift.
- To ensure that the delivery vehicles are always maintained to Company standards in terms of reporting of any defects to the vehicle.
- Ensures vehicles are in safe condition, with daily checks correctly completed before use, & are operated in a safe manner.
- Manual Handling & Loading.
- Supporting the warehouse staff as and when necessary.
- Adherence to all Health & Safety standards and legislation.
We offer you
- Highly competitive starting salary
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Cycle to work scheme
- Life assurance
- Company discount scheme for savings on retail and leisure
- Barrett Steel pension
- Career progression
All About You
Essential Skills for the role:
- To hold a valid HGV Class 2 Licence (with no more than 6 points).
- Own a Driver CPC & Digital Tachograph card.
- Knowledge of working time directive.
- Previous experience in a warehousing or distribution business.
- Understanding and experience of EHS requirements.
- Multi-Drop experience
- Ability to carry our manual handling and loading
How it feels to work for us
We provide a fantastic opportunity to work within a forward-thinking organisation that is respected as the UK’s leading steel stockholder. Our people are the driving force behind Barrett Steel, and we seek individuals who are passionate, hard-working, ambitious and demonstrate a ‘can-do’ attitude to help us build and develop the business. Barrett Steel encourages innovative thinking and has an open door for people to lead and influence change.
