truck driver

truck driver Staverton, East Midlands, England

Creed Foodservice
Full Time Staverton, East Midlands, England 34650 - 12.04 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

About Creed:
Creed is a family business, established in 1972, which is ambitious with it's growth within the industry. We deliver a great range of multi-temperature food products, including our butchery and fresh ranges to caterers across the country from our offices in Cheltenham, Ilkeston & High Wycombe. It's a great place to be and we are proud of our role in supporting our local community. We are dedicated to creating a great place to work, with great people and this year we have been listed as a top 50 company to work for by Best Companies, across all three of our depots, having achieved a “two star” status. We are also the number one food and drinks sector (Q2) company to work for. Our people are committed to our values, choose their attitude and focus on the needs of the customer. They work hard and are committed to providing a great service but want to have some fun and development along the way. Our employees often get involved in charity events, attend the company conversations, put forward their ideas for improvement and contribute in the team briefings. Our core business values are being: Commercial, Proud, Friendly and Nurturing.

About the role:
Being a Driver at Creed Foodservice is much more than meeting each delivery on time. In all of our driving roles you will have the opportunity to get to know your regular customers and deliver a personalised service. Many of our Drivers follow regular routes several days per week and build friendships with the customers that they deliver to, often finding their Coffee or Tea, just the way that they like it when they arrive to deliver to regular routes. Our drivers receive recognition for their positive attitude, friendly jokes, and willingness to help both from our customers and other teams with some being recognised and receiving awards from our Chief Executive and Managing Director. Being a Driver at Creed isn’t just about ensuring each delivery reaches our customers on time, you are able to build genuine relationships with the Chefs and other staff in a variety of Schools, Care Homes, Pubs, Restaurants, Hotels, Leisure facilities and more and have the autonomy to go the extra mile to deliver excellent service for them because we #BelieveInMore.
Everyone in our business understands the importance of our Drivers and we make sure that every new starter in our business has the opportunity to spend a day being a Drivers Mate as part of their induction, so they fully understand the valuable part that you play, delivering excellent service to our customers and making sure that our customers can prepare delicious meals for theirs.

As well as being a valued member of the team and providing great service to our customers you will make multiple drops in a day, delivering temperature-controlled products (both frozen and refrigerated) so you will need to carry out temperature checks and ensure that you take the necessary breaks required to avoid tacho infringements. Your safety is important to us, so we want you to follow all legislative requirements, including drivers hour’s and to drive with due care and attention. You will also need to complete all of the necessary paperwork accurately and in a timely fashion (VC40, Temperature Records, Debrief), Conduct all daily checks, resolve any issues and report any accidents that may occur and ensure that the vehicle (and where applicable fridge and freezer) are fuelled.

The ideal candidate:

  • Enjoy talking to people, building relationships and delivering great service to customers.
  • Want to work for a company that values you and the important role that you play in the business.
  • Are a team player who is willing to help others to make sure that hungry people are fed, on time.
  • Want to work somewhere where others will help you to get your customers the right products on time.
  • Want to get to know and build friendships at work, instead of just delivering products to different people every day.
  • Are Friendly, adaptable and comfortable with accommodating schedule changes to ensure that all of our customers receive great service.
  • Have a Class 2 Licence and Full CPC hours and can manage your time to ensure you drive safely, taking the right breaks.
  • Multi-drop and temperature controlled delivery experience will set your application at a distinct advantage.

Benefits: 33 Days of annual leave, Living Wage Foundation Employer, Life Assurance, Savings Scheme, Training & Development Opportunities, Discounted Staff Purchases, Staff Lottery, Auto-enrolment Pension Scheme, Online Discounts Package and many more.

If you want to join a team where you will be fully trained and have opportunities in the future to progress and you have a strong work ethic then click apply now below.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age, as outlined in our equal opportunities policy.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £34,650.00 per year

Benefits:

  • Additional leave
  • Casual dress
  • Company events
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Discounted or free food
  • Employee discount
  • Health & wellbeing programme
  • Life insurance
  • On-site parking
  • Referral programme
  • Store discount

Schedule:

  • Day shift
  • Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Staverton GL51 6TQ: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

  • Professional LGV Driving: 1 year (required)
  • Multi Drop: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

  • Class 2 Licence and Full CPC hours (required)

Work authorisation:

  • United Kingdom (required)

Shift availability:

  • Day shift (required)

Work Location: In person

About Creed Foodservice

CEO: Chris Creed
Revenue: Unknown / Non-Applicable
Size: 201 to 500 Employees
Type: Company - Private
Website: www.creedfoodservice.co.uk
Year Founded: 1972

truck driver
Creed Foodservice

www.creedfoodservice.co.uk
Gloucester, United Kingdom
Chris Creed
Unknown / Non-Applicable
201 to 500 Employees
Company - Private
Wholesale
1972
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