HGV DRIVER

Recruiter
Matthew Clark
Location
Shepton Mallet
Salary
Competitive
Posted
13 Jul 2017
Closes
31 Jul 2017
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
  • Monday - Friday hours.
  • Easily accessible location just off the A37
  • Work for a leading distribution company with excellent benefits


About us:

Matthew Clark is an award winning drinks supplier, offering our customers an unrivalled product range with more than 4,000 drinks. We strive to be the trusted partner of our nationwide customer base of hotels, restaurants, bars, pubs and clubs.


The role:

Working Monday to Friday "job and finish", this position offers the opportunity to work within a friendly team in a national business. Our drivers are important to us at Matthew Clark - as the face of our company you will be relied upon to deliver orders to customers in a courteous and efficient manner. You will be supported by a Drivers Mate who will help you unload deliveries, act as a banksman, as well as organise paperwork and route plan where required.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Delivering orders to customers in a courteous and efficient manner as tasked
  • Completing all customer paperwork as directed and ensuring compliance with Optrak delivery schedules where applicable.
  • Keeping all vehicles in good order and to carry out daily vehicle inspections as per Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
  • Ensuring full compliance with Tachograph legislation for both Digi and Analogue equipped vehicles.
  • Advising and assist with the loading and unloading of vehicles according to depot working practices.
  • Completing all paperwork and administration required accurately, including the responsibility where necessary, for cash collection in accordance with SOPs.
  • Recording, collecting and returning to the depot all empties, returns and damages placing them in the correct locations as directed.
  • Ensuring that the vehicle is maintained in a roadworthy condition & all defects are reported daily.
  • Some warehouse duties

What we're looking for:

We are interested in hearing from HGV Class C drivers with experience in a multi-drop environment. As the face of our company you will be of smart appearance and enjoy interacting with our customers.

You will also:

  • Have manual handling experience in a busy working environment.
  • Be happy taking initiative to solve problems and working with minimal supervision at times,
  • Be able to impress with your high standards - most importantly you take pride in working safely.
  • Possess time management skills and be able to meet targets
  • Be physically able to carry out duties e.g. load and unload kegs and cases of products
  • Ideally you will also have good knowledge of the local area, so you will already have the lay of the land.

What we offer:

You will enjoy working with a fantastic team, in an easily accessible location just off the A37 and main Shepton Mallet High Street. There is parking and a canteen on-site, and a supermarket 5-10 mins away.

We offer an excellent package which includes:

  • Competitive Salary
  • 26 days annual leave + bank holidays (pro-rata)
  • Contributory Pension Scheme
  • Life assurance
  • Childcare vouchers
  • Cycle to work schemes

If this sounds like the opportunity you've been looking for, apply today ensuring that your CV/application details how you meet the above requirements