Fuel Tanker Driver in Hexham

We are seeking a highly motivated and organised Fuel Tanker Driver to join our dynamic team at our Hexham depot. This exciting opportunity is ideal for someone who is customer focused. The successful individual will enjoy serving and supporting the Rural and Agricultural industry, ensuring the highest level of customer satisfaction and standards are achieved.

Every day we provide rural and agricultural communities with the support they need to succeed. Whether they are after a healthier herd or flock, increased yields, faster growth rates, a decent return on their land or even just a helping hand. We have the people, products, and services to help our customers get from where they are now to where they want to be. This is why every role at Carr's Billington is hugely important to our shared success and why we welcome talent from across all different backgrounds to work across our retail, feed, machinery, fuel and central support divisions.

Carr's Billington Agriculture is a subsidiary company of The Billington Group, who are also the proud owner of Criddle & Co., English Provender Company and Billington Foods.

To assist in the efficient operations of the Fuels depot, whilst following all operational procedures and Health and Safety guidelines:

• Daily loading of the vehicle at the company depot, or designated fuel terminal.
• Multi drop work delivering kerosene, road diesel and gas oil to both domestic and commercial customers.
• Follow all Health and Safety procedures, including basic vehicle maintenance, daily vehicle checks, driver risk assessment reporting, HGV compliance and tachograph regulation.
• Continuously promotes our Health and Safety culture.
• Actively supports teamwork to ensure targets and tasks are completed.
• Assist with other work around the depot when required, including holiday cover and support cover across other depots.
• Provide friendly and professional engagement with customers, looking for customer service opportunities to go the extra mile.
• Attend training and development meetings, including monthly H&S and toolbox talk meetings.
• Promotes the business brand whilst always working towards required standards.
• To adhere to Company and Group policies and procedures, including but not limited to those relating to Safety, Health and Environmental.

Skills, Experience And Qualities Required

Essential:

• HGV Category C licence.
• Strong, professional communication skills.
• Willingness for continuous improvement.
• Ability to work well within a team and as an individual.
• ADR including Class 3 in tanks – training will be provided if required.

Desirable:

• Previous experience of Fuel tanker driver and delivery of fuel.

Benefits

As part of The Billington Group we offer a wide range of employee benefits including:

• An attractive salary package.
• Annual salary reviews in September each year.
• A minimum of 25 days annual leave.
• Opportunity to work for a well-established family-owned business with ambitions for growth and innovation.
• Your Health: Health Assured — Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which offers counselling and health and wellbeing advice.
• Sick pay — Generous company sick pay entitlement.
• Health Cash Plan — A health cash plan allowing colleagues to claim back money spent on everyday health care such as optical, dental, physiotherapy and much more.
• Your Lifestyle: Staff Discount — Colleagues are eligible for a generous staff discount on selected products at our Country Stores.
• Cycle to work scheme — A salary sacrifice scheme saving you tax on the purchase of a new bicycle and associated equipment.
• Flexible life assurance and critical illness cover — Choose to increase the level of life assurance cover already provided to you by the company or add critical illness cover, all at preferential rates.
• My Savings Hub — Access to an exclusive member's discount website with over 3,500 brands where you can save money and earn cashback on spends from grocery shopping to holidays.
• Salary finance benefits — Savings schemes, preferential rate loans and wage advances all through payroll as well as tools for financial education.
• Pension — Enrolment into the Company pension scheme after 3 months of employment.
• Training & Development — Role specific training and ongoing training and development opportunities identified through our annual appraisal process.