Van Driver Academy in Dartford

Are you a reliable and motivated Van Driver looking for your next opportunity? Ready to turn a Van Driver role into a £48,000+ HGV driving career? Join Our Team as a Van Driver — and Launch Your Driving Career!

With the GXO Driving Academy, you can go from Van Driver to fully qualified Class 2 Driver within 12 months — with all training fully funded. This isn’t just a job. It’s your fast‑track route into a high‑earning, nationally recognised profession.

As a Van Driver, you’ll be responsible for completing multi-drop deliveries to our valued customers – helping keep our operations running smoothly and efficiently. You will be delivering alongside a Drivers Mate who will assist in the lifting and shifting of items.

You will be working on a full-time, permanent basis, 48 hours per week, on an ‘5 on 3 off’ pattern, with start times between 05:00 - 05:30.

Pay, benefits and more:

• An annual salary of £35,744.72
• We pay to upskill you – automatic enrolment to gain your Class 2 licence, zero upfront costs*
• Earn while you learn – Stay on full pay as a Van Driver while progressing toward Class 2
• A clear career route – Step into a long-term HGV career with major earning potential and opportunities to progress even further
• Holiday pay and Workplace pension
• Extensive retail discounts across all the big retailers including supermarkets, fashion, technology, travel, days out, hair & beauty, sports and much more!
• Permanent employment contract with an ever evolving and growing market leader
• Continuous training and development opportunities including DCPC and further licenses on completion of probation.
• Extensive wellbeing programmes and initiatives accessible to all employees

*Please note: a learning agreement applies, and costs may be repayable if you leave within two years.

What you will do on a typical day:

• Work as a Van Driver delivering to customers’ homes with care, professionalism and great service — representing GXO and IKEA while building the foundations of your HGV career
• Ensuring the vehicle and stock are properly secured
• Performing vehicle checks at the beginning and end of each journey and reporting all defects

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Full UK driving licence
• No more than 6 current penalty points
• A positive, can‑do attitude
• Reliability, good communication and teamwork
• Physical capability to lift/move items
• Multi‑drop experience is useful but not essential

GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work.

GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.

We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.