Van Driver

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Van Driver – Tewkesbury Depot – £12.78 per hour

About The Role

You will work as part of our Depot Team to ensure all orders are delivered to customers in line with requirements, ensuring everything arrives in the chef’s kitchen in perfect order. This position covers second deliveries to customers with a start time between approximately 12am‑4am until the route is finished. Part‑time and full‑time positions are available.

What You Will Do

• Always ensuring that our customers receive first‑class customer service during their delivery; interacting with customers in a respectful and professional manner.
• Ensure each order is delivered to our customers as per the delivery instructions. If it is not possible to deliver as per the instructions, this should be raised immediately to the Depot team.
• Be responsible for and use GPS navigation and order system along with a PDA device.
• When delivering to the customer, ensure that the order is as per the invoice. If there are any issues, ensuring that these are raised to the Depot Team.
• Ensure you adhere to UK driving laws at all times.
• Ensure that your vehicle is kept clean and tidy at all times in line with the cleaning schedule.
• Thoroughly complete a daily walk‑round check on your assigned vehicle prior to departing the depot to ensure it is roadworthy and raise an issue with the vehicle as required.
• Ensure that hygiene standards are at all times performed to BRC accreditation and to our own high GMP standards.
• Have knowledge of company and statutory Health & Safety, security and emergency procedures.

What You Will Need

• Full UK driving licence.
• Good understanding of UK driving laws.
• Good understanding of GB domestic drivers’ hours rules.
• You will be working on your own so will need to be reliable and conscientious.
• Strong problem‑solving skills to assist in minimising disruption to our customers.
• You will need strong verbal and written communication skills and have an enthusiastic, can‑do attitude.

Benefits

• Fancy volunteering? We will give you one day off a year to take part in volunteering.
• Generous discounts on our products.
• Cycle to Work Scheme that offers discounted bikes and cycling equipment.
• Donate through your pay to a charity of your choice; the money is simply deducted from your pay before tax, so for every pound you donate, the 20p that usually goes to tax will go to the charity instead!
• We also have a range of employee assistance services which can be tailored to give you support on various matters such as financial, health and wellbeing advice.
• We treat our teams to a free meal every few months, from our visiting fish & chip van, to freshly made bacon baps from our in‑house chefs.

About Us

Wellocks is one of the leading UK food distributors in the hospitality industry. We provide fruit, vegetables, dairy, eggs, poultry, meat, store cupboard essentials and everything else chefs will need in their restaurant kitchen. Thanks to our highly skilled team, we also offer pre-prepared veg and freshly-made pasta which is a key part of our service. From our humble beginnings in 1961 supplying potatoes to local pubs and restaurants, 60 years later we now supply over 1,200 restaurant kitchens across the country with amazing ingredients. We’re proud to be part of the William Jackson Food Group, a dedicated family-owned food business which started in 1851. Our sister businesses are Abel & Cole, Jacksons Bakery and Belazu. Family values and the commitment which comes with such a long-standing business are rooted in our culture here at Wellocks. Diverse teams really are the best teams. We want everyone to feel they can be themselves at work and develop their talents to the full. All colleagues are expected to take personal responsibility for keeping our workplace free from discrimination, harassment, and bullying – a place where everyone is treated fairly and respectfully.

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Management and Manufacturing

Industries

Food and Beverage Manufacturing

Location

Tewkesbury, England, United Kingdom

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