LGV Driver - Cat CE/Class 1 - All Shifts - Fixed Weekends

Closing date: 05-04-2024

LGV Driver (C+E/Class 1) - All Shifts - Permanent Weekends - Biggleswade

Minimum 40 hours per week, 5 shifts per week - fixed rota inclusive of every Sat & Sun

Different start times available, with 1-hour flexibility required each side of your start time**

£17.37 - £21.41 hourly rate plus great benefits (£17.37 hourly base rate plus £1.41/hr unsocial shift allowance (7pm-3am) and £2.63/hr weekend shift allowance)

The Co-op, Biggleswade Distribution Centre, Pegasus Drive, Biggleswade, SG18 8YY 

No CV needed, it only takes a few minutes to complete an application

Our driver contracts are for minimum 40 hours, worked over 5 days. Drivers will be expected to work over these hours to meet the needs of the operation, all additional hours worked will be paid, along with any appropriate premiums.

We’re looking for LGV drivers to join our team at our Biggleswade depot. 

As a Co-op driver you’ll transport products safely from the distribution centre to stores in our communities, helping to offload stock into the store when you arrive. You’ll help keep our customers happy by making sure products are delivered to stores at the right time, and in return we’ll provide you with a safe, supportive work environment that offers real work/life balance, as well as a very competitive salary and benefits package.
 

What you’ll do

• deliver stock from the DC to stores in the region in a safe, professional and cost effective way
• drive safely, obeying the rules of the road and following the correct Co-op procedures
• positively represent the Co-op out on the road at all times
• treat other road users and pedestrians with respect
• provide an efficient and supportive delivery service, helping to offload stock into stores
• make every effort to deliver stock safely despite the weather conditions

This role would suit people who have

• a C+E category (Class 1) LGV drivers licence
• 6 months previous experience as a driver (particularly long-distance commercial deliveries)
• good service skills with the ability to represent Co-op positively on the road
• the ability to work positively with Co-op customers and colleagues
• great organisation and time management skills

At Co-op you’ll do work that matters, and you’ll be rewarded for your hard work with a competitive salary (including additional shift allowances) and a benefits package which includes holidays starting from 30 days per year (including bank holidays), 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores, a pension with up to 10% employer contributions, plus:

• Wagestream – a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
• YuLife – an app that rewards you for exercising with discounts and vouchers for many of the UK’s biggest brands
• Free employee assistance programme with extensive health, financial and wellbeing support
• Access to credit unions for loans and savings, plus rental deposit loans and season ticket loans
• Free eye tests every 2 years
• On-site facilities including a subsidised canteen and free parking
• Paid CPC and digital tachograph card renewal and driver medical costs covered

At Co-op, we’re proud to do things a different way. As one of the world’s largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we’ve had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities.  

We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job. 

We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply. 

If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate. 

You can find out more about our recruitment process at apply-process. 

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at diversity-inclusion-and-wellbeing. 

As part of the application process for this job, you’ll need to complete an online assessment. It will take around 10 minutes to complete the test.
 

**One hour flexibility each side of the ‘ordinary’ start time provided to you.?For example – if your ‘ordinary’ start time is 06:00, then for most shifts you’ll start at 06:00, however, on occasion, you may be scheduled to start a shift up to a maximum of 60 minutes earlier or later than your ‘ordinary’ start time.
 

We reserve the right to remove a vacancy before the scheduled closing date.