26T Long Distance Multidrop Driver Grays

Job Type: Full Time, Permanent Location: Grays, Essex Salary: £800 £1,000 per week with Nights Out

Breakdown: £750 per week plus nights out at £30 per night and overtime at £18.00 p/h after 11 hours per day.

As part of your employment, we will pay for and train you in gaining your ADR in packages certification.

The work is consistent, i.e. it is a full-time, permanent job with weekly pay and your own allocated truck.

The truck available is an automatic FM Volvo sleeper cab curtain side tail lift with a 28ft body so rear tail swing experience is essential. Each vehicle is valeted prior to a new driver going into it.

Benefits:

• Pay is weekly
• 20 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays per year
• A pension plan is optional with your employment
• Training where necessary

About the Role:

This 26T HGV Driver role involves working directly for our customer, on contract.

Our client will be your point of contact for all operational work; however, we will be your point of contact should you have any issues with the truck or what the customer is asking of you.

We provide training where necessary to familiarise you with the role and bed you into the job. These HGV roles are independent and are ideal for drivers that like to think for themselves.

Nights out will be a part of this job.

Outline of the Work:

This logistics role is based out of our customer s site off Oliver Road in Grays, aiming to be at your first job for 8am.

• Monday to Friday with nights out
• Some days you may work 8 9 hours; however, if you work over 11 hours, you get paid overtime
• Customers try to route you to the same areas where possible, helping you get to know the customers and the quickest routes
• If you return to the depot after completing your run and the customer asks you to do something further within your 11 hours, you ll be expected to carry out this work (this isn t regular but worth noting)

Essential Skills and Qualifications:

• Must be keen, efficient and have sound safe working practices
• ADR licence in packages is beneficial but not required
• Always be conscious of the health and safety of yourself and the people around you
• Valid digital tacho
• Up-to-date CPC Card

This 26T HGV Driver role involves palletised transport work, doing multiple deliveries or collections per day to commercial premises across the UK.

Each morning, you ll be expected to put your card in, do your walk-round checks, go to the office to get your consignments for the day (or continue on from secure parking via SNAP account), check your load, secure it as necessary, and commence driving calling ahead to your first customer to advise an ETA where possible.