7.5 Tonne Driver
Qualities Needed
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As a 7.5 Tonne Driver at City Plumbing, you are the face of our business, ensuring our trade customers get the supplies they need on time and in perfect condition. You will be responsible for multi-drop deliveries across the local area, providing excellent customer service and maintaining the highest standards of vehicle safety and compliance. This role is essential to keeping our customers' projects moving, and you will play a key part in the success of your local branch.
Key Responsibilities:
- Safe Delivery: Efficiently complete multi-drop deliveries of plumbing and heating supplies to customer sites and branches.
- Customer Service: Act as a brand ambassador, providing professional and helpful service at every stop.
- Vehicle Maintenance: Conduct daily walk-around checks and ensure your 7.5T vehicle is kept in roadworthy condition.
- Compliance: Adhere to all tachograph and EU Drivers’ Hours regulations, as well as health and safety protocols.
- Loading/Unloading: Assist with the safe loading of the vehicle and manual handling of goods upon delivery.
- Branch Support: When needed, assisting with the general duties within the branch and warehouse such as serving customers on the trade counter, telesales and ensuring the housekeeping standards are maintained both on the trade counter and warehousing. You'll support the team with achieving and exceeding sales targets at optimum margins.
You:
You will be contracted to a set minimum number of hours per week, and you will be required to be flexible to work additional hours to deliver the best customer experience, especially during the peak trading winter heating season. Where possible, hours and shifts will be agreed with you with plenty of notice so that you know exactly what you are doing and when! You’ll naturally promote and embrace our inclusive team environment and we’re sure you’ll have some fun along the way!
Please note that this position may also be referred to in the industry as: 7.5T Driver, C1 Driver, Multi-drop Delivery Driver, Cat C1 Driver, LGV Driver, Trade Counter Delivery Driver, or Collection & Delivery Driver.
Us:
From boilers to bathroom suites, tubing to towel rails and everything in between, City Plumbing has all the products our customers need to complete the job. And we have all you need to build a successful career! We’re proud of our reputation for selling quality plumbing and heating products to both trade and retail customers and we’re super excited about our future. We put our colleagues at the heart of all we do, giving them all the tools they need to be successful, happy and feel rewarded in their career with us.
Benefits Package and Cultural Environment:
- Bonus
- Discounts, savings and cash back at numerous retailers
- Life assurance
- Extended family policy including maternity, paternity, additional annual leave and more
- Mental Health First Aiders and Employee Assistance Programme, we look out for each other
- Complete induction and a company that lets you grow and encourages development
- Financial education and loans
- Flexible working options
- A business striving to create an environment of inclusion so everyone can be their true self
- And more!
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We’re passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that celebrates and values diversity. Bring your whole self to work regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. We don’t want you to ‘fit’ our culture, we want you to enrich it.
We are committed to best practices in recruitment and undertake Basic Criminal Record Disclosures for candidates that are offered employment within our branches that undertake deliveries for British Gas. This check will only be undertaken after the acceptance of an offer of employment.