To be a key member of the home removal team reporting to the Branch Manager. To lead the team ensuring the home removal job is completed on time and to the customer's satisfaction. The HGV Removals Driver will pack customer items in their home, liaise with the customer. Facilitate the safe loading and securing of goods to and from the vehicle. In some circumstances this may be unsupervised therefore they must use their initiative to foresee any potential problems and solve them as they arise. Work will involve travel throughout UK and Europe for which subsistence allowance is provided.
Extensive work away from base with generous subsistence allowance paid.
Main Responsibilities
Extensive travel away from base throughout UK & Europe
Act as customer facing representative of the company
Lead the removal team on site
Safely drive and be responsible for the HGV vehicle
Vehicle defect checking and reporting
Comply with tachograph and WTD legislation
Lift and manoeuvre furniture and effects safely
To protect furniture as required with packing materials
To pack personal effects into suitable cartons with protection
Write inventories of goods moved / shipped
Complete paperwork for jobs correctly
Act as banksman for vehicle driver
To act and behave in accordance with Health and Safety Requirements
Be able to work aware from home within the UK
Be able to work away from home within Europe
To drive company transit van or car, as required
Personal Data
Physically fit
Lives local to branch
Legible handwriting and good verbal communication skills
Education & Training
HGV Driving Licence
Driver CPC Qualification card current
GSCE Maths and English or equivalent standard desirable.
Attended Basic Practical Course and passed assessment
Knowledge and compliance of Working Time Regulations
Ensuring all Company and legal instructions are complied with at all times
Government or other association organization security cleared (desirable where applicable)
Understanding of Health & Safety requirements / use of PPE
Manual Handling Training / Experience
Skills & Personal Attributes
High personal standards of appearance
Co-operative and flexible (to work any 5 out of 7 days)
Polite and courteous
Have a clean disciplinary record for the previous 12 months
Able to work efficiently unsupervised
Conscientious attitude towards work.
Good interpersonal skills.
Weekend working as directed.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: 34515 to 50,000+ OTE per year plus 40 (tax free) per night overnight subsistence allowance
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: 34,515.00-50,000.00 per year
Additional pay:
Bonus scheme
Tips
Benefits:
Company pension
Schedule:
Day shift
Holidays
Monday to Friday
Overtime
Weekend availability
Experience:
lifting home furniture safely: 1 year (preferred)
packing personal home effects into cartons: 1 year (preferred)
Driving a Goods Vehicle: 1 year (required)
driving: 1 year (required)
Licence/Certification: