LGV 1 Driver

Salary: £18.82 per hour

As one of the UK’s largest food businesses, Our client is playing a critical role in keeping the nation fed. They are continuing to operate and have recently refurbished and updated one of our hatcheries. They are now looking to recruit a motivated team of LGV 1 Drivers.
With ambitious growth plans, we are continually investing in our facilities and our people, with opportunities to develop and build your career with us.

What’s in it for you?
• Hourly pay rate: £18.82
• Paid weekly
• Guaranteed hours and opportunities for overtime
• Employee benefits include a competitive pension and access to lifestyle and wellbeing resources
• A safe dynamic working environment
• Training and development opportunities from day one

Purpose of the role
As a LGV 1 Drivers you will play a hugely important role in ensuring a consistent supply of eggs and chicks to and from the site, enabling the rest of the business to keep up with the pace of customer orders.

Key responsibilities will include:
• Distribution of eggs from various company farms to the hatchery
• Delivering of chicks to grow out and broiler farms
• Ensuring the upmost care and attention is paid securing and delivering loads
• Completing the relevant checks and procedures concerning bird welfare and bio security
• Hands on movement and securing of loads weighing up to 20kg

What we are looking for:
• A LGV 1 with less than 9 points
• Valid and in date CPC and Tacho cards
• At least 2 years’ LGV 1 experience for insurance purposes
• Good level of English and basic numeracy skills
• The ability to work well within a team and communicate effectively
• Good attention to detail and a flexible attitude to tasks
• Experience within a production/manufacturing environment is desirable but not
essential as full training will be provided

Working Hours:
5 out of 6 days – Monday – Saturday. Start times around 6am. Flexibility is required.
Due to the locality of many of the farms, we anticipate that your average working week will be approximately 40 hours

A little about our client:
Our client supply chicken and turkey to the nation’s most popular supermarkets and restaurants. They are a fully integrated business controlling the whole product supply chain, which include feed mills, farms, hatcheries and factories with associated transport and logistics functions that employ more than 7000 people.

All there facilities are Covid secure, with protective measures and precautions in place to keep our people safe:
• Daily temperature screening
• Social distancing measures – including floor markers and 2m separation where
possible
• Screens and barriers installed at workstations and canteens
• PPE and face coverings required in all shared spaces
• Additional facilities and amenities to reduce congestion
• Increased cleaning regimes across sites

If you’re ready to work in alongside talented people who take pride in delivering great results, apply today!

Due to bio-security risks, it is essential that you do not own any avian pets or poultry

We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer