Relief Van Driver

A reliable van driver is required to join BIU Group, one of the UK’s leading textile recyclers, maintaining the excellent service standards achieved over the past decade.

Not just a driving job where you are sat in your cab; during each shift, you will be in and out at multiple recycling sites (household waste recycling sites, supermarket car parks etc.) across different counties to load your vehicle with bags of textiles, weighing off at the weighbridge and unloading at the depot – in all weathers. Please note that this is a very physical role.

Your role will be as a relief driver who will be required to cover holidays/absence for 4 other drivers so this will require flexibility.
You will be working 5 shifts out of 7, Monday to Sunday, but there will be a mixture of early morning starts (1am – 4am, depending on which round requires covering), days and nights.
When you are not covering a round you will be collecting from other charity banks in the South West e.g Plymouth and Yeovil therefore you will be ideally suited if you in the Exeter area as your van will be homebased.
You will be using vehicles with tracking, satellite navigation and PDA systems; uniform, PPE and full training is provided.

Punctuality, reliability and resilience is essential to ensure the smooth running of the operations and shift patterns, as is a good level of fitness due to the bending and lifting involved, and for loading/unloading the bags of textiles.

You should also be competent at completing paperwork for your shift and legislative purposes, and inputting collection data into the PDA system.

Although you will be part of our whole friendly team, you will be on the road on your own once you are trained for the role, unless you are allocated shifts with sites where a driver’s mate is required.

If you think you have what it takes to provide an excellent service to our clients, we look forward to receiving your application and CV.