Delivery Driver

As a delivery driver, you will be responsible for loading items safely and efficiently onto the vehicle and delivering the items to our customers in a timely and professional manner, following assigned routes and ETA’s.

Your duties involve conducting an inspection of the vehicle before and after trips, checking deliveries with customers to ensure orders are correct and accepted by the customer, loading, and unloading heavy crates from your vehicle and use of clever technology to record accurate delivered orders and updating of tracker device to inform customers of your ETA. To succeed as a driver, you should be polite, professional, and prompt with a commitment to providing the best service to our customers.

Duties and Responsibilities

Conducting vehicle checks/inspections using our technology
Count and verify all orders before leaving the warehouse
Loading and delivering orders to different customers within set ETAs
Professional interaction with customers – helpful, polite, and professional at all times
Ensuring that customers have the correct delivery and unloading into the customer/s designated area
Loading, unloading, and delivering orders safely and efficiently
Using our technology to record when orders have been delivered and crediting items where required
Coordinate with management and other departments ensuring customer satisfaction
Inspect crates appearance to ensure they are good enough to present for delivery to customers
Maintaining vehicle – reporting issues to the relevant person/s as soon as they arise
Listening to any customer complaints and reporting back to the relevant team to resolve
Collecting empty crates where required
Maintaining cleanliness inside and outside the vehicle
Fuelling the vehicle when required

Skills and Proficiencies

A flexible and positive attitude to the job
Always punctual and in good time to start shifts
Reliable with a strong work ethic
Ability to work under pressure, use own initiative and make important decisions without supervision
A confident approach and professional manner when meeting customers daily
Excellent driving skills
Able to work during weekends and holidays
Physically fit and able to lift heavy crates
Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise
Able to communicate effectively between colleagues and customers.
Willingness to adhere to schedule and safety procedure

Essential Experience

Must be properly licensed to drive vehicles – Full UK driving license
Experience in a similar work environment would be an advantage