Why Become a Customer Delivery Driver with Waitrose & Partners?
At Waitrose & Partners, we’re committed to helping people find their happier, whether that’s our Partners behind the scenes, local communities, or customers. An essential part of that is bringing our food to people in their homes — that’s especially needed for those who can’t easily get out for themselves.
With Delivery Driver jobs, you can be the friendly face who allows people to get themselves sorted, maintain their independence, or even make the most of their day.
With food retailers like Waitrose & Partners, you might spend your driver shifts:
* Travelling safely around your local community
* Loading deliveries and carrying out van checks before you go out on the road
* Greeting people at the door
* Helping get their deliveries in and unpacked
That means if you’re practical and hands-on, enjoy being out and about and putting smiles on people’s faces, you could find a rewarding job experience as a Customer Delivery Driver.
How do you qualify as a Delivery Driver?
Qualifications and required experience vary from retailer to retailer with Customer Delivery Driver jobs in the UK, with the most important factor being that you can demonstrate being a safe and considerate driver. At Waitrose & Partners, it’s essential that you have a full valid UK manual driving license with no more than six points to be eligible.
See below to learn more whether you’d be suited to Delivery Driver roles:
Customer Delivery Driver jobs are an accessible entry-level pathway into our driving job opportunities. While previous experience is useful for Delivery Driver jobs, we provide full assessment and training from our driving assessors and trainers to help you gain confidence out on the road in a delivery van.
Once you get started with us, our full training and development will make sure that you’re ready and confident to go out on the road – at first with a driver’s mate to support you, and then solo when you’re happy to take that next step.
As Customer Delivery Driving jobs involve the delivery, handling and selling of age-restricted items, applicants must be 18 years or over to apply.
How do I get a Delivery Driver job in the UK?
If you have a driver’s licence, are over 18 and have the right to work in the UK, then you may very well be eligible for Delivery Driver jobs with a leading British food retailer like Waitrose & Partners.
You can find and apply for delivery jobs near you listed on our careers site, register for job alerts to learn about driver roles as they become available or by attending one of our Recruitment Open Days at our CDC’s.
As well as submitting your CV when applying, we’ll ask you to take an Online Driving Assessment that looks at your driving history, knowledge, attitude and awareness of hazards. If you are successful in the first part of the application, then we’ll invite you to come to meet us face-to-face to see if you’d be a good match for what we do.
At Waitrose & Partners, our pay for Customer Delivery Drivers starts at £10.74 per hour. This may rise depending on experience, local living costs and any enhanced rates for night shifts.
What types of Customer Delivery Driver jobs are there?
The two sorts of grocery Delivery Driver jobs commonly offered could give you very different working experiences. Whether you value local community or logistics at scale, you can find driving roles that match what makes you tick.
Customer Delivery Driver jobs at branches
You could apply for driver jobs with local branches near you, where you might quickly get to grips with the main routes and start building relationships. Over weeks, months or even years, you’ll become a familiar face to the rest of the shop team and to a local community of customers through regular home deliveries.
Being based at one of our 355 Waitrose & Partners shops around the UK, you’ll use your driving skills but also get more involved with putting together deliveries, loading, or even building relationships through customer service.
Customer Delivery Driver jobs at Customer Fulfilment Centres
These Customer Delivery Driver roles offer a wider selection of routes, onsite amenities such as dedicated vehicle maintenance and driver trainers. If you love being out in the road, these could be the types of driving jobs that could be a great match for you.
Is Customer Delivery Driver a rewarding job?
For the right kind of person, driver jobs can be hugely rewarding. That’s because every day you can:
* Make a difference that you can see serving people in the community
* Use your initiative to independently solve challenges you encounter out on the road
* Build relationships with regular customers and bring a smile and a joke to their day
* Get to know the twists and turns of your local area street by street
* Get outside in the fresh air every day
Home delivery is an introduction to a career in driving that could take you to many places. Whether you want to stay where you are or progress further into managing teams of drivers, planning routes with logistics or even potentially pathways into more advanced driving roles such as LGV Driving, you’ll find limitless opportunity that starts with home delivery jobs at Waitrose & Partners.
Why choose to be a Customer Delivery Driver with Waitrose & Partners?
Waitrose & Partners are part of the John Lewis Partnership, the UK’s largest employee-owned business. We’re #DrivenByPurpose to work together for a happier world and our driver roles are different from any other major food retailer you could choose from. That’s because offering you a truly rewarding working experience is at the heart of what we do.
With us, you’re not just an employee — you’re a Partner. With our Waitrose Driver jobs, you’ll experience the Partnership difference through benefits that offer amazing options to enjoy life both inside and outside of work.
These include:
* Exclusive use hotels to make the most of your time off
* VIP Suites at the O2 and Wembley Arena
* Highly-subsidised Partner dining rooms, music and sports tickets and personal development
* Societies and clubs for sports, culture and more
Go the distance today — choose unique Customer Delivery Driving roles with Waitrose & Partners to #FindYourHappier while keeping your local community connected to the food they love.
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