Title: Class 1 Trunker Driver
Function: Distribution
Contract: Full time, Permanent
Hours: 1600 starts working 4 on 4 off rotation (12 hour shifts)
Location: Banbury
Salary: £766.67 per week
Are you a Class 1 Trunker Driver at the top of your game?
Working alongside the Distribution Teams, you’ll drive in one of the most professional fleets in the country. Our vehicles have state of the are telematics, sat nav and tracking systems. Our teams are dedicated to ensuring our depots and hubs are ready to deliver great quality and freshness to millions of people every day.
Join us and be proud to be heading in the right direction.
Essential Ingredients
To join the Warburtons family, you’ll need a LGV Cat C+E driving licence with no more than 6 points. You’ll also have a good knowledge of transport legislation and tachographs, be reliable, responsible and used to working in a trunking role.
The Recipe
1. Be supported with an induction, support from in-house driver training teams, SAFED and ongoing CPC. Your Driver CPC training is in work hours too, not outside of them.
2. You’ll work set contracted hours starting at 1600 on a 12 hour shift, working a 4 on 4 off rotation, all of which will hopefully help you to plan your life around work more easily.
3. Your knowledge of basic vehicle maintenance mechanical knowledge (in order to able to relay faults on defect forms) and transport legislation will be key, for example Driver Hours, WTD and the Highway Code for a smooth and safe day
4. Enjoy plenty of freedom. As a driver you’ll assist in the loading and unloading of your trailer – working safely is a key priority for us, so you’ll be
5. compliant with Health and Safety, quality, food safety and accident reporting procedures to achieve an accident-free workplace – and you’re off!
6. As you won’t only be delivering to our own depots, but also customer RDC’s, you’ll provide a quality service, that develops strong relationships, exceeds their expectations and on occasion be able to manage confrontation in a calm and professional manner, as well as acting as an ambassador for our brand with everyone, while living our values
About Us
In Banbury you’ll find our newly built distribution and consolidation centre, situated on the junction of the M40, giving us the very best access to the UK’s motorway network. With almost 200 drivers and warehouse colleagues working on various shift patterns, it’s the biggest purpose-built distribution site for Warburtons, at 85,000 square feet.
We are currently delivering over 4 million items to our customers and Cross Docking 85,000 stacks of bread, this is equivalent to 559 double deck trailers or 965 single deck trailers, every four weeks. And we’re still growing!
Banbury is now a dedicated Test Centre for License Acquisition, developing our own talented bunch of drivers and supporting them through their required driving licences.
Extra Dough
At last and by no means yeast you will want to know what your breads worth:
7. Basic Weekly Pay of £766.76
8. A slice of the annual profits (discretionary profit share)
9. Ongoing CPC Modules - your Driver CPC training is in work hours too, not outside of them.
10. Award winning pension scheme with company contributions up to 7%
11. Life Assurance
12. Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay (Qualifying T’s&C’s Apply)
13. Products you'll love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Extra Dough website
14. Continued investment in your personal development
15. Fully stocked kitchens filled with our delicious products for you to enjoy with your daily brew!
16. Support for your health and wellbeing, including access to free physiotherapy, 24/7 access to a confidential helpline for practical advice and a comprehensive occupational health service