As a key member of our team, your responsibilities will include: Ensuring the safe and timely delivery of goods. Directly liaising with delivery points. Portraying a professional branded image to all our customers. Maintaining excellent relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Obtaining signed or electronic Proof of Delivery (POD) documents. Completing necessary transport administration at the beginning, end, and during shifts. Driving in a fuel-efficient and safe manner. Full compliance with all EU Driver Hours and Road Transport Directive (RTD) Regulations. Ensuring goods are transported within correct temperature specifications. Adhering to safe systems of work for equipment usage. Completing pre and post-vehicle checks and reporting any defects appropriately. Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on-the-job training and development.

To be successful in this role, you should:

• Have no unspent endorsements, except for speeding and/or parking offences, to a maximum of 6 points.
• Be compliant with the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence.
• Have no convictions (spent or otherwise) for careless/dangerous driving or driving under the influence of drink or drugs within the last 5 years.
• Be fully conversant with the requirements of EC Directive 561/2006 and 3821/85, strictly obeying the law related to Drivers Hours and Tachograph systems.
• Possess reasonable knowledge of the UK Highway Code and the ability to read and understand written instructions displayed on road signs.
• Display a reasonable understanding of the legal restrictions applied to Large Goods Vehicles, particularly regarding bridge height warning signs, yellow box junctions, and restricted zones (e.g., London Congestion Charging/London Lorry Ban).
• Have a minimum of 6 months of experience in a similar working environment.
  
  We're a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make every day. We're a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing around 13,600 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK's food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals, and in FY23, we generated revenues of 1.9bn.
Our vast direct-to-store (DTS) distribution network, comprising of 17 depots nationwide, enables us to make over 10,400 daily deliveries of our own chilled and frozen produce and that of third parties. Tamworth is a large picking depot and one of the busiest and most complexed in the area. The depot serves the major convenience retailers in the region and makes over 2000 deliveries per day., At Greencore, we prioritize our people, celebrating diversity, and fostering an environment where everyone can be their authentic selves. Together, we make every day taste better. If you meet these criteria, join us and contribute to driving the future success of Greencore., Greencore Group is a leading manufacturer of convenience foods. We're looking for passionate, talented people who can help us to drive our future success.


• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
• Paid driver CPC training - Online & On-site courses provided
• Drivers' health medicals paid
• Generous company pension contribution up to 8% (Post probationary period)
• Free Parking
• Union affiliation
• Full uniform and PPE provided
• Cycle to work scheme
• Occupational health support
• Factory Staff Shops
• Long service awards