Job Description

Your Way Driver.

Starting salary of £29,989 rising to £41,496 on successful course completion and obtaining HGV Class 2 licence

Start your new professional driving career with world-class, award-winning training and high operational standards. You’ll join us initially as a dedicated Your Way Van Driver – as the face of our business, delivering both food and non-food products to multiple locations throughout the day. You'll work with a number of stakeholders to provide an outstanding service to our Your Way customers, working closely with our network of sales managers in specific geographic areas and building tight relationships with our customers in these areas. Your route might not be the same from one day to the next, but we can guarantee you'll meet a variety of customers along the way.  

You will also be responsible for regular checks on your multi-temperature van and DVSA compliance.  Your journey with us will start with a full induction and before you know it, you will have moved onto our award-winning HGV Development Programme which will see you gain your Class 2 Driver qualification within 6 months, then the sky's the limit.  

You will be working a 45 hour week,  we can discuss the shift days and times with you at interview. Upon gaining your HGV2 licence your salary will increase to £41,496. 

To join us, you will need a full clean Driving Licence and ideally, previous multidrop or van driving experience. You will also need ambition and commitment to become a qualified HGV 2 driver through our award winning driver development programme. To be successful you'll be approachable with excellent communication skills and your enthusiasm to do a great job will shine through in everything you do.  In return, you’ll enjoy job stability and some pretty impressive benefits too:

• Generous annual leave with option to buy more
• Heavily discounted quality food, hotels and restaurants
• On site physio
• Reward, recognition and referral schemes
• Free food days
• Pension scheme
• Charitable events to get involved with
• A health and wellbeing programme, to look after you.

People join us for the stability and security. But they stay for our fun and friendly culture that supports everyone to be the best they can be. Join us and discover all sorts of opportunities to develop your career with us, as well as a range of great benefits.  

Built on a passion for food and feeding the nation, we are the UK’s largest foodservice supplier. Every day Brakes deliver the highest quality fresh and frozen food and ingredients from our nationwide network of distribution centres to some of the nation’s most famous pubs and restaurants, as well as schools, caterers, care homes and hospitals. Our customers depend on us, and our 6,000-strong workforce is dedicated and proud to be part of this vital provision. And we’re growing! 

Qualifications

Full UK Driving Licence

Additional Information

At Brakes everyone is welcome. We don’t want you to ‘fit our culture’ we want you to help define it and we actively celebrate the unique talents of each and every colleague. We don’t just look at your CV, we’re more focused on who you are and your potential. As part of our values, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone has a voice, is appreciated and has the same opportunities. We work hard to ensure that everyone feels part of our business, as we care for one another and connect the world through food and trusted partnerships. Our ultimate goal is to ensure that everyone belongs and thrives at Brakes and we recognise that Brakes can only thrive when everyone feels they belong. We'll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our resourcing team who will be happy to support you.