Company Description

If you’re friendly, hardworking, and energetic - discover the best driving career in Peterlee.  Enjoy the security of working for one of the largest food service providers in the UK. Benefit from being able to buy heavily discounted high-quality food - everything from chicken breasts to ice-cream. Relax with permanent Sundays off. And achieve your ambitions, with all the support, training, and opportunity you need to take your career further.

Job Description

Hourly Rate : 14.93 p/h - 34,944 Annual Salary

45 hours per week

Our shift patterns are: usually Monday - Friday with 1 in 4 Saturdays 

You’ll start with a thorough induction, which involves a week or two of classroom   learning, followed by time with a Training Support Driver to gain experience of driving your route before you go it alone. As the name suggest, this isn’t an A to B long-distance driving role. It’s multi-drop. You’ll drive an 18 or 26 tonne vehicle, on a consistent route and deliver food to restaurants, pubs, care homes, schools and hospitals.. At each drop, you’ll pick the food from the back of your lorry yourself, which can be physically challenging. But at each of these stops you’ll also have the chance to build a good rapport with your customers, which is really satisfying.

With 50% driving and 50% picking, the role is physical, varied and interesting. If you’re a newly qualified Class2 driver it’s a perfect way to gain valuable experience in a driving role and if you’re a van driver looking to move into HGV driving, our ‘Changing Gears’ training programme will support you to achieve your Class2 qualification. You’ll enjoy some pretty impressive benefits too:

• Generous annual leave with option to buy more
• Heavily discounted quality food, hotels and restaurants
• 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 will always need to eat. So, we’ll always need to deliver food.

Join our valuable team of drivers and see how far you could go with us.

Apply now...

Qualifications

 Class 2 (Cat C minimum) driver with valid CPC cards

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. 

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.