Class C + E Driver (Nights) - Yard Shunter

at  apetito

WHO WE ARE

We’re the leading food producer for the health and social care sector, providing delicious, nutritious and sustainable meals for people at home or in care.
We’re also the parent company of Wiltshire Farm Foods, the UK’s premier home-delivery service for ready-made meals.
Through our wide range of well-presented, nutritious meals to suit every taste and dietary need, we aim to make a real difference to lives of elderly and vulnerable people in care.
We’re proud to be a Living Wage employer and member of the Ethical Trading Initiative. We support British food and farming and operate a successful programme of waste reduction and resource efficiency across our whole business.
In addition to your salary you will receive a comprehensive training program, 33 days annual leave holiday entitlement, the ability to buy additional annual leave, retail discounts, free car parking, free turkey (or voucher) at Christmas and much more!
Who we are:
apetito is the UK’s leading food supplier to the health and social care sectors serving more than 1,300 care homes, health care and education settings.
Our meals are expertly crafted by our dieticians and chefs, and then frozen to lock in the goodness.
Wiltshire Farm Foods, our sister company, is the UK’s largest ready meal supplier cooking and delivering over 330 different delicious frozen ready meals across the UK.

Responsibilities:

• Undertake pre & post trip vehicle inspections to ensure road worthiness
• Full compliance with drivers’ hours, tachographs and road traffic regulations.
• Driving style - damage free and economical.
• Be an ambassador of the company.
• Undertake minor vehicle service activity such as cleaning and refuelling of both vehicle and refrigerated
• Maintenance of a clean vehicle both internally and externally.
• Delivery and collection of vehicles as required to rental suppliers including any due inspections
• Inspection of hire vehicles pre and post rental
• Actively participate in a daily debrief process, working with your supervisor to identify safety, service and operational improvements as and when they arise
• Supervise and assist with loading activities at the Cross dock sites.

About you:

• Undertake pre & post trip vehicle inspections to ensure road worthiness
• Full compliance with drivers’ hours, tachographs and road traffic regulations.
• Driving style - damage free and economical.
• Be an ambassador of the company.
• Undertake minor vehicle service activity such as cleaning and refuelling of both vehicle and refrigerated
• Maintenance of a clean vehicle both internally and externally.
• Delivery and collection of vehicles as required to rental suppliers including any due inspections
• Inspection of hire vehicles pre and post rental
• Actively participate in a daily debrief process, working with your supervisor to identify safety, service and operational improvements as and when they arise
• Supervise and assist with loading activities at the Cross dock sites