Overview:
This role is workingh 24 hours a week, Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm
apetito is the UK’s leading supplier of food and catering solutions to care homes, local authorities & hospitals and the transport and distribution area of the business is a critically important part of our supply chain.
Our drivers are the key link between our business and the customers we work with; ensuring our work is delivered professionally, efficiently and on time.
The main function of this role will be to transport frozen goods between our Factory in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, and national warehouse at our transport hub in Portbury, Somerset.
However, you may also drive to locations across the country and manage a demanding delivery schedule – our customers depend on our food and we depend on you.
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.

Qualifications/Personal Qualities:

• 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