Depot Driver

Location

Enfield, Greater London | United Kingdom

Job description

Job Title: Depot Driver

Location: Enfield

Hours: 45 hours per week

Salary: £28,000-£30,000 per annum DOE

Monday to Friday - Shifts between 07.00am - 17.30pm

Reward Package:

• 25 days annual leave
• Pension Scheme
• Perkbox (discounts on everyday purchases)
• Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Training & Development Opportunities
• Service Awards
• Employee referral scheme 

Company

At Fraikin our Vision is simple and clear: We will Enable the mobility of goods and people through our services of fleet management to deliver a better day.

This means our focus is:

• Faster and agile fleet management
• Operational excellence
• Capture long term profitable customers
• United Group for stronger market leadership
• Secure our great people and our assets

We value the talents and ideas of everyone on our team, especially our new hires. We can’t wait to see what you’ll make happen.

Our services provide a full range of solutions to enable Total Fleet Mobility including Contract Hire of bespoke commercial vehicles, Short term rental and Fleet Management. It is an exciting time to be in our sector as we navigate through the journey of alternative fuels and digital transformation. We have customers from across the spectrum including small fleet customers up to multivehicle fleets of 100 plus. We are proud of our people and the history of our Company, we are always looking for people who want to work with us to achieve success together. Come and join us!

Role

We are currently recruiting for a Depot Driver to join our team based at our depot in Northampton. The main purpose of the role would be collecting and delivering vehicles, cleaning all vehicles and preparing prior to deliver it to our client and completing paperwork, check sheets and rental agreements. This is a varied role in a fast paced environment where every day is different and tasks are subject to change. There will be potential late finishes in order to get vehicles collected and delivered on time and overtime will be paid.

  The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Ensure all vehicles are checked and cleaned to the Fraikin standard to present a professional image to our customers.
• Act in a courteous and professional manner maintaining a high level of personal appearance and wearing Company Uniform at all times.
• Ensure all vehicles are SQI checked prior to delivery, reporting any defects in line with the SQI checklist to ensure that all vehicles are legally compliant.
• To ensure vehicles are collected or delivered in line with the customers and Fraikin’s expectations to ensure high levels of customer service and customer retention.
• Ensure that all rental vehicles have a signed rental check sheet and rental agreement at collection and delivery.
• To ensure LRQA and ISO standards are adhered to at all times contributing to the retention of these schemes.
• Assisting with internal and external audits and taking specific actions as instructed where non-conformances occur.
• Complying with all Fraikin HSE procedures to ensure a safe working environment, reporting all accidents and environmental incidents and taking action as appropriate.
• Ensuring the yard is free from obstruction and that parking is controlled.
• Building and developing relationships with customers to ensure high levels of continued and new business.
• Carry out vehicle familiarisation with customers where necessary.
• Resolve customer issues at a low level escalating where necessary. 

  To be successful in this role you will need to be / have:   

• Experienced commercial vehicle driver - Class 1 preferred.
• Confident working on various types of commercial vehicles, including tractor units & hooking up to trailers.
• Driver CPC current.
• Attention to detail for completion of rental paperwork.
• Ability to carry out vehicle walk-around checks & note any/potential defects.

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Salary

£30k per annum