Job title: Driver
Job location: Warrington
Hourly pay rate: £13.00 - £16.00 per hour based on experience
Shifts: Between the hours of, 19.00 to 05.00
Hours per week: 45
Duration: Temp2Perm
Start date: Immediate
Industries considered: Taxi Driver, Chauffeur / Private Hire, Courier, PSV / HGV Driver
Disciplines considered: Driver
Client Summary:
The largest Freight and Logistics Operator on Earth.
Position Summary
Driver / Drivers required to provide a transportation service for the driver of a late night mail service train driver
This entails driving from Warrington, WA2 8AA to Willesdon Junction, NW10 4UB, collecting the driver and providing safe return back to Warrington Monday to Friday. As the train is a Royal Mail Service, this activity will be required 5 days per week, 52 weeks per year
This is an important role and we are therefore ideally looking for 2 drivers to share cover responsibility on a part time basis in order that emergency and holiday cover can be maintained throughout the year. The sharing of hours can be agreed on completion of the hiring of drivers but we envisage 2 days then 3 days rotation to ensure full coverage.
We envisage the journey to take approximately 3.5 hours each way, using Google Maps, but are well aware that traffic on UK roads is variable. With this in mind we wish to engage services on a basic 9 hour per day basis but subject to traffic conditions we note that where traffic dictates this may be more and we will remunerate accordingly
The vehicle to be used will be a small company van with a manual gearbox and this will be collected from and returned to our Depot in Warrington at the beginning and end of the shift
Vehicles are none smoking, speed restricted and tracked, kept clean and are available with a fuel card
Person/s Profile/Experience:
You will have been driving for at least 3 years and will have no more than 6 points on your full driving license.
You will be fit with good eyesight and no medical issues that may impair your driving ability
As we are ideally looking for 2 drivers to fully meet the needs of this role, it may well come across as suitable for someone who is semi-retired, however we welcome applications from all parties providing you hold a full driver’s license, have no impending convictions or increase in points to your license.
We welcome drivers who have previous driving experience in a full time role from a wide range of driving trades. Reliability and punctuality is essential in this role as is someone who is capable of planning their journeys in advance, prior preparation is essential to manage / mitigate the risks around possible delays to journey times
Key Criteria:
Live within 30 minutes commute of WA2 8AA
Physically fit with good eyesight
No medical issues that may impair driving ability
Full driving license with no more than 6 points on it. Points should not be related to drug or alcohol related offences
Should not have any impending convictions
Should have held a full driving license for in excess of 3 years
Should be able to work within the core hours of 19.00 and 05.00, Monday to Friday/Saturday morning
Ideally able to commence work within 7 days of interview
Have excellent English, written and spoken
Be happy to use a Satellite Navigation system
Have a smart and easy going disposition and a good sense of humour
Contact Information:
Email: mark.smith@shortermgroup.com
Phone: (Direct Line) 07539 823962
PLEASE NOTE ALL APPLICANTS MUST BE ABLE TO PASS A DRUGS AND ALCOHOL TEST BEFORE BEING OFFERED A POSITION.
Please note due to the volume of applications, we can only commit to contact those candidates we deem suitable for the position. However, we may retain your details and contact you in the future should suitable positions arise.
Please note the above job specification could be subject to change as agreed with our client.