HGV Class 2

Job Description

HGV Class 2 - Multidrop Driver

Annual Salary: £35,700 

Pay per hour: £15.26

Hours per week: 45

Our shift patterns are: Start times between 04:00AM - 06:00AM, week 1 Mon-Fri, week 2 Mon-Sat (with rest day in week)

Newark 

Join one of the largest food service provider in the UK and enjoy a professional driving career with world-class training and high operational standards. We offer a level of security, stability and opportunity that’s hard to find. Together with some of the best benefits in the business. Things like heavily discounted high-quality food that could help halve your food shopping budget, standardised shifts with permanent Sundays off and all the training and development you need.

You’ll start with a thorough induction. You’ll spend a week in the classroom before you step into a truck. And you’ll learn all the necessary practical skills from vehicle checks and safety at work to what good looks like. Then you’ll go out on the road with a Training Support Driver, to learn your route and get ready to go it alone. As a Multi-drop driver, you’ll be picking stock from the back of your van at each stop, which keeps your day interesting and breaks the driving up. It keeps you fit too.

What’s really special about a driving career with us though, is the time and money we invest in helping you to develop and grow. If you’re a Class 2 (Cat C minimum) driver with valid CPC cards, you can take you career to the next level with us. We have programmes to support you to develop into many different roles, from Training Support Driver to Shift Management, ADMs or DMs. We also offer some pretty impressive benefits:

• Subsidised hot meals via our staff canteen 

• Heavily discounted quality food through staff sales 

• Reward, recognition and referral schemes

• Free onsite parking 

• Pension scheme 

• Generous annual leave with option to buy more 

• Charitable events to get involved with 

• And last but not least, a health and wellbeing programme. 

​​Built on a passion for food and feeding the nation, we are the UK’s largest foodservice supplier. Every day Brakes deliver the highest quality fresh and frozen food and ingredients from our nationwide network of distribution centres to some of the nation’s most famous pubs and restaurants, as well as schools, caterers, care homes and hospitals. Our customers depend on us, and our 6,000-strong workforce is dedicated and proud to be part of this vital provision. And we’re growing!

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.