LGV Class 2 Driver (Nights)

What's in it for you

The additional Benefits of being part of the BEST team!

• 10% Tesco discount, which increases to 15% for 4 days every 4 weeks (all discounts apply to home delivery)
• 20% discount on F&F Clothing & Tesco Café
• 10% Booker discount
• 25% discount at all Pizza Express & Pizza Hut Restaurants (exc. buffet & deals)
• 25% discount at selected Burger King restaurants
• Pension – save up to 6% and Best will match your contribution
• 1 year life assurance for all colleagues; or 3 years if you join the pension scheme
• Health and Wellbeing support and resources including our 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family & the opportunity to join a healthcare cash plan
• An exclusive deals and discounts website saving you money on everyday purchases including cinema vouchers & a cycle to work scheme
• A great holiday package – 29 days pro rata

About the role

We operate the UK’s ONLY flexible multi-temp, shared customer delivery logistics network.  We buy, warehouse, pick and distribute products to the nation’s best loved food and drink brands every single day and provide the best experience to our customers.

Our LGV Drivers do more than a ‘driving job’.  Our Drivers are the ‘face’ of our organisation, leaving everyone they meet with a positive impression of them and Best Food Logistics.

This is a demanding but rewarding role which involves manual handling and multi-drop deliveries.  You should therefore be confident to drive and deliver to various outlets throughout the UK.

Working Hours:

48 hours per week which may include Saturdays and public holidays.Potential Overtime available.

You will be responsible for

Role and Responsibilities:

• Deliver products to our customers, intact, on time and in full as per the delivery schedule
• Completion of documentation such as delivery notes, credits, and collections
• Adhere to all Driving Legislation and Working Time Regulations
• Follow Health and Safety procedures and be responsible for your own and other’s Health and Safety
• Full compliance of Food safety Legislation and Chill Chain Standards
• Ensure LGV is maintained and safe e.g., safety checks and completion of defect book
• Collect all empty equipment from the customer
• Cooperate fully with the driver debrief procedure and undertake any other duties as directed by the Shift Management team

You will need

It is essential that you hold a current LGV Class 2 driving licence. 

Applications from newly qualified Drivers welcome. We look forward to you joining the BEST team!

Salary stated may include temporary payments

About The Company

We have always aspired to be the Best and now we are.

We are so confident in our supply chain, our people and our service that we can truly live up to our name, The Best Food Logistics company. Our people are what make us the best. We take the greatest care to commit to our vision and values with each interaction and at every touch point through the supply chain. There is no magic system to what we do. We stick to our values, and everything else falls into place. We are proud of our simplicity and straightforward approach.

We love our customers! We want them to love us! We aim to do that by providing great service, every day, by providing value with vision, and performance with passion.

Be part of something special.  Join our team at Booker.

Booker is the UK's leading food & drink wholesaler. We are privileged to serve independent retailers, caterers and small businesses, from locations across the country. 

Booker Group comprises of Booker Wholesale, Makro, Booker Direct, Classic Drinks, Ritter Courivaud, Best Logistics and Chef Direct.  Our customers include Premier, Family Shopper, Budgens and Londis retailers and we have one shared aim - improving choice, price and service for all our customers.

Our business is incredibly diverse, so it takes a wide range of skills to deliver the exceptional service our customers require.

Wherever you join us, you’ll be part of an organisation that will help your career to keep moving forward.

*Booker Group is part of Tesco plc, however is operated separately from the core Tesco business and as such the benefits offered will be different from those offered at Tesco*