Class 1 Trunker
| Posting date: | 12 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £15.70 to £25.33 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 June 2025 |
| Location: | Alfreton, Derbyshire, NG17 1JF |
| Company: | Quality Service Recruitment Limited |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 169703 |
Summary
Immediate start available! Start as early as the same week you apply!
Our client is a leading Pharmaceutical distribution company who require additional drivers to support their growing business and team of HGV Drivers.
Duties to include
•Trunking to RDC or NDC, no multi drop
•Coupling and un Coupling trailers
•Maintain refrigeration of the loads (no setting or adjusting)
•Supervising unloading / loading (no Manual Handling)
•Maintaining delivery records
•Maintaining drivers hours records
•Personal safety and that of others during the delivery process
•Safe and fuel efficient driving
•Customer Service
•Brand ambassador
You will be completing trunk runs of temperature controlled pharmaceutical goods, unloading at delivery point without handling the load, you will be required to seal and unseal the back doors all unloading will be completed at delivery point by a designated team member. You will be required to monitor the refrigeration unit at each destination without changing any controls and reporting any potential temperature issues to the depot immediately
To be suitable for this role you must:
- Have a full UK Drivers Licence with a C+E entitlement.
- Have a minimum of 12 months continuous experience driving articulated lorries in the UK
- Have no more than 6 points on your Licence
- Have a strong and coherent understanding of driver’s working hours and working time directive.
- Have a Digital Tacho Card (Digicard)
- Have a valid Driver CPC Card
Ongoing
Hours of work
Days (flexible start time to suit personal circumstances)
Start time between 04:00 and 10:00 averaging 10-12 hours per day
The salary for this role is between £15.70 and £20.93 per hour. You will also be paid a minimum of 9.6hrs per day with an overtime rate in effect for all hours after.
Plus 28 days of holiday pro rata. or £19.00 per hour Days / £25.33 per hour Nights if paid by our nominated Umbrella Provider
Our client is a leading Pharmaceutical distribution company who require additional drivers to support their growing business and team of HGV Drivers.
Duties to include
•Trunking to RDC or NDC, no multi drop
•Coupling and un Coupling trailers
•Maintain refrigeration of the loads (no setting or adjusting)
•Supervising unloading / loading (no Manual Handling)
•Maintaining delivery records
•Maintaining drivers hours records
•Personal safety and that of others during the delivery process
•Safe and fuel efficient driving
•Customer Service
•Brand ambassador
You will be completing trunk runs of temperature controlled pharmaceutical goods, unloading at delivery point without handling the load, you will be required to seal and unseal the back doors all unloading will be completed at delivery point by a designated team member. You will be required to monitor the refrigeration unit at each destination without changing any controls and reporting any potential temperature issues to the depot immediately
To be suitable for this role you must:
- Have a full UK Drivers Licence with a C+E entitlement.
- Have a minimum of 12 months continuous experience driving articulated lorries in the UK
- Have no more than 6 points on your Licence
- Have a strong and coherent understanding of driver’s working hours and working time directive.
- Have a Digital Tacho Card (Digicard)
- Have a valid Driver CPC Card
Ongoing
Hours of work
Days (flexible start time to suit personal circumstances)
Start time between 04:00 and 10:00 averaging 10-12 hours per day
The salary for this role is between £15.70 and £20.93 per hour. You will also be paid a minimum of 9.6hrs per day with an overtime rate in effect for all hours after.
Plus 28 days of holiday pro rata. or £19.00 per hour Days / £25.33 per hour Nights if paid by our nominated Umbrella Provider