Class 2 Driver
| Posting date: | 15 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £37,500 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 August 2025 |
| Location: | SS14 |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Hexagon Recruitment Services Ltd |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | JOB-4610-20726 |
Summary
Job Description – HGV Driver Class 2
Job Title:
• HGV Class 2 Driver (Based from Basildon location)
Responsible to:
• Logistics Manager & Road Freight Manager
• Managing Director and Directors
Key Responsibilities:
• Driving the company’s commercial vehicles
Main Duties:
• Driving commercial vehicles for purpose of collecting and delivering freight
• Groupage / Multi Drop / Pickup
• Some Tail lift deliveries and collections as well as some manual handling when needed (kerbside)
• Ensuring that all loads are checked for discrepancies (damage/shortages etc) and are safely loaded and secured on the vehicle. Must be reported immediately if different.
• Daily maintenance checks on the vehicle you have been assigned to
• Ensuring that all records pertaining to the role (Tacho’s, Time sheets, Trip sheets, Receipts etc) are kept in a orderly fashion & handed in in a timely and appropriate manner.
• Geographical coverage is all areas of London (accessible for HGVs) and the Southeast.
• Daily Delivery & Collection to E16 client
Special working conditions:
• Our core Warehouse hours are 06.00 – 20.00pm.
• This role will require drivers to have a flexible approach to start time depending on daily workload.
• Weekly hours within the parameters of the legal driving hours & working time directive
• This role requires each driver to engage in physical activity including using the vehicle equipment, strapping, movement in/around the vehicle, tail lift, use of side curtains.
Required Experience
• Excellent Attention to Detail is essential
• Groupage
• Due to the nature of the job, a good level of physical fitness is required