Trainee Driver

Job Description

£34,667 per year plus a great range of benefits. Increasing to £48,344 per year upon qualification.

45 hrs per week Mon - Fri (with 1 in 3 Saturdays and rest day in the week)

Start time between 04:00 - 06:00

Start your new professional driving career with world-class, award-winning training and high operational standards. You’ll join us initially as a Van Driver – as the face of our business, delivering both food and non-food products to multiple locations throughout the day. Your route might not be the same from one day to the next, but we can guarantee you'll meet a variety of customers along the way.   

You will also be responsible for regular checks on your multi-temperature van and DVSA compliance.  Your journey with us will start with a full induction and before you know it, you will have moved onto our award-winning HGV Development Programme which will see you gain your Class 2 Driver qualification within 6 months, then the sky's the limit.   

To join us, you will need a full clean Driving Licence and ideally, previous multidrop or van driving experience. You will also need ambition and commitment to become a qualified HGV 2 driver through our driver development programme. To be successful you'll be approachable with excellent communication skills and your enthusiasm to do a great job will shine through in everything you do.  

In addition to a competitive monthly salary, 31 days annual leave (inc statutory) and company pension, you can also look forward to the following benefits:  

• Wagestream – Access to an app that gives you early access to your earned salary and supports financial wellbeing  

• The option to purchase additional annual leave  

• Help at Hand - Access to 24/7 GP appointments, physiotherapy and a range of health and wellbeing services for you and your family  

• Life assurance  

• Access to Sysco Perks offering discounts across a wide range of products and services – from gym membership to your weekly supermarket shop  

• The ability to purchase our products at hugely discounted prices  

• Heavily subsidised colleague canteen