Driver Trainee CDH

At a glance: Role: Driver Trainee, 7.5t vehicle. (3.5t to start with) Pay: Driver Trainee starting rate for this role will £12.50, hourly Position: Permanent Hours: 41 hours (4 days in 6, no Sunday or Bank Holiday working required) 2 shifts available AM -06:00 - 17:00 Mon - Sat PM-10:30 - 21:30 Mon - Fri, 07:000 - 18:00 Sat These roles will attract a potential shift premium of 3.1% of base rate for PM shifts. Location: Avonmouth (CDH) Please note: Due to the nature of this role, we require all applicants to be over 18 to apply Our working environment is important. At Avonmouth (CDH), we have a variety of great things to offer to make your work life balance better, these include: Free car park and great transport links (bus) Daily lunch subsidy Free hot drinks / fruit On site shower facilities Subsidised Partner Dining room (with pool table / TV, darts board, ping-pong) Flexible working: Shift Patterns that suit your needs Health & Wellbeing support Our Customer Delivery teams are the face of the John Lewis & Partners brand. As part of a 2 person crew, you will deliver, assemble and install a wide range of home furnishings, electrical products and sports equipment, ensuring every delivery is made with the highest level of customer service. As a driver for the Partnership, you will promote the Partnership brand through a professional and courteous manner to other road users. About the roles: Complete the 12 month Customer Delivery Driver Trainee programme to become a fully competent John Lewis Customer Delivery Installer. Achieving a Class 1 Licence. Your typical day will start with completing all daily vehicle checks and following correct defect reporting procedures. After you have safely loaded / checked your route you will then undertake your deliveries and collections for the day alongside your colleague. Communication with your customers is key and you will need to ensure you call every customer 30 minutes before you are due to arrive. Upon arrival you will deliver the customers goods to their room of choice and undertake any services that have been booked. These may include: Installation and disconnection of white goods Assembly of flat pack TV installations Finally, you will offer to take away the packaging. Upon return to the customer delivery hub, you will complete your end of day vehicle check and debrief, ensuring any issues/defects are reported. Essential skills you’ll need Strong verbal communication skills both over the phone and face to face Able to cope with the physical requirements of the role (Please note that this role involves heavy lifting.) Required Qualifications: Must be aged 18 or over We believe in rewarding our Partners for their time and energy. After all, they’re the ones that make the John Lewis Partnership special. Benefits include: Once you’ve been with us for three months, you’ll get Partnership discounts in store and online on a majority of products. That’s 25% off in John Lewis & Partners (12% off electrical products, some exclusions apply) and 20% in Waitrose & Partners. You’ll also be able to nominate someone you live with to share your discount. The Partnership has a competitive pension scheme where your contributions will be matched by the Partnership (up to 8% of pay) Excellent work life balance, including focus on well being and flexible working and our marketing leading equal parenthood leave Policy And much more! Find out more about our benefits here: https://www.jlpjobs.com/about/benefits/ (Link->https://www.jlpjobs.com/about/benefits/) Please see the full details and the key accountabilities about the role in the Job Outline attached. For current partners only - Please view the job outline here using your internal Partnership email address: #LI-JLPWTR #LI-HEADOFFICE #LI-JLPJL