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Delivery Driver

Bridgend

Posted 16/09/2024

£30,000 - £33,000 per annum

Top Reasons to Apply
  1. We are one of the UK’s leading sofa and carpet specialists, and you can find us on numerous retail parks all over the country.  
  2. If you’re all about making the people around you smile and delivering a great service for customers then you could be the perfect for us.
  3. All you need in order to apply is a 7.5 tonne vehicle licence, a driver digital tachograph card and the relevant drivers CPC qualification.
Job Description

Want to drive your career forward at a company where you’re truly valued?

Then we’d love you to join us at ScS as a Delivery Driver. You’ll be part of a supportive team dedicated to bringing smiles to customers’ faces, not just furniture to their door. In a career that rewards hard work with great benefits.

What’s the opportunity?

If you’re all about making the people around you smile and delivering a great service for customers then you could be the perfect for us. All you need in order to apply is a 7.5 tonne vehicle licence, a driver digital tachograph card and the relevant drivers CPC qualification (certificate of professional competence). We’ll sort the rest!

Previous furniture delivery experience can be a benefit, but we find personality and the ability to learn new skills more important.

What does the role involve?

  • Delivering and installing furniture in customers’ homes
  • Working through a delivery schedule with the support of your crew mate
  • Work as part of a wider distribution centre team in helping to load and unload furniture onto our vehicles
  • Providing a brilliant service to our customers and encouraging their feedback
  • Making sure the team is safe by carrying out checks and driving safely
  • Work 46 hours over 4 days with every Sunday off
  • Heavy lifting

Who are we looking for?

  • Previous experience within a driving role 
  • 7.5 tonne vehicle licence
  • Driver digital tachograph card
  • Relevant drivers CPC qualification (certificate of professional competence)
  • Knowledge and understanding of safety requirements of operating a vehicle and is familiar with the use and regulation of tacographs
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to follow process and procedures
  • Strives to achieve the highest level of customer satisfaction
  • Physically fit and able to undertake manual handling as this role involves heavy lifting 
  • Hard working
  • Team player
  • Experience in a warehouse environment (desirable)

What’s in it for you?

  • Basic salary of £30,000 with the opportunity to earn £33,000.00 (on target earnings).
  • Individual and team bonuses paid annually.
  • A five day rest period every three weeks
  • Access to 100s of high street discounts and more – holiday discounts, gym discounts, cinema discounts, evouchers, cashback and more!
  • Generous holiday allowance 
  • Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
  • Long service annual leave benefits
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Development plan
  • Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme
  • Share Incentive Scheme 

ScS - Sofa Carpet Specialist
Company Information

Since launching as ‘Suite Centre Sunderland’ in 1894 as a family-owned general home furnishing store, ScS has grown to be one of the UK’s leading and best-loved sofa and flooring specialists. 

Today, we have nearly 2000 colleagues, 98 retail stores and nine distribution centres across the UK, plus our Digital Lounge in Coventry and our Head Office in Sunderland.

As a company our purpose is simple – we’re on a mission to help customers create a home they love and a place that people love to work.

Key Facts
  • Head Office:

    Villiers Street,

    Sunderland SR1 1HA

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