We currently have a vacancy for a Class 1 Tanker Driver based in our Hull Plant on a 6-month contract. The role requires drivers to deliver our products safely in accordance with legal requirements and our own safe working procedures throughout the UK.
A full bespoke training package will be provided.
Requirements:
Proven previous Tanker driving experience
LGV 1 license (HGV Class 1)
ADR license 2,3,8 minimum
Drivers CPC
Proven track record of working within a safety-first environment
Able to work under own initiative
Excellent communication skills
Proven track record of ability to drive in a professional manner to achieve best in class in performance efficiencies
We need dedicated and driven people who are committed to getting it right with a never-ending desire to learn, improve and contribute. In return, we offer a culture of respect, challenge and innovation - with excellent opportunities for growth and development.
16 quid an hour for the UK seem far better than the pay I often see on this forum, as you found the job why don’t you apply for it ? I don’t see why you want to attract the attention from all the rivals on the forum ? ;D
I think it’s the “training package included” that makes this attractive, but if you think about it “Previous Tanker Experience Essential” suggests that there’s not going to be any worthwhile training (ie. ADR to put you through your Tankers from scratch that you don’t have already) and as such, £16ph for Self-Employed - don’t actually seem much, even for oop narth.
Nobbies tried to recruit someone at their Medway City Estate place that “had previous tanker experience”, couldn’t fill the vacancy - so tried offering it out as an agency contract. STILL no takers (because of £12ph Self-Employed contractor rate) and ended up training up one of their own minor ADR qualified drivers to do it, a bit like this ad job description.
…Heard this from a Tesco tanker driver I got talking to, who stayed long enough to get trained up by salversons (recently taken over by Nobbies at Medway City Estate) in this manner - then ditched them for pastures new once he’d done this for about a year!
As far as I know, a fully-qualified tanker driver with 12 months of experience minimum - can write their own ticket. He seemed to have done thus, and I can’t say I’d blame him. £240 per 10 hour shift, all inclusive “day rate” regardless of start/finish time, self-employed rate. I guess that means £24ph including being paid for one’s break, assuming you actually take 10 hours to do your round. (This guy was delivering around Tescos inside the M25 region) 5 shifts per week.
FFS That’s £1200 gross! I can understand why he’d ditched £12ph at ND Nee Salversons!
Winseer:
I think it’s the “training package included” that makes this attractive, but if you think about it “Previous Tanker Experience Essential” suggests that there’s not going to be any worthwhile training (ie. ADR to put you through your Tankers from scratch that you don’t have already) and as such, £16ph for Self-Employed - don’t actually seem much, even for oop narth.
£16/hr self employed is the equivalent of roughly £12.70/hr PAYE so I’d say you’re right in your assertion its self employed.
“Previous tanker experience” essential doesn’t mean ADR so anyone who has hauled tankers for say Arla would be in with a good shout. They want someone where they don’t have to teach basics such as how to drive with a tanker.
As far as I know, a fully-qualified tanker driver with 12 months of experience minimum - can write their own ticket.
If they can things have improved. When I was hauling tankers for Arla I got talking to other drivers who did ADR when I was on the wash getting CIP’d and the general consensus is it wasn’t worth it unless you could get on the fuel which was a dead mans shoes job.
Speaking from experience as someone who drove in general haulage, supermarket work, show work and contract distribution and now tanker work I can tell you that liquid tanker driving has to be the easiest driving job ever, 30 minutes to an hour to offload and most of the time after each delivery, returning to base empty is a great thing. I have even delivered from NYC to Truro, Nova Scotia and returned to NYC empty. Two days to get there, an hour to have some other guy connect everything and unload, then come back two days empty … And all for a Monday to Friday job that pays $80,000.00 a year
