Interview for this tommorow, Heads up anyone?

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Class 2 Professional Multi-Drop Drivers
Hemsworth, South Yorkshire
£26,000 per annum
Job type: Permanent, full-time
Posted by Brakes Group More jobs from Brakes Group
Do you want to work for the No1 supplier in the Foodservice industry?

Are you a professional driver?

We want the best drivers to join us, is that you?

Main responsibilities

Based from Hemsworth, successful applicants will be involved in moving stock to/from our other depots and also in delivering directly to our customers on a multi-drop basis, accurately, and on time, whilst providing excellent customer service. You will need to develop good working relationships with colleagues and customers, handling customer queries on the spot wherever possible. Other key responsibilities will include:

Driving your vehicle in a safe and consistent manner to the highest professional standard.
Performing vehicle checks to ensure vehicle roadworthiness and compliance with VOSA regulations.
Compliance with Health & Safety, hygiene and other vehicle-related legislation.
Maintaining product temperatures.

Ideal candidate

You must have a Class 2 licence. Ideally with experience in a similar role and having completed full CPC training, you’ll be physically fit, with the flexibility to meet varying customer service requirements. Your other attributes will include:

Good communication and teamwork skills.
The knowledge and initiative to solve basic problems and make routine decisions.
The ability to complete paperwork in an orderly fashion.
Strong organisational and prioritising skills.

About the company

Employing over 10,000 people, the group supplies a diverse customer base. which includes independent pubs, restaurants and hotels, schools, hospitals, contract caterers and well known national clients.

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Like any other job interview when it comes to your turn to ask questions how many hours a week? what days do you work? leave entitlement etc etc.

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I’ve even take to ask why the position has become available…

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Ive seen them out and about ,they have shelves inside and the bloke gets the stock off the shelves for each drop ,they have handsets ,its like a mobile shop with no cash involved ,not my cup of tea ,a m8 used to work on the agency at hemsworth ,he said the artics are a good job but the 4 wheelers are hard graft,not a driving job as such,each to their own though :neutral_face:

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As Seth said, not my cup of tea. In fact I’d go as far as to say that I’d avoid like the plague any company who’s drivers I regularly see sprinting from their cab to goods in and then back again!

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Them jobs are ok if you are 21 yr old ,a ex marine ,its summer ,you can work with the public,you like town centres and traffic wardens,your a dab hand with a sack barrow and you are never under the weather and in a good mood,if not dont bother :unamused:

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£26,000 per annum should be £31,000 per annum

Brakes Logistics is the best to be on

pick deliver pick deliver pick deliver pick deliver pick deliver pick deliver pick deliver pick deliver all day long :unamused: :unamused: :unamused:

but it pays the bills

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Thanks guys ill see what they have to say today.
I do home delivery for m&s at the moment which is also graft, 115kg units upstairs ain’t funny lol! And building furniture all day.

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Oldboy NDF:
Thanks guys ill see what they have to say today.
I do home delivery for m&s at the moment which is also graft, 115kg units upstairs ain’t funny lol! And building furniture all day.

Let us know how you get on and what days/hours they are offering.
I know they want something like 20 drivers due to them moving a lot of business from leeds to hemsworth.

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Brake’s yard used to back onto the yard of a place I worked in the West Midlands. The drivers were always sticking their heads through the fence and asking if we had any jobs going. They had to deliver to cafes, hotels and restaurants and apart from the continual handball and trying to park, they also had to handle cash and chase drops for payment after they had unloaded.

That was a few years ago, but I doubt if the job has changed.

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Got the job start on the 28th, its 5 out of 7 but monday to friday at the moment which i found surprising.
26k at 45 hours a week appears to be a couple of 7.5 shifts and 3 10’s.
Having a ride out next fri with a regular to see what its like.

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LIBERTY_GUY:
Brake’s yard used to back onto the yard of a place I worked in the West Midlands. The drivers were always sticking their heads through the fence and asking if we had any jobs going. They had to deliver to cafes, hotels and restaurants and apart from the continual handball and trying to park, they also had to handle cash and chase drops for payment after they had unloaded.

That was a few years ago, but I doubt if the job has changed.

You worked down Vulcan road then Liberty Guy?

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Thats when it was Pauleys in Bilston then brakes bought it and moved to Tamworth.

Word is that Brakes Coventry is closing and merging with Tamworth so Tamworth is looking for bigger premises.

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Oldboy NDF:
Thanks guys ill see what they have to say today.
I do home delivery for m&s at the moment which is also graft, 115kg units upstairs ain’t funny lol! And building furniture all day.

I’ve done Brakes and I’ve done B+Q home delivery. I go back to B+Q sometimes when I feel I’m getting fat, I never return to Brakes.

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Its not really a driving job is it :question: its more like a mobile shop ,i saw one of their blokes on friday in bradford ,fair play to um its propper graft :open_mouth: :open_mouth:

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I work for brakes in the south west and we only get 26k which is pretty poor if your getting 26k up north.

I do the logistics side no picking at all just full cages of food to pubs, yes it is hard graft but you soon get used to it, and you will never have to join a gym again lol.

Well good luck with the job mate, if you decide to take it.

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seth 70:
Its not really a driving job is it :question: its more like a mobile shop ,i saw one of their blokes on friday in bradford ,fair play to um its propper graft :open_mouth: :open_mouth:

Well i drive a 26 ton to portsmouth at 52mph, which takes 2 hours 30 min to get there, and do multidrops, if thats not driving what is? lol

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killer100:

seth 70:
Its not really a driving job is it :question: its more like a mobile shop ,i saw one of their blokes on friday in bradford ,fair play to um its propper graft :open_mouth: :open_mouth:

Well i drive a 26 ton to portsmouth at 52mph, which takes 2 hours 30 min to get there, and do multidrops, if thats not driving what is? lol

Well done lol,you also said you was on the logistic side ,all full cages,thats not the job i was talking about :unamused:

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seth 70:

killer100:

seth 70:
Its not really a driving job is it :question: its more like a mobile shop ,i saw one of their blokes on friday in bradford ,fair play to um its propper graft :open_mouth: :open_mouth:

Well i drive a 26 ton to portsmouth at 52mph, which takes 2 hours 30 min to get there, and do multidrops, if thats not driving what is? lol

Well done lol,you also said you was on the logistic side ,all full cages,thats not the job i was talking about :unamused:

Remind me what job you was on about then, Because as far has i know Brakes dont have any mobile shops on wheels :slight_smile:

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seth 70:
Ive seen them out and about ,they have shelves inside and the bloke gets the stock off the shelves for each drop ,they have handsets ,its like a mobile shop with no cash involved ,not my cup of tea ,a m8 used to work on the agency at hemsworth ,he said the artics are a good job but the 4 wheelers are hard graft,not a driving job as such,each to their own though :neutral_face:

this one.