Driver/Yard Assistant - Wellington

MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB:

Delivery and collection of cars and commercial vehicles to and from customers sites, supporting SFS customer contracts, whilst maintaining a high standard of professionalism to help maximise customer satisfaction, and completing all appropriate paperwork.

Ensure vehicles are cleaned and valeted in line with Company and customers’ expectations and that the yard is clean, tidy and free of debris.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES / ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Driving Duties and Associated Paperwork

• To deliver and collect cars and commercial vehicles to and from Customer sites, in a safe manner.

• To carry out mandatory vehicle checks before driving any vehicle to comply with Company policy and procedure and to ensure the vehicles driven are legal and fit prior to driving.
• To carry out condition checks of the vehicles both before collection and following delivery, identifying any damage and where required obtaining photographic evidence of condition.

• To ensure record of work undertaken is accurately recorded on computer systems. 
• To complete Defect rectification notes upon finding a fault with a vehicle that may have caused or potentially cause a problem.

• To have a flexible working approach to the  deliver and collection of vehicles to and from the depot in a timely manner.  
• Taking vehicles for MOT test where requested.
• Collecting parts as requested by the management team.

Health and Safety

• To ensure take steps to safeguard own and others’ Health and Safety by ensuring operate safe working practices, in line with appropriate Method Statements and Risk Assessments and utilisation of all PPE provided.
• Promptly report, and where possible, deal with any hazards that arise.
• Ensure maintain clean and tidy working area, including vehicles.
• To hold a current Driving Licence for all classifications of HGV’s and notify the Company of any changes immediately including any health-related conditions that may arise impacting ability to drive, the addition of penalty points or any disqualification.

Yard duties

• To carry out yard duties as required, including steam cleaning and valeting vehicles and ensuring the yard is clean and tidy.
• To undertake minor defect repairs when required.

General duties

• To adhere to Company Policies and Procedures and uphold Company Core Values, focusing on Customer Care with a professional approach to customers, suppliers and colleagues.
• To protect and secure vehicles, buildings and property by following Company procedures.
• To carry out any other driving duties as and when required by other departments.

Essential Skills                                                                             

• HGV Class 2 and Driver Qualification Card, with less than 6 points on licence
• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• Customer focused, positive and friendly.
• Effective communication both written and spoken.
• Reliability
• Maturity and professionalism

Desirable Skills

• Previous washing of commercial vehicles

Even if you don’t meet all the criteria, we encourage you to apply. At Paragon, we value diversity and we’re excited to hear from passionate individuals like you! If you’re ready to contribute to the team, please apply. 

Further information on the role can be found in the Purpose and Performance Profile (PPP), which is downloadable on this page.

Inclusion
As a Disability Confident Employer, we want to ensure that our vacancies are accessible for everyone.  If you have a disability, long term health condition or are neurodiverse and need us to adjust our recruitment process please get in touch with our recruitment team.

What can we offer you?

Generous Holiday Allowance: Starting from 25 days and climbing to 30, you also get to enjoy a day off for your birthday, Christmas Eve, and New Year’s Eve. You can also buy or sell up to a week’s leave

• Share Save Scheme: Annually, you have the opportunity to buy shares in Paragon at a discounted rate
• Profit Related Pay: We share some of our annual profit with our eligible employees
• Pension Plan: We contribute up to 10% of your annual salary towards your pension
• Family Friendly policies: We offer enhanced parental pay and paid time off for fertility treatment
• Employee Discounts: Enjoy exclusive discounts on entertainment, travel, shopping, motoring and more
• Volunteering Day: Contribute to causes you care about with one volunteering day per year
• Life Assurance and Personal Accident Cover

Be flexible

We promote flexibility around how and where we work so that you can achieve a healthier work-life balance. 

Be yourself

As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome diversity and care about inclusion. That’s why we want you to be your whole self at work. We believe an inclusive workplace is good for each of us, great for our customers and better for our business. Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Network meets regularly to share challenges, experience, and ideas to build a more equal, diverse, and inclusive business.

Be heard

We listen to your point of view, with our People Forum and regular employee surveys making sure you can use your voice and influence our future.

Be well

We will give you access to a range of tools and resources to support your wellbeing. This will include a digital GP service via our free Employee Assistance Programme, access to our Wellbeing team to connect you with the help you need to get more out of life and our Vitality at Work programme to provide you with discounted gym membership, fitness equipment and another multitude of wellbeing services.

Be better

We want you to reach your potential and, as a Platinum Investors in People employer, we’ll encourage you to learn and develop by building a personalised development plan together with your manager.