Shunter

Are you an HGV Class 1 Driver looking for a new challenge? Are you looking to use your skills without being on the road? Would you like to work for a market leading company with fantastic benefits? If so, we have a great opportunity for you!

Here at GXO Logistics, we are looking for a Shunter to join our team in Birmingham at our Nestle Purina site.

This is a full time, permanent role.

You will be working on a rota basis, any 5 days out of 7, including weekends. One week you will be on the early shift, 06:00- 14:00 the other week you will be working 14:00- 22:00 on the middle shift.

Pay, benefits and more:

• A salary of £33,000/ annum
• Holiday pay
• Healthcare and Dental cash plans
• Retail Discounts – supermarket, fashion, tech, days out, food and drink, home, cinema, travel, sports, music and games, books, health and beauty, leisure, Enterprise rentals 
• Extensive training opportunities with funded accredited courses 
• Friends and Family Apprenticeships – Not only can you learn and develop new skills, your friends and family can enrol on accredited courses too! 

What you will do on a typical day:

• Maintain the workflow of the site communicating with drivers, transport office and security hub
• Reverse trailers onto bays, maintaining records of movements and trailers activity
• Keep yard and traffic areas free flowing, clear and tidy in line with site standards
• Operate tug in line with training ensuring safety process are followed on every occasion

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Previous experience of working as a shunter
• Full UK driving licence with category C+E entitlement
• No more than 6 current penalty points
• No DR, DG, DD, BA, CD, AC, LC or TT99 endorsements within the previous 5 years
• Previous experience driving category C+E vehicles is desirable

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.

GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.  We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. Review GXO's candidate privacy statement here.