Drivers Mate

Are you the perfect co-pilot for a journey of delivering happiness? Do you enjoy being out on the road and making customers smile with every delivery?  Do you want to play a key part in delivering customer satisfaction one B&Q product at a time? If the answer is yes, read on!

Here at GXO, we’re working together with B&Q and are looking for a Drivers Mate to join our Home Delivery team in Doncaster (DN6 7FB).

You’ll be working on a full-time, permanent basis, on an ‘any 5 days from 7’ pattern, with start time of 06:30, contracted to 48hours per week.

Pay, benefits and more:

As a Drivers Mate, you’ll receive:

• An hourly rate of £12.71, that is an annual salary of £31,724.16
• Holiday pay and Workplace pension
• 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’ll do on a typical day:

• Work as a part of two-person team delivering products to customer premises (room of choice) on multidrop basis
• Assist the delivery driver in parking and manoeuvring a company vehicle as well as loading and unloading of vehicles as and when required
• Provide effective customer service while ensuring goods are delivered in excellent condition
• Ensure that customers are kept informed of their estimated time of delivery and any issues are communicated in a polite and courteous manner

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Experience of dealing with multi drop home delivery preferred but not essential
• Excellent customer service skills, both written and verbal
• Willingness to complete manual handling tasks such as pulling, lifting and pushing
• Can do attitude with a knack for problem solving
• Willingness to undertake pre-employment Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS Check)
• Be prepared to commute to Doncaster (DN6 7FB) for the required shift pattern

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.