Lead Driver Trainer

Are you a Driver Trainer looking for that next step in your career? Perhaps you are already a lead looking for that next challenge? Whatever the reason, this is the role for you!

Here at GXO, we are currently recruiting for a Lead Driver Trainer to join our team in Swindon supporting our customer, Iceland Foods. As Lead Driver Trainer you will be responsible for the running of the day to day training operation, ensuring the Training Team are managed on performance while tracking the driver population to ensure deadlines around training are met.

This is a full time, permanent position, predominately working Monday – Friday, 07:30 – 15:30 with some flexibility needed, this is logistics after all!

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £43,680.00 per annum and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). Your benefits package includes flexible dental insurance plans, a company sponsored pension scheme, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You’ll also have access to our MyBenefits platform offering a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme, cashback cards, a saving scheme and much more! 

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Ensuring the training calendar is fully populated each week and executed in line with or as close to the original plan
• Monitor the flow of unit availability to ensure vehicles are avaliable when planned training needs and have been circulated in
• Working with the Compliance and QHSE Teams to ensure drivers are fully compliance with legal and company requirements
• Working on self and team initiatives while introducing new ways of working to improve the engagement on site

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Previous experience in a Driver Trainer or Lead will be advantageous
• Be flexible and adaptable to changing needs when required
• Open communicator at all levels

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.

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