Class 1 HGV Driver - Tramping at DFDS, Felixstowe

Do you enjoy life on the road and take pride in delivering a safe, professional, and reliable service? Are you looking for a role where your work helps keep supply chains moving and customers supported across the UK? If so, you could be the newest addition to our team as an HGV Class 1 Driver based in Felixstowe.

Be part of the movement – and play your part.

About the role

As an HGV Class 1 Driver, you'll be responsible for the safe and efficient transportation of goods using our modern fleet and well-maintained trailers. Based in Felixstowe, you'll play a key role in ensuring deliveries are completed on time while providing excellent customer service and maintaining the highest standards of safety and compliance. You'll be joining a business that values its drivers and provides the support, equipment, and resources needed to help you succeed. You will be responsible for:

• Safely operating Class 1 vehicles and carrying out deliveries and collections across the UK.

• Transporting ambient goods using curtainsider trailers, ensuring all loads are secured correctly.

• Completing multi-drop deliveries while maintaining high levels of customer service.

• Conducting daily vehicle and trailer checks, reporting any defects promptly.

• Ensuring all transport documentation is completed accurately and on time.

• Complying with Drivers’ Hours regulations, Working Time Directive requirements, and all relevant road transport legislation.

• Maintaining accurate records and keeping tachograph information up to date.

• Representing DFDS professionally at customer sites and on the road.

• Supporting the wider transport operation to ensure service levels and delivery schedules are achieved.

About you

You’ll thrive in this role if you’ve got a Full Class 1 (Category C+E) licence, a valid DIGI card, and a CPC card. Experience with fridge trailers or curtainsiders is a bonus, but if you’re confident, safety-focused, and ready to learn, we’ll support you. You’re someone who works well independently, communicates clearly, and takes pride in delivering excellent service.

The fridge work involves a lot of city driving, especially in busy areas, so you’ll need to be confident handling a truck in tight urban spaces. A good understanding of UK driving rules and road safety is important, along with being able to manage your time and work independently.

We’re also looking for someone with a positive attitude and a focus on great customer service, it really makes a difference.

We think the strongest teams are built on diversity and inclusivity. Contrasting opinions, varied skills and strong characters bring out the best in us all. And we cannot wait for you to join.

Working at DFDS

Join the movement and grow with us.

We’ll support you on your journey and create the conditions that make it worthwhile.

We’ll encourage you to challenge yourself, to acquire new skills and attributes. We want you to develop and progress within your career. At DFDS, we believe that development happens first and foremost through activities in the workplace, and we've developed training courses to support you.

Now about what we can give you. You’ll be able to access some fantastic benefits such as:

• Life assurance cover

• Contributory company pension scheme

• Holiday Purchase Scheme

• Free ferry travel for up to 4 guests between Dover and Calais / Newcastle and Amsterdam with no limit on trips

• Full employee assistance programme including:

• Proactive financial, emotional, mental, and physical health care support including face to face counselling, fast 24/7 access to a GP, a second medical opinion and legal support for colleagues and their family.

• Huge range of retail discounts from high street and online retailers

• Cashback on health care including dental, optical, physiotherapy, prescriptions, specialist consultations and much more.

• Access to myStrength, our Wellbeing platform, which has plenty of content to support and improve your mental wellness needs.

• Access to mental health first aid and opportunity to join support webinars with a focus on all areas of positive wellbeing.

Are we a match? Then what are you waiting for? Apply now.

If you think your personality, skills, experience, and desire match this role, we’d love to hear from you. Please send us your CV as soon as possible, as we’re keen to meet potential candidates on an ongoing basis.

We look forward to hearing from you.