HGV CLASS 1 (PERMANENT)
Rapier
Location: Stoke-on-Trent (ST4)
Contract: Permanent, Full-Time
Salary: £44,177 + Unsocial Hours Shift Premium
Shifts: Monday to Friday (Start times between 02:00–04:00)
About the Role
Working for an award-winning leader in supply chain logistics, is looking for professional and reliable HGV Class 1 (C+E) Drivers to join our team in Stoke-on-Trent.
This is a fantastic opportunity to secure a permanent role with a market leader, working on a well-established retail contract.
Key Responsibilities
- Monday to Friday working pattern with early morning starts (02:00–04:00)
- Carrying out a mix of:
- Retail store deliveries
- Trunking
- Salvage collections
- Shunting duties
- Operating double decker and curtainside trailers
- Ensuring full compliance with:
- Drivers’ Hours regulations
- Working Time Directive
- Health & safety standards
- Highway Code and road safety regulations
- Maintaining safe and efficient driving practices at all times
- Valid HGV Class 1 (C+E) licence
- Driver CPC qualification and Digital Tachograph card
- Minimum 6 months commercial Class 1 driving experience
- Willingness to undertake occasional nights out
- Comfortable with manual handling (roll cages)
- Ideally local to Stoke-on-Trent
✅ Competitive salary with unsocial hours premium
✅ Free on-site parking
✅ Flexible working options available – speak to us at interview
✅ Generous pension scheme (8% employer / 4% employee contribution)
✅ 24/7 access to free confidential GP consultations
✅ Hundreds of retail and lifestyle discounts
✅ Access to affordable loans, savings schemes, and free mortgage advice
Interested? Call us today on (phone number removed) (Option 3)
WHY RAPIER? BECAUSE WE DELIVER!
ABOUT RAPIER EMPLOYMENT:
Rapier offers over 35 years of excellence in providing dedicated workers to leading third party clients. We are committed to sourcing, supplying and placing both temporary and permanent workers into a full range of commercial, production and logistics positions.
We are recruiters for many leading logistics firms in the UK. We are constantly on the look-out for drivers, warehouse and office-based staff to fill both temporary and permanent positions.
This vacancy is advertised on behalf of Rapier Employment, who are a recruitment business.
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