Pet Delivery Driver

Pets at Home; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading pet care company is seeking a Pet Delivery Driver in Peterborough. The role involves overnight shifts with accommodation and food allowance provided, delivering safely while ensuring animal welfare. Ideal candidates will have experience driving a 3.5 tonne vehicle and a strong understanding of customer service. Benefits include attractive pay, annual leave, a pension plan, and a staff discount scheme.

Benefits

Annual Leave

Stakeholder pension plan

Personal Health Insurance

Life assurance

20% staff discount

Voluntary benefits package

Qualifications

• Previous experience driving a 3.5 tonne vehicle is ideal.
• Must demonstrate careful driving and flexibility.
• Experience with animals is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for overnight shifts with accommodations covered.
• Conduct store deliveries and ensure compliance with animal welfare.
• Maintain van and complete process checks using phone apps.

Skills

Driving a 3.5 tonne vehicle

Attention to animal welfare

Customer support understanding

Flexibility

Friendly disposition

Job description

Pet Delivery Driver

Peterborough, PE8

£12.36ph, 23.5 hours per week, 2/3 shifts per week on average but flexibility required to do full weeks if required.

Role: stay overnight for most shifts. Accommodation and food allowance covered.

At Pets, our aim is to give the nation’s pets what they need. We are looking for a Pet Delivery Driver to join our team in the Shefield area.

Role

As a Pet Delivery Driver you need to be flexible both in terms of duties and hours. Will cover different locations each week, reporting to the Pet Delivery Manager. Key relationships with Pet Operations Management team, Pet Health Checkers, Store Colleagues and other drivers within the Pets at Home Transport Team.

What you will bring

• Have previous experience driving a 3.5 tonne vehicle – ideally box van.
• Methodically and meticulously follow a set of processes which are safety and animal welfare centric.
• You will be a careful and considerate driver who is willing to go the extra mile both on and off the roads.
• Conducting driver checks before you start the engine.
• Conducting store deliveries.
• Driving and delivering with care and with animal welfare at the forefront, and always legal and safely, making sure our reputation for excellence includes animal welfare transportation.
• Van maintenance co-ordination.
• Use of phone apps to complete process checks.
• Demonstrate an understanding of customer support and satisfaction.
• Previous or current owner or comfortable with close contact of small animals.
• Full, clean driving licence is preferable.
• Flexible to do a variety of work.
• You will be naturally friendly, helpful and want to get stuck in, working with your team to deliver great results.

What you will get in return

• Attractive rates of pay.
• Annual Leave (including Bank holidays), with an increase after 2 years continuous service.
• An extra day’s holiday when it is your birthday.
• Stakeholder pension plan.
• Personal Health Insurance scheme (if in Pension Scheme).
• Life assurance.
• 20% Pets at Home discount scheme after 12 weeks service.
• Pets’ "Treats" voluntary benefits package.

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Please note that we reserve the right to close this job advertisement prior to the stated closing date if suitable candidates are identified. We encourage interested applicants to submit their applications promptly.

Pets just see people. They are not biased, and they do not discriminate. We take our inspiration from pets, and we value and respect difference in all its forms. Our aim is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and every colleague can help us achieve this. We encourage our people to be themselves so even if your skills and experience do not perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you!