Livestock HGV Driver - Colne

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Description

We’ve got a fantastic opportunity for a Livestock HGV Driver to join the Transport team based at our abattoir in Colne, Lancashire. Reporting to the Transport Manager, you will drive an articulated HGV and collect Livestock from farms and Livestock markets throughout the country and deliver safely to our abattoirs.

Here at Morrisons our Livestock Delivery Drivers do the following;

• Undertake unloading, moving and care of livestock within recognised guidelines
• Gather customer feedback from our farmers and suppliers, and also colleagues across all sites
• Ensure all legal regulations are adhered to in respect of drivers hours laws and the road transport working time directive
• Conduct daily vehicle checks and record any defects reported to Transport Manager, maintenance provider
• Ensure the vehicle interior is cleaned and disinfected between loads of livestock
• Ensure that all livestock is fit to travel prior to loading and that quantities are correct.
• Complete the relevant paperwork for the species being transported, such as passports and licences

What skills and qualifications do I need to be a successful Livestock Delivery Driver?

• Good working knowledge of the main motorway/trunk road network throughout the country
• Thorough understanding of the laws relating to Drivers hours and working time directive
• Legal compliance from an animal welfare perspective
• City & Guilds Transport of Animals by road qualification (long journey for cattle, sheep & pigs)
• Ability to communicate professionally and effectively with colleagues and suppliers
• Driving of livestock
• Previous experience of working closely with suppliers and farmers

We're a supermarket with a difference, in that we make food as well as sell it. Take fresh beef for example, we buy cattle direct from the farmer, take it through our own preparation sites and deliver the meat to the store ourselves. We are the UK's second largest food manufacturer and no other British supermarket has greater traceability and direct control over its supply chain than we do. We have 18 manufacturing sites including abattoirs, meat processing plants, produce packaging sites, a seafood site, flower factory, banana ripening facility and even our own farm. What's more, we're investing massively in our manufacturing capability - over £200m over the last three years alone, plus our talent agenda as we develop our people, creating exciting career prospects at all levels.

If you’re interested in taking on a new challenge and have the skills to strengthen our team further, then we want to hear from you!

Our aim to offer more of what matters extends to our employees too. Join us and you can expect to enjoy great career prospects and a very competitive pay and benefits package. In addition to an attractive salary, we offer a discount card for you and a friend or family member giving you 10% off your shopping in Morrisons. We also offer company share options, a highly competitive pension scheme, Life Assurance and more besides.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.