3.5T Van Driver

### About The Role

Role: 3.5T Van Driver - Secure Collection & Manual Handling Role

Location: Optima Park DA1 4QX

Salary: £30,518.29 + £250 Quarterly Bonus

Working Pattern: Monday to Friday, 45 hours (No Weekends or Night Shifts)

Contract type: Permanent

This isn't your typical driving role. As a 3.5T Van Driver - Secure Collections Operative, you'll combine professional driving with hands-on collections work, collecting confidential materials from customer sites and transporting them securely for destruction.

If you enjoy an active role that keeps you moving throughout the day, this could be the perfect fit. Alongside driving, you'll be collecting and moving materials across customer sites, making every day varied and engaging.

Why join Restore?

No Weekend or Night shift working

Annual Leave - 23 days, rising a day after 4 and 5 years’ service + bank holidays

Quarterly performance-based bonus

Fully funded Driver CPC Training

HGV Apprenticeship Opportunities

Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay

Enhanced Sick Pay

Life Assurance – 2 x basic annual salary

Access to Stream - Stream is a financial wellbeing app that allows you to track your earnings in real time and access a percentage of your pay as soon as you’ve earned it.

Plus, a range of additional employee benefits and career development opportunities.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Driving a 3.5T vehicle and completing planned collection routes

Collecting confidential documents, paper waste, IT equipment, WEEE, DMR and secure materials

Loading, moving and handling collection bags and containers as part of your daily duties

Working across customer sites, which may involve walking between collection points and using stair access

Using a PDA to record collections and customer information

Completing vehicle checks and reporting defects

Providing excellent customer service and acting as a professional company representative

Maintain the security and confidentiality of customer materials

About you:

Full UK Driving Licence (Essential)

Someone who enjoys a manual handling and hands-on role (Essential)

Reliable, organised and safety-conscious

Great communication and customer service skills (Essential)

Able to work independently and manage daily routes effectively (Essential)

* Committed to maintaining high standards of security and confidentiality (Essential)

Please note: This is an active role that includes regular lifting and moving of collection sacks and containers throughout the working day. Training and equipment will be provided to support safe manual handling practices.

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### About Us

Restore Commitment to Disability Confidence

We assess candidates based on their experience and suitability for the role, as outlined in their CV and application. You can let us know about any adjustments you may need via the application form.

As a Disability Confident employer, we guarantee an interview to applicants with a disability or health condition who meet the essential criteria, where it is fair and appropriate to do so.