HGV Driver (Days) - 10am Start
Job Description & Overview
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Please Note: Successful candidates hired for this role will be required to train and support the current operation in our Sawley Regional Distribution Centre DE72, for a period up to 12 months. We would then require you to transfer to our Bardon Distribution Centre in LE67.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Please take this into consideration before completing your application</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">This is not just a driving job - it's about loading and unloading deliveries effectively, too. Unusually, your time is split between two key areas – professional driving together with loading and unloading deliveries.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">So it’s a lot more physical than typical Driver roles as only 40% of the time is actually spent driving. It means making the best use of the space available by loading as much as possible onto your vehicle, all the time putting safety first.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">We couldn’t operate without you, so we’ll pay for you to maintain the following:</p>
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<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Driver Certificates of Professional Competence (CPC)</span></li>
<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Driver Medicals</span></li>
<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Driver Cards</span></li>
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<p class="text-muted mb-3">Other companies might expect you to do the training in your own time, but we don’t. We’ll make sure you have that time in your working hours.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">We do things our own way at Aldi. But whatever we're doing, we must be getting it right. With a wave of impressive sales figures behind us, we're opening new stores at lightning speed. And without our talented Drivers, there'd be no products in those stores.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Benefits</p>
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<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Shift Pattern: 5 on 3 off, weekends are included in your rota</span></li>
<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Contract: 40 hours per week</span></li>
<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Paid breaks</span></li>
<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Annual holiday entitlement</span></li>
<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Long service awards</span></li>
<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Workplace pension contribution</span></li>
<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Sabbatical policy</span></li>
<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Parental leave pay</span></li>
<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Employee assistance programme</span></li>
<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Bike to work scheme</span></li>
<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Discounted health benefits</span></li>
<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Financial wellbeing: Affordable loans, debt consolidation, savings and health checks</span></li>
<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>An extensive range of discounts and savings.</span></li>
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<p class="text-muted mb-3">The advertised pay rate equates to £38,813 per annum based on an average contract of 40 hours per week</p>
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Key Details
- Date Posted: 15 Sep 2026
- Location: LE67, Coalville, Leicestershire
- Employment Type: Permanent
- Category: Retail/Purchasing
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