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Driver Assessor

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What do we have to offer?

An informal, no-nonsense and ambitious culture
An informal, no-nonsense and ambitious culture
Personal development through our Academies and other training courses
Personal development through our Academies and other training courses
Colleagues who like to share their passion and knowledge with you
Colleagues who like to share their passion and knowledge with you
We work For the Future of Farming. Would you like to join us?
We work For the Future of Farming. Would you like to join us?

About ForFarmers

#1 European Total Feed solutions provider
#1 European Total Feed solutions provider
Servicing over 27,000 farmers
Servicing over 27,000 farmers
Based in the Netherlands, Germany, Poland and the  United Kingdom
Based in the Netherlands, Germany, Poland and the United Kingdom
Listed since 2016 on Euronext Amsterdam
Listed since 2016 on Euronext Amsterdam

Overview

Hours
44
Employment
Fulltime
Category
Logistics
Location
Portbury

Job Title:                   Driver Assessor

Location:                   Portbury

Contract:                   Permanent

Hours:                        Full-time (44 hours per week)

Reporting to: Transport Manager

Job Req:                    R8284

Your role

As Driver Assessor, you will provide continuous professional development to our driving team.  You will encourage consistent Health & Safety practices and help maintain a ‘safety first culture’ ensuring a legally compliant operation and adherence to company rules. You will spend approximately 50% of your time as a Driver for the mill.

Your responsibilities

Health and Safety, Environment and Quality Systems

  • To ensure that you work to a safety first culture and to provide a safe working environment for yourself and other employees, protecting all visitors to the premises and meet all legal requirements and that all company rules are adhered to.
  • Encourage good Health & Safety practice on site and customer premises, as well as the public highway.
  • Assist the Transport Manager in on-farm delivery point hazard evaluation.
  • Minimise emissions to the environment in relation to job function.

Training

  • All new drivers must be trained according to the ForFarmers driver induction programme and be fully briefed on Company procedures and protocols.
  • Correctional training for all drivers that do not adhere to legislation through class room and on the road training
  • Driver behaviour development to meet efficiency and future environmental targets.
  • All drivers must be trained to the Driver CPC Standard, and all records must be kept up to date.

Other Duties

  • To complete 50% of your time as a Driver for the mill.

Other Factors

  • Performance management of drivers and continuous improvement in all functions are key elements of the transport team. Professional and regular reviews and monitoring performance against targets and standards are key to ensuring efficiency.
  • Liaise with the Transport Manager to ensure full utilisation of the Driver and LGV resources and achievement logistics policies and strategies.
  • Ensure that CPC and legislative knowledge is updated and refreshed on an on-going basis.

Your profile

Essential:

  • C+E LGV driving Licence
  • DCPC
  • Driver assessor qualification (RTITB or equivalent)
  • TM CPC or be prepared to work towards attainment
  • IOSH certificate or be prepared to work towards attainment
  • Knowledge of agriculture distribution company
  • Dynamic & enthusiastic
  • Good at organisation,
  • Proactive with an ability to influence

Desirable:

  • Minimum 2 years training experience (preferable)

Benefits 

  • Employee Assistance Programme (offering support on a range of topics). 
  • No two days are the same offering variety in your role. 
  • Options to enhance your pension after 12 months service (increased employer        contributions). 
  • Opportunities to grow personally and develop within the business 
  • Cycle to work scheme. 
  • B&Q Trade card offering 10% discounts in-store and online. 
  • And much more!

About ForFarmers

Do you ever stop to wonder where your Sunday morning poached egg came from? Or the milk in your cafè latte? Or what about the sausage and bacon served with full English? It will come as no surprise to you that the animals which produce these products need to eat themselves too. And that’s where ForFarmers comes into the equation. 

ForFarmers produces feed for cattle, pigs and poultry in both conventional and organic livestock farming. And that probably sounds a great deal simpler than it actually is. Make no mistake: an awful lot of knowledge, research and innovation has gone into one of those seemingly simple-looking chunks of animal feed. And these are the kind of things we, as a company, invest a great deal in.

Working with ForFarmers means working with: an internationally growing and highly dynamic company, a result-orientated organisation with a pleasant and informal work atmosphere, a company that gives you scope for individual initiative and responsibility as a result of which you can partially create your position and your future. Naturally, ForFarmers offers a good salary which suits your role, as well as excellent fringe benefits.

Proud values:

PASSIONATE

Working for ForFarmers is more than a job; it's a passion. The farming business is what makes us tick. We do everything we can to future-proof the sector, and this ambition shines through in our behaviour and our way of working. We push back boundaries and go the extra mile for our customers, suppliers and colleagues.

RESPONSIBLE

Our actions have an impact. We help farmers work in a sustainable way so that together we can safeguard the continuity of the farming business. The same principle applies to our day-to-day operations: we take good care of our customers and other stakeholders, and always aim for the best, most efficient and most sustainable result.

OPEN-MINDED

Keeping an open mind enables us to support farmers in the rapidly changing agricultural sector. We are able to adapt to the needs and working methods of the industry and are always on the lookout for new opportunities. We are clear about our intentions and expectations and prefer to listen than to speak.

UNITED

Addressing the challenges with which the agricultural industry is faced requires a joint effort and mutual trust. We join forces with colleagues and customers and work as one team towards our shared goals. In many cases we take the lead but we are also able to follow if that produces better results.

DELIVERING

We have a natural ambition to get things done, regardless of how difficult the job is. We do what we say and say what we do. We are respectful, honest and direct at all times. It is the sign of a ForFarmers employee.

We value diversity in our workplace and welcome enquiries from everyone.

To apply for this position please see our website Vacancies | Working at ForFarmers

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We encourage you to submit your application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary.

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