HGV Class 1 Driver PM Start / Fixed Rota
Job description
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About the role
A job where you are in the driving seat!
As the face of Tesco out on the road, our HGV drivers get the opportunity to meet and talk to different colleagues at stores. That’s why this role is about much more than just driving: it's about helping others and delivering great service, with a smile.
No two shifts are ever the same, for most of the day you’ll feel like your own boss, out on the road delivering to our stores, but there is always a team of managers and colleagues back at the distribution centre ready to support you when you need them.
You’ll meet great people, learn new things and be part of a specialist, diverse team, where everyone is welcome.
Whether you are looking for stability or flexibility to suit your lifestyle, or the opportunity to progress your career, this can be the role for you.
What is in it for you
- 1 year of minimum of Class 1 year of experience required.
- Shift Availability – Fixed Rotas (Limited Spaces)
We currently have limited availability for the following shift on the fixed rotas. Please see the details below: Please note, weekend working is required on all below vacancies.
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17:00 shift
Fixed rest days: Tuesday and Wednesday
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- Paid breaks
- Holiday starting at 20 days plus a personal day rising to 22 days after 12 months (plus Bank holidays)
- Request flexible working from day one
- Get 10% off and 15% at pay day weekends – save up to £2,000 a year with your Colleague Clubcard with an additional card to share with family outside your home
- Access to free wellbeing services with a range of resources to support your mind, body, and life
- Life cover of five times your pay and an award-winning pension with matching contributions up to 7.5%
- Benefits to suit you, choose what you use – from discounts and shares to cycle to work schemes
- Uniform provided and policies to support you for all of life’s moments, big and small
- Access to our colleague networks providing a space for colleagues to come together from a range of backgrounds. For more information about our colleague networks please click here.
- Click here to read more about the benefits we have available for our colleagues
You will be responsible for
- Professionally representing the Tesco brand whilst on UK roads
- Ensuring our products reach our stores on time and in good condition
- Being out on the road but also working collaboratively with colleagues and representing Tesco to everyone you meet
- Driving safely, responsibly and within the law
- Collecting as well as delivering, supporting your distribution centre by moving trailers and keeping vehicles fuelled
You will need
- To be passionate about delivering great customer service
- Friendly, approachable and reliable
- Able to adhere to WTD and EU Drivers Hours
- To become a Tesco Driver, you'll need a full HGV 1 (C+E) EU license with no more than six penalty points, needs a valid DQC and a Driver Card.
Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details before your agreed start date.
About us
Our vision here at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is ‘Serving Britain's shoppers a little better every day’. Our business was built with a simple mission – to be the champion for customers, helping them to enjoy a better quality of life and an easier way of living. This hasn't changed. Customers want great products at great value which they can buy easily and it's our job to deliver this in the right way for them. In the UK, we serve some 66 shoppers every second, so it's our goal to ensure every one of those customers experiences just a little better service on each visit.
At Tesco, inclusion means that Everyone’s Welcome. Everyone is treated fairly and with respect; by valuing individuality and uniqueness we create a sense of belonging. Diversity and inclusion have always been at the heart of Tesco. It is embedded in our values: we treat people how they want to be treated. We always want our colleagues to feel they can be themselves at work and we are committed to helping them be at their best. Across the Tesco group we are building an inclusive workplace, a place to actively celebrate the cultures, personalities and preferences of our colleagues – who in turn help to build the success of our business and reflect the diversity of the communities we serve.
We know life looks a little different for each of us. That’s why at Tesco, we always welcome chats about flexible working. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.
We’re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here.
Please note
Tesco will only recruit individuals who have passed the school leaver’s age. To find out the school leavers age for your country please click here
We can only accept candidates over the age of 18 if the role requires working before 6:15 am or after 9:45 pm or involves working in areas such as the warehouse, beers, wines & spirits, counters, bakery and driving roles.
On the occasions where we have high volumes of applicants, some roles may close earlier than the advertised end date in order for us to manage all of the applicants appropriately. We will only be able to offer individual feedback to those candidates who attend an interview.
Key skills
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Application advice
5 AI-generated recommendations to maximise your chances.
⭐ Place your HGV Class 1 (C+E) licence details, DQC expiry date and Driver Card number prominently at the top of your CV — the advert lists these as hard requirements and recruiters will screen for them immediately.
📊 Quantify your driving experience: e.g. 'Completed 5 store drops per shift covering 280 miles daily with zero road incidents over 18 months' to demonstrate reliability and scale.
🎯 Explicitly state your penalty point total (ideally zero or very low) in your personal statement, as the advert specifies no more than six penalty points — pre-empting this concern builds instant trust.
🌐 Highlight any experience working fixed PM/night-shift rotas and weekend availability, as the vacancy is specifically a 17:00 start with mandatory weekend working — matching your availability directly to the rota signals you've read the advert carefully.
🤝 Include a line about store-delivery or customer-facing driving roles (supermarket, retail, FMCG) to mirror Tesco's emphasis on representing the brand professionally and delivering great service at every store visit.
Suggested CV bullets
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Add these 3 bullets under your most recent experience:
- •Completed 6 store drops per shift across a 260-mile PM route, maintaining 99% on-time delivery rate over 14 months with zero road incidents.
- •Ensured full WTD and EU Drivers Hours compliance on every shift using digital tachograph, with no infringements recorded across 300+ shifts.
- •Performed daily HGV walk-round checks and trailer coupling for a fleet of 18 articulated units at a regional distribution centre, reducing vehicle defect reports by 30% through proactive fault identification.
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Tesco's reputation for professional, brand-led delivery operations is exactly the environment in which I want to develop my HGV career, which is why the Class 1 PM Driver position at Rainham immediately stood out. I hold a full C+E EU licence, a valid DQC, and a current Driver Card, and I bring over two years of Class 1 experience operating fixed PM rotas with full WTD and EU Drivers Hours compliance on every shift.
My background in distribution-centre-based driving has given me a solid grounding in pre-shift vehicle checks, trailer coupling, load security, and store-drop procedures across high-volume FMCG networks. I consistently completed 5–6 store deliveries per shift with a clean incident record and received positive feedback from store colleagues for punctuality and a professional, approachable manner on site.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›Walk me through your pre-shift vehicle walk-round check procedure for an articulated HGV.
- ›How do you manage your tachograph to ensure compliance with WTD and EU Drivers Hours regulations on a long PM shift?
- ›What steps do you take when coupling and uncoupling a trailer at a distribution centre?
- ›Describe how you would handle a situation where your load shifts in transit and you suspect it is no longer secure.
- ›What actions do you take if your vehicle develops a fault mid-route and you are unable to complete your store deliveries?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you had to deliver to a tight deadline under pressure — what did you do to ensure on-time delivery?
- ›Describe a situation where you had to deal with a difficult or frustrated colleague or store contact. How did you handle it?
- ›Give an example of when you identified a safety concern during a shift. What action did you take?
- ›Tell me about a time you had to adapt quickly to a change in your route or schedule. How did you manage it?
- ›Describe a time you went above and beyond to represent your employer professionally whilst out on the road.
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you had to deliver to a tight deadline under pressure — what did you do to ensure on-time delivery?
Give an example of when you identified a safety concern during a shift. What action did you take?