Ready to Hit the Road with a Winning Team?
đź“Ť Location: Poplar Way East, Bristol BS11
đź’Ľ Type: Full-Time
đź’° Salary: ÂŁ42,600 basic + shift premiums + bonuses
🎯 OTE: Up to £47,327.62 (based on shift pattern and incentives)
At Culina Logistics, we don’t just move chilled goods, we move careers forward. We’re a powerhouse in the UK’s food and drink supply chain, and we’re looking for Class 1 drivers who want more than just a job. If you’re reliable, professional, and ready to be part of something bigger, this is your moment.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Delivering palletised goods to regional distribution centres across England and Wales
- Collecting palletised stock from local/regional suppliers
- Trunking stock to and from other Culina group sites
- Driving for top-tier clients with limited handball
- Occasionally sleeping overnight in a vehicle (with generous allowances)
We know flexibility matters. That’s why we offer a 5 on 3 off shift pattern:
- Start windows currently available
- 15:00-18:00
- 18:00-21:00
- 21:00-00:00
- 00:00-03:00
- Premiums:
- ÂŁ1,000/year for working every Saturday or Sunday
- ÂŁ2,000/year if you work both
- £10 per shift (starts between 12:00–19:59)
- £15 per shift (starts between 20:00–03:59)
- Compensation pay after 11 hours
- Night out allowance
- Extra cash:
- £100 annual “Nil Infringement” Bonus
- Safe Drive Bonus
- Overtime rates available for those wanting extra days
- Driver of the month award
- Potential to be entered in to the Microlise Driver Of The Year Awards to win great prizes
- Refer a friend and get ÂŁ600
What You’ll Need:
- LGV C+E (HGV Class 1) licence
- Valid Driver CPC and Digicard required but not essential as we will train you.
- A great attitude and commitment to safety
In addition to the above you will also receive the following benefits through our HAPI benefits platform.
- Employee assistance programme.
- Refer a Friend schemes.
- Long service awards.
- Cycle to work schemes.
- Employee of the Month.
- Eyecare Discounts.
- Pension scheme.
- Every day discounts.
- Life Assurance.
- Gym and wellbeing discounts.
- Colleague recognition.
- Aviva Digicare Workplace.
- Free Will writing.
- Learning and development opportunities.
Apply on company website Bristol, United Kingdom Remote (City) Full-time GBP 42,600 – 47,328 / year
Culina Group is hiring a Class 1 Driver
About company
We are a market leading ambient and chilled food & drink 3PL specialist, providing warehousing, distribution, contract packing and a bonded division with extensive expertise in relation to dutiable goods across the UK and Ireland. We have recently added both Fresh and Food Manufacturing divisions and are looking towards the future and the continuation of being one of the leading logistics companies within the UK.
Using modern IT infrastructure, including warehouse management systems, satellite tracking and client interfaces we are able to offer unrivalled customer support, ensuring that you always know where your products are. Online up to date data is always available through customer web portals allowing you to track your goods from anywhere, while a significant investment of over ÂŁ2.5m in customer service infrastructure over the last five years ensures that we exceed customer expectations not just once or twice, but every single time.
Working hand in hand with some of the globe's leading brands and manufacturers is an everyday event at Culina Group, plus with a multitude of own-label producers and developing companies, all are catered for with an efficient and flexible infrastructure. Importantly, our strategic focus is on food & drink logistics within a shared-user environment, which is driven by volume and critical mass. This ultimately delivers an efficient and cost effective solution for clients of all sizes.
We are committed to future proofing our business by investing in teams, network, systems, sector and the environment, which will ensure we continue to provide clients with a robust supply chain platform which performs beyond expectations every day. The latest two service additions of Fresh and Food Manufacturing are testament to this ethos, ensuring that we continue to become a leading light within the logistics industry.