Customer Delivery Driver (Permanent 30 - 35 Hours) - Clarehall

About the role

At Tesco, we see the value in you –and right now we are hiring Customer Delivery Drivers to join our team

Our core purpose is to serve Irish shoppers a little better every day and being a Customer Delivery Driver you are the first face our customers see.

Being a Customer Delivery Driver is hands on, physical and full of variety. No two shifts are ever the same – customer’s look for help in all kinds of different ways.

For most of the day you’ll feel like your own boss, delivering to your customers but with a team of managers and colleagues back at base ready to support you when you need them.

Shift Pattern: Various shifts available 

What is in it for you

We offer excellent benefits that help make Tesco a great place to work. These include but aren’t limited to:

• A variety of shifts
• Part time and full time contracts available between 20 -  39 hours   a week
• An hourly rate of pay for new drivers of €18.24 per hour with additional premium for Sunday working
• Annual Bonus Scheme
• Colleague Clubcard offering 10% discount across stores and online, with 15% discount weekends once a month (Friday to Sunday), and 20% off twice a year. There is also 20% off F&F clothing, all year long, these various discounts can be extended to a family member with a 2nd Clubcard available.*
• Our Virtual GP service provides free and confidential access to an online GP through video GP consultations, and online prescription service for colleagues. The service is also available to families of colleagues who live at the same address for a reduced cost.
• 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and family members for in the moment emotional support along with free access to a range of wellbeing services supporting you under our new Wellbeing First approach of Body, Mind and Life.
• Life Assurance
• Pension Scheme*
• Save As You Earn Scheme*
• Paid Family Leave
• Bike to Work
• Long Service Awards
• Commuter Scheme

*Entry requirements and rules of the scheme apply

You will be responsible for

• Providing an excellent home shopping experience by putting our customers at the heart of everything we do is our main responsibility.
• Loading the van where required, and check your van for roadworthines
• Understanding the schedule and route that has been calculated for you
• Looking the part in your uniform, ready to help our customers
• Driving safely, responsibly and within the law
• To be courteous to all road users
• Serving your customer with a smile and greet them by name
• Taking care of your customer’s deliveries as if they were your own

You will need

• To have had a full IRISH or EU driving licence (manual or automatic) for at least 2 years with no more than 3 penalty points
• To be a safe and courteous drivers
• To enjoy helping others
• To be personable with a good sense of humour and excellent communication skills
• The ability to take the initiative and use common sense
• To care about making a difference for customers and colleagues
• The ability to stay calm under pressure

Please be aware that as part of our recruitment process, job offers are subject to the Garda Vetting Process and you will need to provide proof of current penalty points on your licence at Assessment Stage. This can be requested from the National Driver Licence Services (NDLS) on 1890 41 61 41. Press Option 4 and quote your driver number.

We are sorry but if you have been disqualified from driving within the last 10 years, we will not be able to accept your application.

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 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 our customers, communities and planet a little better every day”.  Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers.  It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of, and for the planet. Through in