Customer Delivery Driver -Full-Time- Galway

What’s in it for you

As well as competitive pay, we offer excellent benefits that help to make Tesco a great place to work. After 12 months you will receive a Privilegecard, giving you 10% discount on your Tesco shopping throughout the year, both in-store and on-line.

There are also additional special offers available to colleagues throughout the year.

About the role

Tesco: Galway

Contract: Full-Time(30.00-35.00)

Shift Pattern: Flexible

Deliver more than just groceries

• Would you like to join our valued and dedicated team of Customer Delivery Drivers?
• As the face of Tesco, you’ll get the opportunity to meet and talk to different customers at their homes every day. That’s why your job would be about much more than just driving.
• It’s about helping others and delivering great service with a smile. It’s about providing an essential service that helps make our customers’ lives easier.
• We are looking for Safe, Friendly and Helpful drivers who want to give customers the best service possible, and know the importance of safe driving.
• Tesco is a great place to work with excellent benefits, rewards and development opportunities.

You’ll enjoy:

• Competitive rates of pay
• Various shift patterns, including evenings and weekends
• Excellent training and development to support you in your role

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.

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.

Before you leave the store or you’ll:

• Load the van where required, and check your van for roadworthiness
• Understand the schedule and route that has been calculated for you
• Look the part in your uniform, ready to help our customers

On the road you’ll represent Tesco so:

• Drive safely, responsibly and within the law
• Be courteous to all road users

On the customer’s doorstep you’ll:

• Serve your customer with a smile and greet them by name
• Take care of your customer’s deliveries as if they were your own

The role is hands on, physical and full of variety. No two shifts are ever the same customers 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 on your own, but with a team of managers and colleagues back at base ready to support you when you need them.

You will need

We are looking for people who:

• have had a full IRISH/UK or EU driving licence for at least 2 years with no more than 3 penalty points
• Are safe and courteous drivers
• Enjoy helping others
• Are personable with a good sense of humour and excellent communication skills
• Are able to take the initiative and use common sense
• Care about making a difference for customers and colleagues
• Can 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.

About us

As the leading online grocery retailer in Ireland, our team of delivery drivers deliver to thousands of customer’s homes across the country. We believe in doing the little things that really matter to our customers and colleagues. It’s part of what makes Tesco such a great place to work.

As well as offering competitive pay, we offer some of the best benefits to our colleagues in the industry from colleague discounts* to paid holidays, and an award-winning pension.

*subject to the rules of the schemes.