Driver Trainer

Are you ready to shape a high-performing, safety-first driver culture across a fast-paced operation? Can you lead the training, compliance, and development of LGV drivers to ensure the highest standards across a fast-paced, regulated environment? If so, become our Driver Trainer !

Our Greene King Middleton site is a key operational hub within our Food & Beverage division, supporting safe, legal and efficient operation that consists of large LGV fleet, across multiple depots and customer locations. It’s key that we deliver high operational excellence with safety, within our highly regulated environment, requiring strict adherence to transport legislation, food safety standards, and company policies.

As our Driver Trainer, you will train drivers across our Greene King operations within the North area being based in our Middleton site, contributing to a strong safety culture, high compliance standards, and continuous improvement across the transport operation.

This is a full time, permanent position based on site. Working any 5 from 7 (mostly Monday to Friday), you will be contracted to 37.5 hours per week with 4:00 am starts .

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £41,133 per annum , and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). Your benefits package includes a company sponsored pension scheme, private medical & dental insurance, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You’ll also have access to our MyBenefits platform offering a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme, cashback cards, a saving scheme and much more!

What you’ll do on a typical day

• Lead end-to-end driver training including CPC delivery, onboarding, recruitment assessments, and ongoing driver development
• Deliver mandatory compliance training (tachographs, vehicle safety, manual handling, H&S, fire safety, and operating procedures) within a highly regulated environment
• Maintain accurate, auditable training records while continuously reviewing and improving training materials and delivery methods
• Support operational safety by providing post-incident coaching, driving behavioural improvements, and contributing to reduced incidents and vehicle damage
• Partner with Transport Management to strengthen compliance, standardise training practices, achieve 100% regulatory adherence, and ensure audit readiness across the region

What you need to succeed at GXO

• Proven LGV driving experience with strong working knowledge of driver hours, tachograph legislation, and working time regulations. (Qualifications required: LGV Category C or C+E driving licence, valid Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC), PTLLS, AET, or equivalent “Train the Trainer” qualification (or willing to work towards)
• Experience delivering driver training, assessments, and supporting development across a driver workforce
• Confident communicator, able to engage and influence drivers at all levels to drive safe and compliant behaviours
• Strong organisational and planning skills, with solid IT capability across Microsoft Office
• Flexible and proactive approach, with willingness to travel across Northern sites

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.

GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

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