Home Delivery Driver

Eligibility

This role is located at our Cromwell Rd store (SW7 4EJ) – please ensure that you are able to travel to the store, ideally within 45 minutes.

Important Role Requirements:

• Before proceeding, please ensure that you meet the following key criteria
• You must live within a one-hour commute of our Kensington store. This is essential to progress your application.
• Confidence in driving and manoeuvring larger vehicles is required, as deliveries are made across Central London.
• The role involves heavy lifting, so you must be comfortable with this aspect of the job.
• Full flexibility is required – shifts can start as early as 06:30 and run as late as 23:00, including weekends. Scheduling is based on customer bookings and business needs.
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What you’ll be doing:

• Driving a 3.5 tonne van to deliver groceries to our customers doorsteps, on-time and in a great condition
• Completing checks to ensure the van is organised, clean and roadworthy, and that delivery cases are secure before getting out onto the road to drive safely in a variety of locations and conditions
• Serve our customers brilliantly, supporting with any questions and substitutions, and keeping them aware of any delays  
• Build great knowledge about our products, services and promotions to help provide recommendations 
• When not out making deliveries, you will be helping across the store as needed 

What makes a great Sainsbury’s Colleague: 

• Friendly and welcoming with a genuine enthusiasm for helping customers and to provide the best doorstep experience
• Proficient driving a large vehicle in different locations, from busy residential streets to narrow country lanes, and delivering to a variety of residential properties  
• Happy working in a fast-paced, physical and high energy environment, using initiative to solve problems - often on your own but also thrive in being part of a team 
• Always ready to work flexibly and productively to a high standard across the store when needed - you’ll be fully trained in a variety of skills, so you have opportunities to learn, develop and try new things 
• Comfortable in learning to use new digital tools and technology to do your job brilliantly, and  moving shopping containers up to 15KG  
• Sainsbury’s has created a safer driving environment by installing in-cab AI cameras that monitor driver behaviour and help ensure compliance with road laws and defensive‑driving standards to protect drivers and other road users

Working for us has great rewards:

We truly value our colleagues and provide market-leading benefits and training to reflect that:

• Discount card – 10% off at Sainsbury’s, Argos, Tu, and Habitat after four weeks, increasing to 15% discount at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday
• Free food and hot drinks - provided for Colleagues in all our stores
• Generous holiday entitlement - based on the hours you work, plus maternity and paternity leave
• Pension – we’ll match between 4-7.5% of your pension contributions
• Sainsbury’s share schemes – buy Sainsbury’s shares at discounted prices
• Shopping discounts – special offers on gym memberships, restaurants, holidays, retail vouchers and more 
• Wellbeing support – including free access to our Employee Assistance Programme which is a confidential service providing support and guidance on a wide range of issues

Please note that our vacancies may close quickly, so we encourage candidates to apply at their earliest convenience.

If you need an update on your application, you should contact the store that you have applied to. You can find contact details for all Sainsbury's stores here.