Van Driver & Operative

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Job Reference greggs/TP/788573/65181

Apply for this job Number of Positions: 1 Contract Type: Permanent Shift Pattern: You will be on an annualised hours contract based on an average of 42.3 hours per week on a shift pattern working night shift and includes weekend work. Salary: £41,966 annual salary (inclusive of all premiums). You will be on an annualised hours contract based on an average of 42.3 hours per week. Contract Hours: Annualised hours of 42.3 hours per week. Location: Kettering Closing Date: 02/12/2026 Job Category: Supply Chain Region / Site: Kettering Distribution Centre Business Unit: Supplies & Distribution

About the role

Join us as a Van Driver and you'll be a key part of the Greggs team responsible for local deliveries and collections.
Day-to-day, you can expect to be dealing with food, carrying out quality and temperature checks on the products and working in line with food safety and health and safety standards. You may also be expected to work in a chilled/frozen environment. You will be responsible for ensuring your vehicle is legally complaint and safe.
You'll work alongside a great team, in a fast-paced, high-performance environment where timescales and targets are important. 
You will support our Greggs Pledge commitments by ensuring surplus product is collected from our shops and supply sites and redistributed, where possible, to one or more of our community-based outlet shops.
We'll provide you with all the training and support you'll need to see your career rise.
We can offer you 

• Competitive pay
• Colleague discount allowing you and a family member to enjoy up to 50% off your favourite Greggs products 
• Free hot drinks for you to enjoy while on shift
• Paid breaks allowing you to recharge your batteries 
• We share 10% of all our profits with our colleagues 
• Health and Wellbeing App providing Remote GP and Physiotherapy services
• Holiday entitlement that grows as your career grows with us 
• Colleague share plans to help you invest and save for your future 
• Pension scheme to help you plan for your future. We’ll match your contributions up to 7% 
• Confidential employee assistance app and helpline to help with your wellbeing 
• Long service awards celebrating key milestones in your career 
• Savings and discounts for your everyday shopping, leisure and wellbeing 
  
  

About you 
Ideally, you'll have previously worked as a multi-drop HGV Class 2 Driver within the food industry. You'll also need:

•  A full, valid driving licence (vocational HGV licence not required)
• To be comfortable handling food
• To be comfortable with driving for long periods of time, as well as lifting and carrying
• To be confident working alone during unsociable hours
• Be supportive of an inclusive culture - recognising and valuing that difference is good

Experience of collections and delivery driving would also be beneficial but isn't essential.
If you're enthusiastic, reliable, comfortable with working shifts that could include nights, weekends and bank holidays, apply now to start your career at Greggs!
About us 
Here at Greggs, we love what we do, and we have fun! What makes us so special is our culture – how we behave and support each other. Everyone’s welcome at Greggs. Whatever their background, preferences or beliefs we want all of our colleagues to feel welcome and able to be themselves at work. You can read more about us here: Greggs Careers | About Greggs.