Class 2 Driver – Secure Collection & Manual Handling Role

Posted on 23/10/2025

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Crayford
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£39,862.37
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Operations Warehouse
Datashred

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About The Role
Role: Class 2 Driver - Secure Collection & Manual Handling Role
Location: Crayford, DA1 4QX
Salary: £39,862.37
Hours a week: 45 hours, 05.00am - 15.00 / 06.00am - 16.00

Days of work: Monday to Friday (No Night Shifts)
Contract type: Permanent

This isn’t your typical driving role. As a Class 2 Driver - Secure Collections Operative, you’ll combine professional driving with hands-on, physical work as part of our secure collections team. You’ll be visiting client sites, collecting confidential documents, and ensuring their safe and secure transport for destruction.

This role involves regular manual handling and lifting, so it’s well suited to someone who enjoys being active and takes pride in doing a job that keeps them moving throughout the day.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Handle and move heavy sacks of paper, emptying them into secure containers and transporting them to the vehicle

Collect and transport a variety of waste streams, including confidential paper, IT equipment, WEEE, DMR and other secure materials

Work across small & large customer sites, transporting paper waste between collection points, which may involve extended periods on your feet, long corridors, and stairs

Represent Restore Datashred in a professional manner, delivering excellent customer service and maintaining positive client relationships

Carry out daily vehicle checks, completing defect sheets and reporting any issues promptly

Ensure all equipment required for the day’s duties is loaded and secured before leaving the depot

Review job sheets and plan your route effectively

Use the PDA to record daily collection activities and customer information

Ensure all paperwork is completed for each job and securely hand in copies at the end of each shift

Keep all materials safe and secure during loading, transport, and delivery

About you:

Hold a full UK Class 2 driving licence

Confident with manual handling and physically demanding work

Good understanding of tachograph use and the Working Time Directive, ensuring compliance with all driving and working hour regulations

Professional and customer-focused, with strong communication skills

Able to maintain confidentiality and discretion at all times

Reliable, organised, and proactive in getting the job done safely and efficiently

Some of our benefits include:

Annual Leave – 23 days + bank holidays

Life Assurance – 2x basic annual salary

Bereavement Counselling – Support during difficult times

Free Onsite Parking

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – Confidential counselling via Health Assured

Eye Care Support – Free eye tests and up to £70 towards glasses for DSE users and drivers (includes retinal photography for drivers over 40)
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Restore Commitment to Disability Confidence
We assess candidates based on their experience and suitability for the role, as outlined in their CV and application. You can let us know about any adjustments you may need via the application form.

As a Disability Confident employer, we guarantee an interview to applicants with a disability or health condition who meet the essential criteria, where it is fair and appropriate to do so.