Summary
Location
Darlington
Type
full-time
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About this role
Regional Driver Development Coach
Location: North Region
Role Purpose
Biffa Specialist Services Industrial delivers tailored waste solutions for businesses with complex requirements. We provide hazardous waste management, industrial cleaning, and specialist logistics services to customers across the UK, supporting a wide range of industries.
We are looking for an experienced Regional Driver Development Coach to play a critical role in ensuring our drivers operate safely, compliantly, and efficiently across our diverse divisional fleet.
This is a hands-on, people-focused role, ideal for someone passionate about developing drivers, improving standards, and making a measurable impact on safety and compliance.
Key Responsibilities
- Recruitment and Onboarding: Support the hiring process with pre-employment assessments and deliver a comprehensive 3-day Driver Induction aligned with standards and legislation.
- Ongoing Driver Training: Provide regular refresher and additional mode training to enhance driver skills and customer experience.
- Record Management: Maintain accurate driver competence and training records using Express Class.
- Post-Incident Support: Offer reassessment and retraining for drivers following incidents.
- Driving Performance Reviews: Regularly analyse driving data with management to identify and address support needs.
- Behavioural Interventions: Conduct targeted support for drivers requiring improvements in actions or behaviours.
- Continuous Improvement and Development: Enhance training delivery, optimise driver learning, and pursue personal professional development.
We’re here to change the way people think about waste
With over 100 years of history, Biffa’s iconic red trucks and containers are a familiar feature across the UK. Whether we’re turning waste into sustainable power, finding new ways to recycle it or simply keeping it off the streets, we believe every day is an opportunity to improve the lives of millions. Over 11,000 people around the country trust us to provide them with a career that’s always rewarding, often challenging, but never dull.
Dedicated to diversity
Being inclusive is core to our culture at Biffa; we believe different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds are key to developing a creative and effective working environment that represents our communities and generates the best outcomes for colleagues, customers and stakeholders, which is why you’ll find us championing diversity, equity and inclusion at every turn.
What We’re Looking For
Minimum 3 years of HGV driving experience, including multiple HGV modes.
Valid Class 1 HGV licence, DCPC and Digital Tachograph card
Valid ADR qualification with tanker experience
Proven experience in driver training, and or transport roles
Organised, proactive, and committed to continuous improvement
Strong working knowledge of driver legislation and health & safety requirements
And here’s why you’ll love it at Biffa.
· Company Car or Car Allowance
· 25 Days Annual Leave
- Generous pension scheme.
- Medical and dental scheme.
- Retail and leisure discounts.
- Holiday and travel discounts.
- Bike to work scheme
Other facts
About Biffa Waste Services
Founded in London in 1912, Biffa is a leading UK nationwide integrated waste management business providing collection, treatment, recycling and technologically-driven energy generation services. Through the expertise of our people and investment in technology we promote and deliver sustainable waste management solutions.
We provide an essential service to satisfy the business needs of our commercial, industrial and public sector customers throughout the UK, and help them to meet their legal obligations and corporate responsibility commitments.
We employ 10,000 people and collect waste from thousands of businesses and millions of households across the UK each day.
Our surplus food redistribution partnership with Company Shop Group, and our environmental work with BiffaAward and Waste Aid, also have wider benefits for the UK and beyond.
Since 2002 we’ve reduced our carbon emissions by 70 per cent and aim to be net zero by 2050.
What you'll do
- The Regional Driver Development Coach is responsible for recruiting and onboarding drivers, providing ongoing training, and maintaining driver competence records. They also conduct performance reviews and support drivers post-incident to ensure safety and compliance.
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