David McNeill
LGV driver – Farmfoods Distribution
Aberdeen
davemcn1979@hotmail.com

I am a competent, reliable and trustworthy individual, with a good working Knowledge of Microsoft Office, XP Operating System. I have recently had some training on using Office 365 whilst spending my time with Aberdeenshire Council. I am very enthusiastic and motivated and have the ability to successfully liaise with people at all levels. I work well on own initiative as well as in a team environment. I have the ability to  successfully prioritize my work load and work effectively under pressure and meet deadlines. I am good at problem solving and have well developed communication skills. I also have many years experience at driving class 1 articulated vehicles and I am quite confident with EU driver’s rules and regulations. I have also achieved my International management CPC.

WORK EXPERIENCE

LGV driver
Farmfoods Distribution – Cumbernauld
July 2017 to Present
Delivering to Farmoods stores.
♦ Using a range of delivery tools from PPTs to hand pallet trucks.
♦ Delivering frozen chilled and dry goods
♦ Covering night trunk from Aberdeen to Cumbernauld.

Fleet Compliance officer
Aberdeenshire Council
August 2016 to June 2017
All aspects of operator’s compliance enforced from Drivers to repair depots.
♦ Developed training packs for toolbox talks with council staff on daily vehicle checks.
♦ Developed an online training pack for staff on daily vehicle checks.
♦ Training of staff on how to do daily vehicle checks and what defects to be aware of.
♦ Daily gate checking of vehicles in random depots for vehicle compliance.
♦ Weekly auditing of vehicle servicing information from random repair depots for operator’s compliance checks.
♦ Dealing with faults and repairing if possible to allow drivers to continue on with their daily duty’s.
♦ Monthly reporting to Management teams on how many vehicles failing checks.
♦ Reported directly to Fleet manager (operator) on any faults found whilst out gate checking or doing random road-side checks.
♦ Reported all auditing information to the fleet manager (operator) on were faults in service information was found.
♦ Dealing with chargehands and supervisors on a daily basis on how to help drivers with daily problems like load security and vehicle compliance.
♦ Working with FTA on tachograph infringements and vehicle compliance checks.

Transport Supervisor
Farmfoods Distribution
June 2010 to July 2016
Route planning
♦ Dealing with drivers at the starts and ends of shifts doing briefs and de-briefs.
♦ Dealt with tachographs and analysis of data for off route analysis.
♦ Dealt with driver’s infringements and filling systems.
♦ Dealing with customers and any problems drivers had on routes.
♦ Also driving class 1 articulated vehicles helping with deliveries.
♦ Information gathering for weekly and monthly reports.
♦ Analyzing weekly run data to develop new run schedules to save cost on a quarterly basis.
♦ Contacting all customers with any new deliveries information.
♦ Updating driver’s files.
♦ Dealing with drivers disciplinary’s.
♦ Doing investigations for disciplinary’s
♦ Analyzing daily and weekly fuel reports.
♦ Dealt with weekly wages for drivers.
♦ Dealt with vehicle breakdowns and any accidents whilst drivers were out on their deliveries.
♦ Doing daily gate checks on drivers and vehicles leaving the yard to ensure operators compliance.
♦ Dealt with incoming third-party goods collections and organized vehicles to uplift the goods.
♦ Organized shift cover when drivers were unavailable or called in sick for shifts.

Class one driver
January 2007 to June 2010
Driving from 7.5 tonne vehicles to class one articulated vehicles.
♦ Doing waste collections.
♦ Collecting waste chemicals using ADR license.
♦ Working with waste chemicals labeling and categorizing.
♦ Using tachographs and working with new driver’s legislations.

Transport supervisor
Link Logistics
March 2003 to November 2006
Route planning
♦ Dealing with drivers at the starts and ends of shifts doing briefs and de-briefs.
♦ Dealt with tachographs and analysis of data for off route analysis.
♦ Dealt with driver’s infringements and filling systems.
♦ Dealing with customers and any problems drivers had on routes.
♦ Also driving class 1 articulated vehicles helping with deliveries.
♦ Information gathering for weekly and monthly reports.
♦ Analyzing weekly run data to develop new run schedules to save cost on a quarterly basis.
♦ Contacting all customers with any new deliveries information.
♦ Updating driver’s files.
♦ Dealing with drivers disciplinary’s.
♦ Doing investigations for disciplinary’s
♦ Analyzing daily and weekly fuel reports.
♦ Dealt with weekly wages for drivers.
♦ Dealt with vehicle breakdowns and any accidents whilst drivers were out on their deliveries.
♦ Doing daily gate checks on drivers and vehicles leaving the yard to ensure operators compliance.
♦ Dealt with incoming third-party goods collections and organized vehicles to uplift the goods.
♦ Organized shift cover when drivers were unavailable or called in sick for shifts.

Warehouse Operative/Picker
Brake Bros
February 2001 to March 2003
Cold store warehouse operative
♦ Loading and unloading of goods vehicles
♦ Picking orders and replening warehouse stock from goods in delivery’s
♦ Dealt with customer orders and administration

Training Staff
Farmfoods Freezer Centre
June 1994 to February 2001
Started as a part time worker and worked my way up to assistant manager in September 1997
♦ Serving Customers on the till
♦ Training Staff
♦ Stocktaking and Making up Daily Orders
♦ Responsible for Running Store
♦ Stacking Shelves and Filling Freezers
♦ Opening and Closing Store
♦ Making up Weekly Rota for staff
♦ General Cleaning

EDUCATION

English
Grangemouth High School
July 1991 to June 1997

National Certificate in Mathematics
Grangemouth High School
July 1991 to June 1997

SKILLS

HGV divers licence

CERTIFICATIONS/LICENCES

International transport management CPC
International Certificate of professional competence for transport management