James Maggs
Barnsley
07795 625993

I am a hard worker, good time keeper and reliable. I have over 15 years of driving experience in both 7.5 tonne and HGV Class 2 vehicles and have extensive geographical knowledge of the UK and in particular the Yorkshire area. I am a team player with good interactive and organisational skills. I have excellent communication skills and have experience of dealing with people both face to face and over the phone. I am able to work on my own initiative and take on responsibility and I like to take on new challenges. I would like to work in a fast moving environment as I like to be kept busy with tasks that enable me to think of new ideas and with prospects to better myself.

Work Experience

Ice Co
February 2016 to Present
Employed by Ice Co at their South Kirby Head Office. I currently drive a 26 tonne, 6 wheeler rigid vehicle nationwide delivering various ice products and frozen foods to independent and commercial companies, as well as all UK race courses, concert stadiums and festivals.

June 2015 – Present
Employed by Dx/Night Freight at the Leeds depot. Duties include delivery and collection of goods in the Leeds area in a 7.5 tonne vehicle. I am responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of my vehicle. I ensure that all items are delivered on time and signed for using a hand held POD system to record this information.

Tuffnells Express at the Leeds
January 2015 to June 2015
Employed by Tuffnells Express at the Leeds depot. Duties include delivery and collection of goods in the Leeds area in 7.5 tonne/HGV 2 vehicles. I am responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of my vehicle. I ensure that all items are delivered on time and signed for using a hand held POD system to record this information.

Courier (Temp Contract)
Self Employed
October 2014 to December 2014
Working on a self employed basis for DPD. Duties included delivery and collection of goods in the West Yorkshire area in a 3.5 tonne vehicle. I was responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of my vehicle.
I had to ensure all items were delivered on time and signed for. I used a hand held PDA system to record this information.

Courier
Self Employed
2010 to 2014
I was working on a self- employed basis for Abacus Express. Duties included delivery and collection of goods around the West Yorkshire area. I did this for around 12 months then I had the opportunity to go into the office, employed by Abacus as a transport controller.

Courier
Self Employed
2009 to 2010
I was working on a self employed basis for Impala Logistics. Duties included delivery and collection of goods in the Hull area in a 7.5 Tonne vehicle. I was responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of my vehicle. I had to ensure all items were delivered on time and signed for, I used a hand held MDT (multi drop transmitter) to record this information.

Delivery Driver/Courier
Relay Recruitment
2007 to 2009
Duties included the scanning and loading/unloading of a Transit Van then delivering the items of Stationary and collecting any returned items.

HGV 2 Driver
Farsley Transport
2004 to 2006
Duties included delivery and collection of customer orders nationwide including overnight and weekend deliveries. Whilst with this employer I obtained my ADR licence.

Tonne Driver
Stansfield Transport
2002 to 2004
Duties were to deliver and collect customers orders nationwide.

Delivery Driver/Courier
Various Agencies
1999 to 2002
Worked for various companies via employment agencies doing multi-drop deliveries across the UK.

Education

Maths, English, Geography, French
Pudsey Grangefield School
1982 to 1987

Additional Information

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

FLT Licence (Counter Balance)
Driver Qualification Card
CPC Card
Qualified First Aider