Faisal Aminu
Stourbridge,Dudley
Summary
Experienced professional with expertise in night driving, wide load transportation, and navigating tight spaces. Demonstrates strict time management, proficient tachograph operation, and effective load securing. Skilled in palletised delivery hand-balling, trunking deliveries, route planning, and professional communication. Committed to ensuring timely and safe deliveries while maintaining high standards of service.
Reliable HGV Driver Class 1 applicant with expertise in route planning and vehicle maintenance, demonstrating exceptional communication and problem-solving abilities. Possesses strong attention to safety protocols and adeptness in time management. Ready to contribute to efficient logistics operations and ensure timely deliveries.
Reliable HGV Driver Class 1 with extensive experience in long-haul and local deliveries. Known for maintaining impeccable safety records and ensuring timely deliveries. Skilled in route planning, vehicle maintenance, and customer service, contributing to seamless logistics operations.
Experienced logistics professional focused on safe and timely delivery of goods. Consistently ensures compliance with road safety regulations and optimises routes for fuel efficiency. Adept at managing vehicle maintenance and maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
11
11
years of post-secondary education
Work history
HGV driver class 1
HGV Drivers Agency
Oldbury, Sandwell
07.2025 - Current
- Maintain accurate driving/working time records using Tachomaster system and manual entries to record all working hours as required by WTD regulations
- Operate company vehicles in safe, legal and efficient manner
- Ensure all products are checked off, vehicle and customer receive correct products and delivery documentation
- Escalated major maintenance issues to maintain road worthiness of vehicle.
- Calculated load capacity and distributed weight safely.
- Kept up-to-date logbooks, detailing total time spent driving.
- Managed high-volume HGV deliveries across rural areas, manoeuvring vehicles effectively in tight spaces.
Driver's mate
Wincanton PLC
Coventry
12.2024 - Current
- Working as 2-person delivery team delivering items to stores and accurate completion of delivery paperwork.
- Responsible for opening stores, this includes unlocking store, switching on lights, and disarming main alarm system and alarm on rear doors.
- Recording seal numbers at each store on paperwork, before unloading starts, and when unloading is complete.
- Removing stock from tail lift and into store stockroom, placing it in correct locations. Reloading all of store returns onto tail light, i.e., empty cages and totes, return stock, and cardboard.
- Ensure all stock is scanned and cross-referenced against paperwork, counted correctly for correct store and any discrepancies clearly marked on store’s paperwork.
- Re-securing stores, making sure that all bars and locks are in place, and all alarms are reset correctly
- Adhered strictly to health and safety guidelines, promoted safe working conditions.
- Liaised with central base regarding any issues or disruptions for quick problem resolution.
- Demonstrated excellent knowledge of local areas and routes contributed towards timely deliveries.
- Offered customer service on delivery routes for better client relations.
Warehouse operator
Halfords
Redditch, Worcestershire
01.2024 - 12.2024
- Receiving and processing incoming stocks
- Packing and shipping orders
- General cleaning of warehouse
- Organising and retrieving stocks
- Ensuring orders are shipped in timely manner
- Used forklifts for swift movement of heavy items.
- Assisted in inventory management, ensuring accurate records were kept.
- Kept clean work areas, promoting better productivity and safety standards.
- Collaborated with team members for smooth warehouse operations.
- Picked orders accurately, reducing instances of return or exchange.
- Stacked pallets, creating organised storage system.
- Followed all health and safety guidelines, contributing to safe workplace environment.
- Handled fragile goods delicately, minimising product damage during load.
- Met tight deadlines by efficiently processing incoming shipments.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Economics
Modibbo Adama University Yola
Yola/Nigeria 03.2010 - 04.2016
GCSEs - Sciences
Ciroma Ahmad Academy
Jimeta/Nigeria 09.2003 - 08.2008
Skills
- Night driving experience
- Wide load transportation
- Confidence in tight spaces
- Strict time management
- Tachograph operation
- Load securing
- Palletised delivery hand-balling
- Trunking deliveries
- Route planning
- Professional communication
- Experience with night drives
Languages
English
Fluent
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
HGV driver class 1
HGV Drivers Agency
07.2025 - Current
Driver's mate
Wincanton PLC
12.2024 - Current
Warehouse operator
Halfords
01.2024 - 12.2024
Bachelor of Science - Economics
Modibbo Adama University Yola
03.2010 - 04.2016
GCSEs - Sciences
Ciroma Ahmad Academy
09.2003 - 08.2008