Highly skilled and efficient HGV Driver operating Class 1 & 2 vehicles with experience in transporting goods across the UK and maintaining on-time deliveries while ensuring full compliance with DVSA regulations and UK Driver Hours rules. Knowledgeable in vehicle inspections & tachograph monitoring with focus on efficiency, safety and customer service.
Organise labour requirements, managing teams and supervisors
Employees induction and training
Ensure that all production tasks are completed in timely manner
Uphold discipline standards across all supervisor groups
Irrigation system, polytunnels and glasshouse management
Accommodation management (maintenance, checks and repairs)
Monitoring Health & Safety procedures in order to maintain a safe work environment
Production budget and costings
Liaise with Agronomists and suppliers
Implementing and managing crop protection operations
Set up production KPI's and monitoring performance
Implemented different raspberries & blueberries growing techniques to improve picking speed
Reduced raspberries pruning costs by 10% by implementing a new pruning technique
Managed harvest team of 150+ employees to satisfy daily harvest requirements and maintain quality
Crop estimates (daily, six-weekly, yearly)
Implemented procedures and standards required by supermarkets and audits
Lorry driving (as and when required by the business)
Planned and supervised fruit planting, winter and summer pruning, thinning, weeding, support systems (raspberries & apples)
Organised daily work schedules, production teams management
Installation, maintenance and monitoring of irrigation system
Lorry driving (as and when required by the business)
Sprayed crops with chemicals (herbicide, insecticide, fungicide) , fertiliser application
Chemicals inventory control and record keeping
Identified crop issues in the field while spraying
Operated & maintained chemical application equipment
Implemented the plan needed to undertake tractor and machinery operations to ensure crops are planted on time
Used tractor attachments to plough fields , sow seeds and harvest crops
Maintained equipment and carried out basic repairs
Cut and shaped materials with hand and machine tools
Created designs for furniture on paper and on the computer
Estimated the quantity and type of materials needed to fulfill orders
Furniture installation in client property
Strong Verbal Communication
Leadership
Attention to details
Multitasking
First Aid &Fire Marshalling
Microsoft Office
UK Driving Licence: A, B1, B, C1, C, BE, C1E, CE
Tachograph card & CPC card
Vehicle Inspections
Tachograph Monitoring
Excavator experience (up to 35 t)
Telescopic Lift truck (pallet and bulk, up to 9 meters)
Industrial Counterbalanced Lift Truck (below 5 tonnes)
Chainsaw - Maintenance nad Cross-cutting
NRoSo Member