HGV Drivers - Walsingham

The Role & Key Responsibilities

Job Title: HGV Class 1 Driver

Location: Walsingham, Norfolk

Contract & Shift: 12 month fixed , 2 week shift pattern covering every other weekend

Package includes Salary £45,189.63 a year, plus pension contributions matched up to 10% and access to flexible benefits that support your development, wellbeing and everyday life.

As a Driver for ABN, you will be the face of our business, effectively and safely delivering animal feed to our customers. Our transport team consists of over 240 drivers on the road every day, delivering to farmers up and down the country. Using the latest driver technology and state of the art vehicles we deliver two million tonnes of animal feed every year.

What is in it for you.

• A good salary, paid monthly for contracted hours - you will not just be paid for the hours you manage to drive that week. Our drivers average a 48-hour week where days can vary typically routes are planned around a 12–13-hour day but these could be longer or shorter subject to road conditions or delivery schedule.
• This job role could entail bulk or palletised deliveries
• You will be key to the food supply chain, so we offer stable, secure, and consistent working.
• State of the art vehicles and kit – and we also have a capital vehicle replacement strategy to ensure our vehicles remain fit for purpose.
• Great benefits as part of a global group business
• We are a market leader in terms of compliance and safety. Your safety is our number one performance metric.

What we are looking for

• Experienced Class 1 Driver CPC
• Knowledge of EU Drivers hours and WTD regulation
• Experience of blowing would be desirable but not essential.
• Experience with Moffett and forklift truck would be desirable
• IT literacy
• Understanding that we are working in the agricultural environment which means on Farms in all seasons – you may be standing outside the cab for extended periods of time during loading and unloading rain or shine and will be delivering to working farms.
• Self-motivated with great customer service skills – you will be interacting with our customers daily, so relationship building is key.

Where growth meets purpose

What sets us apart is how we delight our customers - and that’s because of great people like you. People with different life experiences who share common values. Together, we’re shaping a world where responsible nutrition is accessible to all. With a big goal comes equally big opportunities to make a career that truly feels like your own. As a team we’re collaborative, purpose-driven and encourage trying new ideas. We also find ways to nourish your individual journey, so everyone can feel proud of the difference that they make in their own way.

We’re thrilled to share that AB Agri has been recognised as one of The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2025. This is a proud moment for us all. It highlights the real progress we’ve made to build a workplace that is inclusive, supportive, and fair for everyone. Over the last 5 years we have rebuilt our talent management practices, from inclusive hiring, to transparent pay frameworks, flexible work, and the momentum of our Employee Network Groups. Our actions are embedding inclusion at the heart of how we operate and creating a culture where people can be themselves

As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to ensuring our application and recruitment processes work for everyone so if you need any additional support (like alternative formats for your application, bringing a support dog to the offices, a sign language interpreter - or anything else) just let us know.

About The Company

Rewarding your passion

When you join us, you'll do meaningful work and be rewarded fairly for it. From annual salary reviews and incentive bonus, ongoing career development and enhanced family, financial and wellbeing benefits – these are just some of the ways we reward you - from day one.

About us

We’re AB Agri part of Associated British Foods (ABF plc) and we’re passionate about feeding the world responsibly and affordably by making quality animal feed, creating nutrition and technology-based products, and offering data services for the agri-food industry.

Application Notes

We hope you feel that AB Agri is somewhere you can thrive and so we’d love to hear from you. We get a lot of applications for our roles and sometimes need to close the process early so register your details and upload your CV via our careers website as soon as you can – it will only take a few minutes.

When you do, we’ll ask you some equal opportunities questions just to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive – or show us areas we can improve. This information is anonymised, separate from your application and is never seen by the hiring panel. You can choose not to answer these questions and this won’t affect your application.

Apply today or contact our recruitment team for more information.

Agencies and media sales

AB Agri group politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We don’t accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.