Regional Petroleum Driver Trainer - #146698
Wincanton
Date: 1 day ago
City: St Albans
Contract type: Full time

Job Description
Regional Petroleum Driver Trainer – Monday to Friday
Join our team as a Regional Petroleum Driver Trainer and enjoy the benefits of a Monday to Friday schedule with the autonomy to plan your own calendar. Primarily based in the South with some national travel, you’ll play a key role in driver development across our Petroleum contracts.
In this role, you’ll deliver DCPC training, Petroleum Driver Passport (PDP) assessments, on-the-road evaluations, and driver development plans—including our Wincanton Driver Core Induction program. You’ll ensure all driver training requirements are met and that drivers operate safely and compliantly, using data-driven insights from Wincanton systems to deliver timely and effective training interventions.
What’s in it for you?
Duties And Responsibilities
Regional Petroleum Driver Trainer – Monday to Friday
Join our team as a Regional Petroleum Driver Trainer and enjoy the benefits of a Monday to Friday schedule with the autonomy to plan your own calendar. Primarily based in the South with some national travel, you’ll play a key role in driver development across our Petroleum contracts.
In this role, you’ll deliver DCPC training, Petroleum Driver Passport (PDP) assessments, on-the-road evaluations, and driver development plans—including our Wincanton Driver Core Induction program. You’ll ensure all driver training requirements are met and that drivers operate safely and compliantly, using data-driven insights from Wincanton systems to deliver timely and effective training interventions.
What’s in it for you?
- Monday to Friday working
- Autonomy to plan and manage your own calendar
- Competitive salary and benefits
- Opportunities for growth and development
- A supportive and inclusive work environment
Duties And Responsibilities
- Work with all petroleum contracts across the region to ensure compliance throughout as required by both legislation and customer procedures.
- Deliver engaging DCPC and PDP training in line with Wincanton quality standards.
- Conduct on road pre-employment, temporary worker, annual, post-accident, return to work and performance failings driver assessments in line with Wincanton policy’s and standards.
- Interrogate data at regular intervals to identify drivers requiring additional support.
- Provide subject matter expertise and advice to H&S professionals to aid compilation of SSoW.
- Deliver practical training of all SSoW and refresher training after an appropriate period of time.
- Support the Quality Assurance team reviewing current training materials and developing new materials.
- Plan and deliver classroom and practical training sessions for familiarisation of new or in-service equipment.
- Providing guidance and training on safety matters for managers and supervisors.
- Monitoring with operations driver performance through use of telemetry.
- Provide subject matter expertise on telematics system fitted to vehicle.
- Ownership of drivers training records on Vantage Driver Passport.
- Attend relevant CPD courses and carry out personal research and reading to keep up to date with legal, industry, and Company trends and requirements.
- Safe and compliant drivers across all petroleum contracts.
- Training requirements delivered to all petroleum contracts in time and efficiently.
- Must have LGV C+E license and ADR classes 2 & 3.
- Hold a L3 Award in Education and Training or above (or equivalent).
- Must have at least 2 years’ experience in working in UK downstream oil industry.
- Experience in forecourt and bulk deliveries essential.
- In depth knowledge of ACOP L133 and DSEAR.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Have a working knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of a trainer in relation to legislation, equality, diversity, inclusivity and meeting the needs of the learners.
- Be able to demonstrate the ability to develop teaching and training material using the appropriate resources to support effective learning.
- Understand and have a working knowledge of the Goods Vehicle Operator License undertakings for the UK.
- Be able to articulate, check, and challenge EC Driver and Working Time legislation requirements and means of managing.
- IT literate including experience of Microsoft Office packages.
- Work confidentially, and with integrity, reporting all issues regardless as to working relationships, without fear or favour.
- Prioritisation and delegation skills.
- International Transport Manager CPC (or equivalent) is desirable.
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