Pet Delivery Driver

Role overview

This is a permanent full-time driving role based in the Peterborough area, paying £13.00 per hour for 37.5 contracted hours. The position involves transporting pets to stores, with most shifts requiring overnight stays. Where overnight travel is needed, accommodation, fuel allowance, and food allowance are provided.

The role sits within a logistics and distribution team focused on ensuring pets are delivered safely and in line with high animal welfare standards.

Location and contract details

Work location: 1, Bourges Retail Park, Bourges Boulevard, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 1NG

Area reference: Peterborough, PE8

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full-time, 37.5 contracted hours

Pay: £13.00 per hour

Reference: 28914578

What the job involves

• Acting as a cover driver, with weekly base locations changing as required.
• Working closely with the Pet Delivery Team to move pets into stores.
• Reporting to the Pet Delivery Manager / First Line Manager.
• Collaborating with pet operations management, pet health checkers, store colleagues, and other transport drivers.
• Carrying out pre-drive checks before starting the vehicle.
• Completing store deliveries safely, legally, and with animal welfare as a top priority.
• Coordinating van maintenance when needed.
• Using phone apps to complete process checks and required tasks.
• Providing a helpful, customer-focused approach and supporting team goals.

Experience and personal qualities

The ideal candidate should already have experience driving a 3.5-tonne vehicle, preferably a box van. They should be comfortable following detailed procedures carefully, be adaptable in both duties and working hours, and show a strong commitment to safe, considerate driving.

Being around small animals is an important part of the role, so previous ownership or comfort with close contact with small animals is preferred. A full, clean driving licence is also desirable.

Benefits and allowances

• Competitive hourly pay.
• Overnight accommodation provided when shifts require staying away.
• Fuel allowance covered for applicable overnight duties.
• Food allowance covered for applicable overnight duties.
• Annual leave, including bank holidays, with additional entitlement after 2 years of continuous service.
• An extra day off for your birthday.
• Stakeholder pension plan.
• Personal health insurance scheme, if enrolled in the pension scheme.
• Life assurance cover.
• 20% discount at Pets at Home after 12 weeks of service.
• Access to the Pets “Treats” voluntary benefits package.

Additional information

The employer may close the vacancy early if suitable applicants are found before the stated closing date. The organisation also welcomes applications from people with different backgrounds and encourages candidates to apply even if their experience does not match every requirement, as long as they can bring a positive contribution through their values and behaviour.

Key dates

Posted: 05-05-2026

Expiry: 19-05-2026