Truck Driver (HGV)

You start most days at the depot near the harbour, do your walk-around check on the tractor unit, couple the trailer and load up before the morning traffic builds. Routes run mainly across northern Germany, with deliveries to building sites, warehouses, and the port terminals, so expect a mix of motorway stretches and tight yard manoeuvring. You secure pallets and steel with straps and chains, handle the tail lift or work alongside a forklift driver, and keep your paperwork and tacho in order at every stop. Some days are regional and you sleep at home, others are two-day runs with a night in the cab. You log your hours properly and plan breaks so you stay inside the driving rules. The dispatcher gives you the plan, but the route and the timing on the road are yours to manage.

Class CE driving licence with a valid Code 95 (Driver CPC)

Driver card and clean driving record

At least two years behind the wheel of an articulated truck

Functional English (B1) so dispatch and paperwork are no problem

Load securing done right, every load, every time

Comfortable reading a tacho and tracking your own hours

We help with relocation and sort your paperwork before day one

Shared company accommodation for the first three months while you find your feet

Weekly transport between accommodation and depot

Full German health insurance from your first working day

You start at 2240 EUR net a month. Stay clean on the road, keep your hours tidy, and take on the longer runs, and within the first year you move up to 2580 EUR net. Drivers who show they can train newcomers and handle the harder routes are the first ones offered extra responsibility.

The depot sits close to the port, with modern Euro 6 tractor units kept on a regular service schedule. Weather comes with the job in Hamburg, so you load and check trailers in rain and wind, and winter mornings start in the dark. The yard team and dispatch speak German and English, and there is a heated break room with coffee for between runs.