Job hunting around Shepton Mallet often means one thing: transport. And this week, yes, there are lorries. Several. But there's also care work, community hosting, lab work, retail, marketing and a few practical hands-on roles for anyone who would rather not spend their week saying "no, the delivery bay is around the back" into the void.

Drivers, logistics and people who know their Class 1 from their Class 2

First up, Class 1 Trunk Drivers are wanted in Shepton Mallet with Gregory Distribution. It's a Monday to Friday nights role, so one for those who don't mind seeing Somerset mostly by headlights and warehouse lamps. You'll need a UK Class 1 licence and the sort of steady temperament that doesn't unravel at the first awkward roundabout.

There's also a Class 1 Casual Driver role in Shepton Mallet on a zero-hours contract. The work involves collecting and delivering customers' products across the UK using a curtain-sided trailer, so it suits someone who wants flexibility and does not panic at the phrase "nationwide run".

A Milk Tanker Driver is needed in Evercreech, collecting fresh milk from local farms and delivering it to the dairy. The listing mentions a 5-on, 3-off shift pattern, with days and nights involved. It's not one for anyone emotionally attached to conventional bedtimes, but Somerset runs on milk, mud and quiet competence, and this sits neatly in that tradition.

If bins are more your beat, an HGV Class 2 Waste and Recycling Driver is needed in Evercreech. It's Monday to Friday, with an immediate start, and new pass drivers are welcome, which is handy if you've only recently joined the lorry club. There's also a signing-on bonus after a qualifying period, which is not to be sniffed at when the job involves keeping the place from looking like everyone gave up after bin day.

Over in Shepton Mallet, there's a Class 2 Driver — Collections & Delivery role based with Pallet Networks. It's Monday to Friday, with a Saturday rota that works out at around one Saturday in ten, paid at £20 per hour with job-and-knock and a guaranteed minimum four hours' pay. Expect curtain-side vehicles, multi-drop palletised deliveries and a working knowledge of the South West's finest industrial estates.

There's also an HGV Class 2 Driver role in Shepton Mallet through Pure Staff. This one is listed as an immediate start, paying £16.50 per hour for Monday to Friday work. Straightforward enough: qualified driver, weekday work, wheels turning. No need to over-dress it like it's a TED Talk.

Glastonbury has a full-time permanent HGV Class 2 Concrete Pump Driver / Plant Operative role on offer. The salary is listed at £37,000 a year, with typical 7am starts and some flexibility required, which is recruitment-speak for "bring a flask and don't make firm plans too early". It's in the construction materials sector, so expect proper kit, proper graft and probably a fair bit of reversing into places designed by someone who has never driven anything larger than a Fiesta.

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Practical graft, tools and keeping things moving

Glastonbury also has a Production/Yard Operative vacancy, listed at 40 hours a week with a competitive salary and bonus scheme. It's practical, physical work in a building materials setting, so probably not the role for anyone who considers moving a bag of compost "a lot". But for someone reliable, hands-on and not frightened of a yard in January, it could be a decent move.

In Shepton Mallet, a Nights Fitter is also being advertised. The listing is light on the finer details, but the title tells you plenty: nights, fitting, and likely the kind of work where things need fixing before everyone else arrives and starts asking why the machine is making that noise.

There's also a Blinds and Curtains Installer role covering Street and the wider area. This is field-based, with the sort of flexible set-up that could suit someone who wants to work close to home, at their own pace, and spend less time pretending to enjoy office small talk. It is with Hillarys, the window furnishings people, so expect tape measures, customer homes and the occasional debate about whether "warm neutral" is a colour or a state of mind.

Labs, care and jobs that involve actual humans

A Laboratory Technician is needed near Wells with Quality Milk Management Services Ltd, a small family company working in the dairy industry. It's a full-time role involving milk recording, laboratory and consultancy services, and they're after someone who can take ownership of their work without needing to be chased about like a rogue shopping trolley. A good one if you like science, detail and the idea of contributing to the county's dairy backbone without actually standing in a field.

In Shepton Mallet, there's a Support Worker Learning Disabilities role in a small, person-centred service. The listing says it's best suited to someone experienced, with the right to work in the UK already in place, as visa sponsorship is not available. This is the kind of work that needs patience, consistency and a spine made of something stronger than motivational posters.

Also in and around Shepton Mallet, a Day Care Host is wanted to run socially interactive friendship groups from their own home. Groups involve up to four older people for up to two full days a week, depending on local need. It's not your standard job, but for someone warm, practical and capable of making people feel properly welcome, it could be more meaningful than another office chair with a broken height lever.

Shops, stockrooms and customer-facing business

For anyone who likes retail but not necessarily the soul-sapping late-night kind, there's a Store Assistant role in Glastonbury. The Aldi listing mentions flexible contracts between 10 and 30 hours a week, with shifts that can start as early as 6am and finish as late as 10pm, so do check the bus situation before romanticising it. Expect tills, shelves, customers, deliveries and the quiet satisfaction of knowing exactly where the baked beans have gone.

Street also has a Visual Merchandising Executive role linked to the Clarks set-up. It involves planning, execution and communication of visual merchandising standards across UK and ROI stores, which is a polished way of saying: making sure the shops look right, sell properly and don't descend into "we'll just put that there for now".

Marketing, media and trying to make the internet behave

Street has a Social Media Content Assistant role on-site as part of a marketing team. The job is about bringing the brand to life on Instagram, TikTok and whatever platform we are all pretending to understand this week. Good for someone creative, organised and able to make content without using the phrase "just popping on here" unless absolutely forced.

Also in Street, there's a Consumer Media Planner role. The office is on the same site where Cyrus and James Clark first started making sheepskin slippers in 1825, which is a better origin story than most business parks can offer. The job sits in a fast-moving marketing team working across UK, ROI and EMEA campaigns, so it's one for someone who can handle plans, platforms and people asking whether something can "just be turned around quickly".

That's this week's local spread: lorries, laboratories, shop floors, social media, care work, fitting work and a decent amount of Somerset common sense. For more roles — because something new always appears the second you stop looking — keep an eye on the Wells, Shepton Mallet, Glastonbury and Street Nub News jobs boards.