Healthcare Service Technician

phs Group; East Grinstead; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in healthcare waste management seeks a Service Technician to provide essential services across customer locations. Responsibilities include driving routes to collect hazardous and pharmaceutical waste, requiring a full UK driving license and excellent customer service skills. The role offers a competitive salary, overtime opportunities, and 31 days of annual leave.

Benefits

Dedicated company vehicle

Discounts with retailers, including o2 and F&B

Pension

31 days annual leave

Qualifications

• Must have held a full UK Manual Driving Licence for at least 12 months.
• Preferably hold a current ADR Class 6, 6.1 & 6.2 certification.
• Able to work flexibly between the hours of 6am and 6pm.

Responsibilities

• Driving to customers, collecting hazardous and pharmaceutical waste.
• Supporting Covid testing stations by collecting sealed waste.
• Returning to depot to empty collected waste.

Skills

Customer Service

Driving

Flexibility

Education

Full UK Manual Driving Licence

ADR Class 6, 6.1 & 6.2

Job description

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As a technician, you play a key part in the success of phs. To our customers, you are the face of the company. Your excellent customer service skills help keep our customers happy – and ensure they remain our customers!

As a Service Technicianin our Healthcare division, your time will be split. Half your time will be spent driving prearranged routes to our customers locations (We have a system that works out the most efficient route based on our customer service times).

A day in the life of a Service Technician at phs will involve;

Driving to our customers on your allocated route.

Emptying Euro Bins containing offensive waste

Collecting Pharmaceutical waste, Hazardous waste, and Sharps containers.

Supporting Covid testing stations by collecting sealed waste

Replacing, emptying other products within our customers Healthcare facilities.

Completing hazardous Consignment notes/Transfer notes.

Returning to your allocated depot every day to empty the waste from the vehicle that was collected.

The ideal candidate for a Service Technician role at phs will:

Have the patience to travel between our customers during busy times (Traffic issues are an unavoidable part of this job)

Be able to work flexibly between the hours of 6am and 6pm, 40 hours per week.

Have held a full UK Manual Driving Licence for a minimum of 12 months (Subject to insurance requirements), with a maximum of 6 points.

Not have DR/DD/CD/TT/IN/AC endorsements in the past 5 years.

Preferably hold a current ADR Class 6, 6.1 & 6.2

In return for your commitment and expertise, you will get:

A salary of £24,200 (Based on a 40-hour working week Monday to Friday)

13 paydays per year (Every 4 weeks)

Overtime opportunities.

A dedicated company vehicle so you can start working from your own front door.

Discounts with retailers including o2 and F&B.

Pension

• Your annual leave will be 31 days (inclusive of Christmas Day) so you have 30 days to book throughout the holiday year. Due to the nature of our work, bank holidays are normal working days except for Christmas Day.

Although we welcome candidates from all demographics, we recognise we do not have a proportionate number of female technicians in this location currently and would like to rectify this.