Multi drop van driver

285 Polar Speed Distribution Limited; Preston; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days holiday

Pension scheme

UPS Perks At Work

Job summary

Polar Speed Distribution Limited in Preston is recruiting a multi-drop van driver based at Fulwood. The role is Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week, starting at 6.30am, on-site in a chilled area when required, with full training provided.

You will scan pallets, perform safety checks, and deliver to hospitals and other sites. A minimum of 2 years' driving, a B category licence (ideally ≤3 points), and strong communication skills are required; weekend shifts pay time and a half, and a company

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years driving experience.
• Hold a B category licence (ideally ≤3 points).
• Experience in temperature-controlled delivery is advantageous.
• Excellent communication and customer service.
• Ability to build relationships while maintaining confidentiality.
• Good organisation and prioritisation.
• High attention to detail.
• Ability to work on own initiative.
• Team player mentality.

Responsibilities

• Scan pallets/boxes at the depot and load all stock to the vehicle.
• Complete daily safety checks of vehicle and refrigeration unit.
• Upon arrival at the designated hospital scan all stock.
• The stock is unpacked and taken to correct hospital department.
• Product lines and numbers checked against the packing list and stock rotated.
• The driver must conduct stock counts so must be accurate.
• There can be several put away locations at each hospital, so the driver must become familiar with these areas and the different product lines.

Skills

2+ years driving experience

B category license (3 points max)

Temp-controlled deliveries

Customer service skills

Confidentiality

Organisation & prioritisation

Attention to detail

Independence

Team player

Job description

Job Description

Multi drop van driver Based At Polarspeed Distribution Ltd, Unit 2 Belgrave Court, Caxton Road, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 9ZB Monday - Friday - 40 hours per week - 6.30am start £12.71 per hour. Weekend and bank holiday working is paid at time and one half rate at £19.06 per hour. Polar Speed, a UPS Healthcare company, is a logistics company and innovative provider of temperature sensitive transportation and pharmaceutical supply chain solutions in the UK. Polar Speed has a reputation for quality, compliance, operational and customer facing technology and monitoring solutions in the growing temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical logistics market in the UK. The company specializes in active temperature-controlled deliveries to hospitals, pharmacies, wholesalers and medical care surgeries as well as to end patients which it serves through its home care business. Its customers include some of the best known pharmaceutical brands in the world. As a delivery and collection driver, White Glove is an additional service we offer hospitals, so the ideal candidate must be focused on attention to detail. This role will require the driver to be on site the whole day at the hospital, and working in a chilled area at times, the process is quite an involved and nice service that we offer to our client. Some hospitals are introducing item scanning instead of manual counting, full training will be given. As a delivery driver white glove, you’ll work a minimum of 40 hours per week and must be flexible and prepared to work additional hours as and when required to meet our service requirements which may be of an urgent medical nature.

We offer a wide range of benefits including 28 days’ holiday (including bank holidays) building to 33 days (including bank holidays) in the sixth full holiday year and a company pension scheme, and UPS Perks At Work scheme. Due to the nature of the work we do and for successful applicants, Polar Speed will be required to process enhanced disclosure criminal record checks, and 3 year referencing checks.

Key Responsibilities

• Scan pallets / boxes at the depot and load all stock to the vehicle


• Complete daily safety checks of vehicle and refrigeration unit


• Upon arrival at the designated hospital scan all stock


• The stock is unpacked and taken to correct hospital department


• Product lines and numbers checked against the packing list and stock rotated


• The driver must conduct stock counts so must be accurate


• There can be several put away locations at each hospital, so the driver must become familiar with these areas and the different product lines

Key Skills/Experience/Requirements

• A minimum of 2 years’ driving experience


• Must hold a B category driving licence (ideally no more than 3 points)


• Previous temperature controlled delivery driver experience advantageous


• Excellent communication and customer service skills


• Ability to build effective working relationships with customers/clients, whilst appreciating the need for maintaining confidentiality


• Good organisation skills with the ability to prioritize


• High attention to detail


• Excellent organisational skills with ability to work on own initiative


• Team player mentality Employee Type: Permanent

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