Multi drop van driver

United Parcel Service Sweden Aktiebolag; Preston; Presencial; GBP 17.000 - 28.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

28 days holiday incl bank holidays

Company pension scheme

UPS Perks At Work

Descripción de la vacante

Polar Speed, a UPS Healthcare company, is seeking a Multi drop van driver based in Preston. The role involves delivering and collecting stock to hospitals and care facilities, with a 40-hour week, 6.30am start, Monday to Friday.

The position offers a base rate of £12.71 per hour, with time-and-a-half (£19.06) on weekends and bank holidays. You will work in a chilled environment at times and may be asked to work additional hours to meet service requirements.

Formación

• Minimum 2 years' driving experience.
• Must hold a B category driving licence (ideally no more than 3 points).
• Experience in temperature-controlled delivery is advantageous.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills.
• Good organisation with the ability to prioritise.
• High attention to detail and ability to work on own initiative.
• Team player mentality.

Responsabilidades

• 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; become familiar with these areas and the different product lines.

Conocimientos

Driving experience

B category licence

Temperature-controlled delivery

Communication skills

Organisation

Attention to detail

Team player

Descripción del empleo

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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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