Parcelforce Collection & Delivery Driver

Royal Mail; Coventry; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK delivery company is seeking a Collection & Delivery Driver in Coventry. This full-time role involves organizing parcels, ensuring vehicle safety, and delivering parcels while providing excellent customer service. The position offers competitive benefits, including a weekly driving allowance, paid overtime, and career development opportunities. Ideal candidates will have a full UK driving licence and a customer-focused attitude.

Benefits

Weekly driving allowance (£25.95)

Paid overtime and weekend premiums

Excellent company pension

4.5 weeks holiday allowance

Medical cover (including eye and dental care)

Free uniform and exclusive staff discounts

Real career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Full manual UK driving licence registered to current address with no more than 6 penalty points.
• Comfortable working independently and supporting team.

Responsibilities

• Organise parcels and plan your route.
• Carry out vehicle safety checks.
• Collect and deliver parcels to households and businesses.

Skills

Customer-focused

Ability to lift and carry parcels up to 30kg

Reliable

Education

Full manual UK driving licence (Cat B up to 3.5 tonnes)

Job description

Overview

Royal Mail is a well–loved brand with assets, infrastructure and scale, committed to communities through billions of deliveries each year. Our people help us utilise the latest technology and approaches to optimise, automate and digitise operations.

Join Parcelforce Worldwide as a Collection & Delivery Driver. This is a permanent, full-time role with potential overtime, based in Coventry.

Responsibilities

• Organise parcels and plan your route
• Carry out vehicle safety checks
• Collect and deliver parcels to households and businesses, providing excellent customer service with every delivery

What’s in it for you

• Weekly driving allowance (£25.95) and bonus (up to £16)
• Paid overtime available and weekend premiums (an extra £4.26 hourly on Saturday & £6.38 hourly on Sunday, applied to contracted hours worked on a Saturday after 06:00 and Sunday between 00:01 – 23:59)
• Excellent company pension
• 4.5 weeks holiday allowance, increasing with service, plus option to buy extra days
• Medical cover (including eye and dental care)
• Free uniform and exclusive staff discounts
• Real career development opportunities

Who we’re looking for

• A full manual UK driving licence (Cat B up to 3.5 tonnes) – registered to your current address, with no more than 6 penalty points
• Ability to lift and carry parcels up to 30kg
• Friendly, reliable, and customer-focused
• Comfortable working independently and happy to support your team
• Looking for a stable career in an ambitious and growing company

About us

Parcelforce Worldwide is one of the UK’s leading express parcel delivery companies. As part of Royal Mail Group, we operate from 54 depots with over 5,500 dedicated team members. We combine smart tech with great people to deliver a smooth, efficient service.

Join the team that delivers more than parcels – we deliver pride, purpose, and great service.

Additional information

Interested? Complete our short online application today.

Trust is the foundation of Parcelforce. We aim to be transparent about the qualities we seek and what a career with us entails, building trust from the start of your journey with us. Your interview is the first step, and we want you to shine. To help you prepare, we’ll provide your interview questions in advance, so you can have your best examples ready.

Royal Mail Group is committed to inclusion and representing the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals. As a proud Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant, we especially encourage applications from the Armed Forces community, including cadet instructors and spouses/partners.

We are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to support you during the hiring process, please discuss these with your recruiter when contacted.