Postperson With Driving

Royal Mail; North East; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full uniform provided

Company pension scheme

Career development opportunities

Apprentice schemes

Job summary

Royal Mail in North Shields is seeking a Parcel Delivery Driver on a fixed-term 9-month contract. You will deliver parcels across your designated area, using route-planning tools and maintaining customer service standards.

The role is 29 hours per week across five days, with Saturday and Sunday shifts. A UK manual driving licence (no more than 6 points) is required, and full uniform is provided along with pension benefits and career development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Full UK manual driving licence with no more than 6 penalty points.
• Willing to work weekends and flexible hours.
• Strong customer service and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver parcels via allocated route, ensuring on-time arrival and accurate deliveries.
• Prepare and load the van, use route-planning tools to optimise daily workload.
• Represent Royal Mail professionally and provide a positive customer experience.

Skills

Customer service

Multi-drop driving

Organised

Job description

Parcel Delivery Driver
Job reference: 338279
Location: North Shields Delivery Office, NE29 8YY
Job type: Fixed Term contract 9 months
Hours: 29:00 hours per week, working 5 days across Monday - Sunday, working between 08:15am and 15:30pm

Due to operational demand, you will be required to work Saturday and Sunday, according to a local rota/plan. Sunday hours are between 11:00 and 17:00.

There has never been a more exciting time to join us! We are reinventing Royal Mail for the future and now is a perfect time to join us on that journey.

Each year, we make billions of deliveries possible. Whatever the weather, come rain or shine, we show up. Because for us, it's personal. And you could be part of it. Part of a team of multi drop drivers, you'll deliver much more than parcels. Ensuring our customers days are a little bit brighter.

However, it's not just about driving and deliveries. Prepping your van and workload for the day, you will use route-planning technology tools, to ensure each parcel gets to the right place, at the right time. You deliver much more than parcels. You deliver for the people. Interested? Join us and make a difference.

A bit about you

• Upbeat, self-motivated and thrive whilst working independently
• Organised, punctual with great initiative
• Committed to the delivery of great customer service
• Comfortable interacting with customers, acting as a positive ambassador for Royal mail
• Happy to work in the afternoon and early evenings
• Enjoy a multi drop driving role, delivering parcels across the week in the assigned area
• Possess a full UK manual driving licence with no more than 6 penalty points

What we do for you

• A guaranteed hourly rate of £13.68p/h (paid monthly and adjusted to your working hours).
• 22.5 days holiday, rising with length of service (adjusted to your working hours if below 37 hours a week).
• Full uniform provided
• Company pension scheme with competitive contribution rates
• Lots of opportunity to develop a career, including our trainee manager roles and Apprentice Schemes
• Excellent family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave
• Your Wellbeing - you and your family have 24/7 free access to services and tools to help support your physical and mental health, including financial and social support and advice
• Various discounts including high street vouchers, travel and attraction discounts, and savings on beauty products and gym membership
• Free stamps at Christmas

Please note:

For candidate search purposes, roles offering between 35-37 hours per week are listed as full-time. However, any role under 37 hours per week will be classified as part-time in the employment contract.

As a Parcel Delivery Driver, you're expected to securely deliver all items on your route, including handling and delivering election materials and certain items (such as food products or alcohol) in line with Royal Mail business standards.

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.