Courier

American Red Cross; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental Vision plans

Health Spending Accounts

PTO: Starting at 15 days a year

Holidays: 11 paid holidays

401K with up to 6% match

Paid Family Leave

Employee Assistance

Job summary

The American Red Cross is seeking a dependable driver to transport blood products and materials on a fixed route with evening shifts. You will load, verify orders, and ensure timely delivery while maintaining safety and compliance.

As part of a compassionate team, you will interact with staff and customers professionally, support loading duties as needed, and help keep vehicles well-maintained and organized on a weekly schedule including weekends.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent required.
• Valid driver's license and clean DMV record.
• Experience with a messenger service or trucking company preferred.

Responsibilities

• Operate vehicle for delivery of blood products and materials.
• Load and unload as needed and verify orders.
• Maintain route supply inventory for prompt delivery.
• Provide courteous customer service to internal and external customers.
• Keep vehicle clean and perform basic maintenance checks.

Skills

Safe driving

Delivery experience

Customer service

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

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By joining the American Red Cross you will touch millions of lives every year and experience the greatness of the human spirit at its best. Are you ready to be part of the world's largest humanitarian network?

Join us—Where your Career is a Force for Good!

Job Description:

Why Choose Us?

Joining The American Red Cross is like nothing else – it’s as much something you feel as something you do. You become a vital part of the world’s largest humanitarian network. Joining a team of welcoming individuals who are exceptional, yet unassuming. Diverse, yet uncompromising in unity. You grow your career within a movement that matters, where success is measured in people helped, communities made whole, and individuals equipped to never stop changing lives and situations for the better.

When you choose to be a force for good, you’ll have mentors who empower your growth along a purposeful career path. You align your life’s work with an ongoing mission that’s bigger than all of us. As you care for others, you’re cared for with competitive compensation and benefits. You join a community that respects who you are away from work as much as what you do while at work.

What you Need to Know:

We are seeking a customer-focused, compassionate individual to drive an American Red Cross vehicle to pick-up, deliver and properly store products and other lightweight materials following an assigned route or on an as-needed basis. You would also perform additional transport or loading duties to support ARC Blood Services.

As a Red Cross Team member, you will take care of your team members – show up for every shift and give 100% while you’re there. Interact in a positive, proactive, and customer-focused manner with both internal and external customers, demonstrating care and compassion at all times

WHERE YOUR CAREER IS A FORCE FOR GOOD:

Key Responsibilities:

• Operate vehicle for the delivery of blood products and materials safely and within traffic laws.
• Prepare for deliveries by verifying orders, loading vehicles, and maintaining route supply inventory to ensure prompt delivery of products to customers.
• Document temporary storage and transportation of blood, blood products, and materials as required by internal and external regulatory requirements.
• Provide customer service by giving basic information and interacting in a positive proactive manner with employees.
• Maintain excellent vehicle conditions by keeping vehicle clean and checking fluid and gas levels
• Provide shipping and receiving support as directed.

The aforementioned responsibilities describe the general nature of the position and are not an extensive list

Standard Schedule:

Standard Schedule: 16 hours a week; Saturday and Sunday, 6:00 PM–2:30 AM

Pay Information:

Pay Information: Pay rate is $17.05 an hour. There is also shift differential compensation for all hours worked on the weekend ($3.50-$5.00 more per hour for this shift.)

Training:

Training: If selected, must be able to attend New Employee Orientation for the first 3 days of employment. 8:00 am - 4:30 pm. The remaining training will be on the job.

What you Need to Succeed:

• High School or equivalent required.
• Valid driver’s license and clean DMV record required
• Previous experience with a messenger service or trucking company preferred.
• Ability to drive for long periods of time.

Physical Requirements:

Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. Frequently lift and/or move objects 10-50lbs unassisted. Frequently required to push carts weighing up to 100 pounds on flat flooring or ramps. Frequently required to stand for long periods, walk, stoop, kneel or crouch. Occasionally required to sit and climb or balance. Specific vision abilities required for this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust and focus. Able to withstand temperatures in a typical blood banking environment including refrigerators and freezers. Position may require climbing of step ladders. Operational flexibility is required to meet sudden and unpredictable needs.

Benefits for You

As a mission-based organization, we believe our team needs great support to do great work. Our comprehensive package includes:

• Medical, Dental Vision plans
• Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts
• PTO: Starting at 15 days a year; based on type of job and tenure
• Holidays: 11 paid holidays comprised of six core holidays and five floating holidays
• 401K with up to 6% match
• Paid Family Leave
• Employee Assistance
• Disability and Insurance: Short + Long Term
• Service Awards and recognition

The American Red Cross is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, San Diego Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and any other applicable state and local laws.

AmeriCorps, the federal agency that brings people together through service, and its partners — the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps Alums, National Peace Corps Association, and the Service Year Alliance — launched Employers of National Service to connect national service alumni with opportunities in the workforce. American Red Cross is proud to be an EONS partner and share our employment opportunities with the network of organizations.

Interested in Volunteering? Visit redcross.org/volunteertoday to learn more, including our most-needed volunteer positions.

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