Courier

American Red Cross; Maryland Heights (MO); On-site; USD 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established humanitarian organization is seeking a compassionate individual to join their team. In this role, you will drive an American Red Cross vehicle to pick up and deliver essential products, ensuring safety and compliance with regulations. You will interact positively with customers and maintain the vehicle in excellent condition. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to a meaningful mission while receiving comprehensive support and benefits. Join a diverse and inclusive environment where your work truly makes a difference in people's lives every day.

Benefits

Health Spending Accounts

Flexible Spending Accounts

PTO + Holidays

401K with up to 6% match

Paid Family Leave

Employee Assistance

Disability and Insurance

Service Awards and recognition

Qualifications

• High School diploma required; valid driver's license with clean record.
• Experience with messenger service or trucking preferred.

Responsibilities

• Drive vehicle for delivery of blood products and materials safely.
• Prepare deliveries by verifying orders and maintaining inventory.
• Provide customer service and maintain excellent vehicle conditions.

Skills

Customer Service

Compassion

Driving Skills

Attention to Detail

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Vehicle Operation

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?
As one of the nation’s premier humanitarian organizations, the American Red Cross is dedicated to helping people in need throughout the United States and, in association with other Red Cross networks, throughout the world. When you join our team, you have a direct impact on a meaningful mission, and you can help save lives every day. If you share our passion for helping people, join us in this excellent career opportunity. Work where your career is a force for good.

We are committed to the diversity of our workforce and to delivering our programs and services in a culturally competent manner reflecting the communities we serve. Our work environment is collaborative, respectful, and inclusive with a focus on building allyship and a culture of belonging that empowers all team members. Come to learn, grow, and succeed while sharing your passion for making a difference.

The Red Cross supports a variety of cultural and community resource groups for employees and volunteers. From the Ability Network, our Asian American & Pacific Islander Resource Group, the Latino Resource Group, and Red Cross PRIDE, to the Umoja African American Resource Group, our Veterans+ Resource Group, and the Women’s Resource Group, these networks provide connections, mentoring and help give voice to important concerns and opinions.

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.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Operate vehicle for the delivery of blood products and materials safely and within traffic laws.
2. Prepare for deliveries by verifying orders, loading vehicles, and maintaining route supply inventory to ensure prompt delivery of products to customers.
3. Document temporary storage and transportation of blood, blood products, and materials as required by internal and external regulatory requirements.
4. Provide customer service by giving basic information and interacting in a positive proactive manner with employees.
5. Maintain excellent vehicle conditions by keeping vehicle clean and checking fluid and gas levels.
6. 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: Monday and Fridays (6pm-3am) Saturday and Sundays (3pm-11pm).

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.

WHAT WILL GIVE YOU THE COMPETITIVE EDGE (Preferred Qualifications): Previous experience with a messenger service or trucking company.

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:

We take care of you, while you take care of others. As a mission-based organization, we believe our team needs great support to do great work. Our comprehensive benefits help you in balancing home and work. With our resources and perks, you have amazing possibilities at the American Red Cross to advance and learn.

Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts

PTO + Holidays

401K with up to 6% match

Paid Family Leave

Employee Assistance

Disability and Insurance: Short + Long Term

Service Awards and recognition

Apply now! Joining our team will provide you with the opportunity to make a difference every day.

The American Red Cross is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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.

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 ranks with welcoming team members who are elite, 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 generous compensation and benefits. You join a community that respects who you are away from work as much as what you do while at work.