Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role. This is a permanent role. 45 hours per week. Monday - Friday. AM and PM shifts. Flexibility required.
Purpose of the post:
Logistics drivers at Eurofins are the contact point with our clients and it is important that the interaction at this point is courteous and polite. Logistics drivers are responsible for delivering and collection from our clients with consumables and samples and ensuring that the experience that our clients have at this point is a pleasant and efficient one.
- Effective and efficient carrying out of all work task allocated by the Logistics Team leaders
- Ensuring the vehicle that is being operated is safe for the road daily
- Ensure vehicle is kept clean inside and out
- Reporting of any issues with collections and deliveries to Logistics Team Leaders
- Reporting of any vehicle defects directly to Logistics Team Leaders
- Complete all require tasks set out in worksheets on digital work management platform
- Promote Eurofins image by wearing a presentable uniform which is provided
- Ensure all equipment at customer drop off locations is in date and working and feedback issues
- Ensure customer drop off locations are kept clean and free from rubbish
- Complete all company training
- Respond to any reasonable
- Have a continuous improvement mindset and always operate safety and raise safety concerns
- Full UK Manual B Category Driving Licence
- A working knowledge of delivery and collection operations within a temperature-controlled environment
- Delivery and collection operations
- Operating temperature-controlled vehicles
- Driving large vans up to 3.5 tonne
- Customer interaction
- Use of IT equipment to process work
- Customer focused
- Excellent communication skills
- Highly Organised
- Attention to detail
- Excellent people skills
- Resilient
- Ability to work under pressure and with tight deadlines
Benefits
At Eurofins we are growing, innovating and always learning. We celebrate the achievements of our employees through annual long service awards, recognise our colleagues special life events, and we are committed to charitable causes through global fundraising activities.
As a Eurofins employee you will benefit from:
- Enhanced Annual Leave Entitlement
- Annual Leave Sellback Scheme
- Additional Annual Leave at Employees set service dates
- Company Pension Plan
- Life Assurance Scheme (4 times annual salary)
- Healthcare Cash Plan (6+ months service)
- Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity Schemes
- Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential
- Health and Wellbeing Programmes
- Worldwide career opportunities
- We also have in place rewards recognising the great work our employees deliver, their dedicated service and celebrating special life events.
What Happens Next
Our people are the backbone of what we do, so it's incredibly important we find the right individuals to join us. As a potential new recruit you'll be invited to meet the team in the form of an assessment centre or a staged interview process dependent on the role and it's requirements, this will give you the opportunity to see what working for Eurofins is really like and enable us to get you know your key skills and strengths.
Your data
As part of any recruitment process, the company collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. The company is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations.
Closing Date
We reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Therefore we would urge candidates to submit an application as early as possible.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive please be aware that if you do not receive a response within 4 weeks of the vacancy expiry date unfortunately, on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.
We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.
We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.
Sustainability matters to us! We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we also count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!
Find out more in our career page: https://careers.eurofins.com/