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Parcelforce Collection & Delivery Driver

Swansea

Posted 31/10/2024

£11.75 - £12.95 per hour

Top Reasons to Apply
  1. Royal Mail are proud of our diverse employee network groups and the active role they play to support belonging and encourage a positive work environment.
  2. The role is to planning your delivery route and carrying out safety checks on your vehicle. Then you’ll be busy collecting and delivering parcels to households and businesses.
  3. We offer medical care including eye and dental care, opportunity to increase earnings by working extra hours and company pension scheme.
Job Description

Starting salary of £23,290 (£11.75 per hour) increasing to £25,679 (£12.95 per hour), on completion of 6 month probation period. Plus, an additional supplement of £824 per annum pro rota, nightshift allowance and excellent benefits (based on a 38 hour full time week).

The role will attract an Inner London weighting allowance of £5,317 per annum (£2.68 per hour) pro rata. The role will attract an Outer London weighting allowance of £3,152 per annum (£1.58) pro rata.

You could earn a total package of circa £30,000 per annum, including excellent benefits (based on a 38 hour full time week with overtime).

Contract Type: Permanent  

Working hours: 38  Full time  hours per week with opportunity for overtime. Typical attendance is Monday to Friday, 08:00 - 15:36.  

Location: Parcelforce Worldwide Swansea, SA7 0AQ

The Benefits 

  • Medical Care including eye and dental care
  • Opportunity to increase earnings by working extra hours
  • £24.41 per week driving allowance plus weekly bonus of up to £16
  • Company pension scheme
  • 4.5 weeks annual holiday entitlement, increasing with service
  • Option to purchase additional leave direct from pay
  • Career development opportunities
  • Free full Uniform supplied
  • Corporate discounts

At Parcelforce Worldwide it’s not just what we do, it’s how we do it that matters. That’s why we’re on the lookout for an excellent Collection and Delivery Driver to join our dedicated team, support our growing business and exceed our customer’s expectations.

About the role

First things first, you’ll start your day by planning your delivery route and carrying out safety checks on your vehicle. Then you’ll be busy collecting and delivering parcels to households and businesses. You’ll go the extra mile for our customers as you deliver everything from birthday presents to vital business information. In return, you’ll get a rewarding role including best-in-industry benefits.

About you

Naturally friendly, you’re a positive and proactive person looking for a long-term career in an ambitious and growing company. A brilliant team player, you’ve the ability to build good relationships with everyone you work with – always seeking the best results for our customers. It’s important that you’re able to lift and carry parcels weighing up to 30kg.

It’s essential that you have a full UK manual driving licence (in your current UK address) covering up to 3.5 tonnes (Cat B). In an ideal world you’ll have a clean licence but it definitely shouldn’t have more than 6 penalty points. And, just so you know, you’ll be required to show your licence at your assessment.

About us

Parcelforce Worldwide provides express parcel delivery across the UK. We employ over 5,500 people and operate across a network of 54 depots throughout the UK. Our intelligent use of technology helps ensure we stay one-step ahead, and everyone that works for us has the responsibility to create a smooth and efficient service. We are always thinking ahead, and we’re always looking for friendly and committed people to join our diverse and supportive team.

Interested? We can’t wait to hear from you. 

Trust is important to everything we do in Parcelforce. We want to build that trust from the very beginning of your journey with us. The first step is your interview; and we mean your interview. We want to give you the opportunity to present us with your best examples. As a result, we will provide you with your interview questions ahead of the interview taking place, to allow you time to prepare in advance. We want to be transparent about what kind of qualities we are looking for and what a job with Parcelforce entails. Trust on the doorstep starts with you.

Please note once our maximum number of applications has been reached, this advert will be closed.

Royal Mail are proud of our diverse employee network groups and the active role they play to support belonging and encourage a positive work environment. We are firmly committed to inclusion and passionate about our people representing the communities we serve. 

We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process. Please share the details within your application if required.

Royal Mail Group
Company Information

Royal Mail is something special – a well–loved brand people can rightly be proud of. We have the assets, the infrastructure and the scale that others don’t, yet we are a big part of the communities we operate in, making billions of precious deliveries each year. Our people are at the heart of our business and are integral to helping us to utilise the latest technology and business approaches to optimise, automate and digitise our operations. 

We’ve got a big part to play in bringing people together, and we have a proud history of connecting the UK. We celebrate diversity by recognising that all people have different needs and are able to contribute in different ways. We promote behaviours and working practices which recognise and value the difference between people and help them to fulfil their potential.

Key Facts
  • Head Office:

    1 Barnby St,
    London NW1 1AA

  • Nearest Train Station:

    Euston Railway Station

  • Nearest Bus Stop:

    Euston Bus Station

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