Driver

**Driver (Life Science)**
- **Do you love your own company and being on the open road?**:
- **Are you passionate about building long lasting relationships and ensuring the highest levels of customer care?**:
- **Do you want to know that what you are doing is truly making a difference to people's lives?**
If you answered yes then this might just be the role for you!
**Biocair is an expert in temperature-controlled life sciences logistics, having been providing pharmaceutical professionals, researchers and scientists with industry-leading cold chain solutions for over 35 years. We move time and temperature sensitive shipments which really make a difference to people’s lives be that through vaccines or our growing Cell &
Gene Therapy business and with approximately 550 employees we operate globally across more than 160 countries, via multiple locations and are opening more each year. The company has grown significantly in the last 5 years and this is the key driver for this role. There has never been a better time to join us and help Move Science Forward!**
At Biocair our Drivers, or Life Science Logistics Technician's as we prefer them to be known, are a truly vital part of our organisation. They are the people our clients meet face to face and see on a regular basis and they are the people who ensure that we are successful in what we do.
This is not just any driver role, it is not just any courier role. This is one of the most crucial roles in our company where what you do will make a true impact on someone's life. It is something you can be proud to be associated with. It is not about dropping 200 parcels in one day, it's about ensuring you transport a select number of time critical and temperature sensitive consignments (whether medicines or a sample from a cancer patient) in a safe, careful and timely manner whilst maintaining the highest levels of customer care.
Reporting to the Operations supervisor, this role will be responsible for collecting and delivering customer shipments from airlines and third-party agents where required.
The role will involve transporting research samples, clinical trials medicines and other pharmaceutical and healthcare related products in a safe, careful and timely manner whilst maintaining the highest levels of customer care.
This is a busy and fast paced role with customer care being at the centre of all you do. Responsibilities will include:
- The preparation and packaging of all specialist packaging and temperature controlled consignments including Ambient Packing”;
“Refrigerated Packing”;
Frozen Packing;
“Dry Ice Packing”;
“Infectious Substances Packing”;
“Dangerous Goods Packing” and Liquid Nitrogen ensuring all mandatory procedures are adhered to.
- Ensuring all the correct documentation is accurately completed and processed with the shipment.
- Report any shortfalls of packaging stock, to the appropriate person, to ensure mínimal stock levels are always maintained along with the maintenance of all relevant storage logs to 100% accuracy.
- Responsible for the cleanliness of the vehicles as well as carry out daily and weekly vehicle maintenance checks and perform simple maintenance tasks as required.
- To carry out daily and weekly vehicle maintenance checks and perform simple maintenance tasks as required (such as changing bulbs, charging batteries) and reporting any faults or defects immediately to the operations supervisor
- To build positive working relationships with other drivers, departments and management to deliver excellent communication and customer service
**You will have**:
- A full, clean driving license
- Commercial van driving experience.
- Excellent Customer Service Skills
- Specialist pharmaceutical collection/delivery or cold chain ideally
**Benefits include**:
- Hours - 40
- Bonus - eligibility for a discretionary annual company bonus scheme. Further details will be provided with any offer of employment but the language to use is an on target 14% discretionary performance related bonus.
- Pension - employee contributes 7.5% and employer 9%
- Holiday - 20 days initially, increasing by 1 day per year of service up to 25 days after 5 years. Holiday year January to December.
- Life Insurance -Up to 4X salary.
- Medical Insurance - Compulsory participation in Medical Aid benefit. Company pays 50% of premium, including cost to add immediate family (not parents)
- Dental - covered via Medical Aid
- Wellness Programme
Biocair provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
**Salary**:
R126,000.00 per year
Expected Start Date:
2023/02/27