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Job Detail

Salary: £35,243.52 plus benefits listed below.

Hours per week: 48, working Monday through to Saturday.

This role is in support of Cencora’s wholesale distribution services in Europe operating through our Alliance Healthcare business

About The Company:

Alliance Healthcare (Cencora) is a leading distributor and wholesaler of pharmaceutical, medical, and healthcare products, serving over 17,000 pharmacies, hospitals, and dispensing doctors throughout the United Kingdom.

We play a significant role in the medical supply chain and everything that we do has a direct impact on the end user, the patient.

As part of Cencora, we are ideally placed to help you grow and develop your career as far as you want to go. Our diversity and inclusion vision is to create a culture were we value the differences that a diverse workplace brings, powering greater collaboration and innovation.

Are you an experienced and reliable driver seeking a challenging role as a Multi Drop Van Driver? We are currently hiring for the position of Multi Drop Van Driver to join our dynamic team. As a crucial member of our Fleet and Transport Team, you will be responsible for efficiently and safely completing upwards of 50 drops per day using a 3.5-tonne van.

Responsibilities:

• Safely operate a 3.5-tonne van to complete assigned daily pharmaceutical deliveries.
• Load and unload totes onto the van while maintaining their integrity and security.
• Provide exceptional customer service during deliveries, ensuring customer satisfaction.
• Keep accurate records of deliveries made, and any other relevant information.
• Communicate effectively with the transport team to relay updates or address any issues that may arise during the delivery process.
• Completing daily vehicle checks to ensure your van is in a roadworthy condition.
• Ability to lift tote bins with a weight up to 25kgs.
• Carry out upwards of 50 high volume deliveries per day.

Requirements:

• Valid manual driver’s licence with no more than 3 ‘live’ points on your licence
• Proven experience as a Multi Drop Van Driver or similar role.
• Familiarity with local traffic laws and knowledge of assigned delivery areas/routes.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage time effectively.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to interact professionally with customers and colleagues.
• Ability to work independently while adhering to delivery schedules.

Whilst Alliance Healthcare is committed to developing positive policies to promote equal opportunities in employment, we have a duty of care to ensure we do not instigate or worsen any conditions that would prevent the team member from carrying out manual handling duties. On that basis, for this role, we cannot make ‘reasonable adjustments’ for any applicant who is unable to carry out such duties.

Top benefits working with us:

• Competitive Pension scheme where the company matches your contribution and can include death in service benefit
• Career training, development and various internal progression opportunities, such as forklift truck licence, forum representatives, and working in other departments
• Employee Assistance programme with free legal and financial advice as well as mental health counselling and access to trained Mental Health First Aiders at work
• Charity days for events such as Children in Need and fun activities all year-round

Job Introduction

Looking for a career that can take you places? Become a Southeastern Train Driver at Grove Park or Charing Cross depot ONLY.

• Imagine the pride you’ll feel when your focus and problem-solving get hundreds of passengers safely to their destination.
• Our training will take you from trainee to Train Driver in 12-18 months and give you a nationally-recognised qualification.
• Enjoy a career that comes with great pay and benefits, a real sense of ownership, and where every shift is a chance to make a difference.

Please note that we are only accepting applications from individuals residing within the Charing Cross and Grove Park catchment areas. Applications for other depot locations will not be considered and will be withdrawn.

2025 is the 200th anniversary of the first-ever passenger rail journey, so we’re celebrating our proud history and our bright future.

Can you move people? Apply now.

What you’ll do

Get passengers to their destination, keeping them safe and informed about their journey. It takes concentration and good decision-making, and means being at ease working on your own as you’ll spend much of your time alone in the cabin of the train.

Your training

• As a trainee Train Driver, you’ll be enrolled into our Driver Apprenticeship Programme.
• You’ll complete a mix of classroom days, modular assessments and practical training with a driving instructor.
• This will teach you everything from safety procedures to signalling regulations and braking techniques.
• It usually takes 12–18 months to become qualified.

Your shifts

• Rosters vary but are based over a 35-hour week. You will normally work one week of early shifts followed by one week of late shifts.
• Our railway operates 24-hours, so shifts can start as early as 00:01 and end at almost any time of day or night.
• As a driver your maximum shift length will be 9 hours 15 minutes and the minimum shift length is 5 hours 30 minutes.

The experience you’ll need

You don’t need railway experience to do this role. We’re looking for people from all backgrounds to join our team.

All you need is:

• a passion for making every passenger journey the best it can be
• excellent concentration and communication skills
• the ability to be proactive in solving problems
• a desire to learn and a respect for rules and regulations
• the ability to apply your training and make good decisions
• to be punctual and reliable.

However, we can only consider you for the role if you:

• are 20 years or older, as train driving is a safety critical role
• live within a 40-minute drive of Grove Park depot
• Or 20-minutes by public transport (not car or motorbike) from our London Charing Cross depot
• We do not accept applications from candidates for our Kent depot’s who are north of the river at this time

Please note that we are only accepting applications from individuals residing within the Charing Cross and Grove Park catchment areas. Applications for other depot locations will not be considered and will be withdrawn.

As proud members of the Armed Forces Covenant and Disability Confident Scheme, we will offer you an interview if you apply under these schemes and meet the minimum criteria for the role. Find out more here.

What you’ll get in return

We offer a generous salary (plus regional allowance where applicable) which rises in increments throughout your journey to becoming a Qualified Train Driver.

The starting salary for the role is £27,639, which rises to £33,867 once you have passed the rules and regulations section of the training (approximately 3 months from joining).

Once you have been signed off as competent by your Driver Manager, have performed your first driving duty and completed your apprenticeship, your salary increases to £54,002 (approximately 12 months from joining).

Finally, once you have been qualified in the role for 12 months your salary will increase to £62,727.

Along with your salary, the rewards you’ll get include:

• a final salary pension
• 28 days annual leave allowance (including bank holidays)
• free rail travel across our networks.

Meaning you can feel secure in your career as well as fulfilled by your work. Click here to see our full range of amazing benefits.

A bit about Southeastern

We’re one of Britain’s busiest train operators, serving London, Kent and parts of East Sussex. We run over 1,700 trains a day, carrying more than 400,000 passengers and serving 180 stations.

However, working on our railway is more than getting passengers from A to B. It’s about all the little moments that make a difference to their journey.

It’s also about making our railway a great place to work. With a team that represents the communities we serve. This is a journey we’re fully committed to and we’re proud to have been named a ‘Great Place to Work’ at the 2023 National Rail Awards and endorsed as a WORK180 Employer for Women.

Our ways of working are what we expect of everyone at Southeastern. They are powerful. Tiny moments, every day, from every one of us, add up to massive, positive change. Improving how it feels to work here and how it feels to travel with us.

At the heart of everything we do, our Safeguarding Team works to keep our customers, colleagues, and the public safe by improving safeguarding measures and knowledge making sure everyone gets home safe, every day.

Learn more about our railway.

Other things to know

• This vacancy may close early if we receive a large number of applications. So, make sure you get yours in early.
• All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references, a right to work verification, a basic criminal record check, and a pre-employment medical assessment. Work visa sponsorship isn’t available for this role.
• If you applied but weren’t successful in getting a similar role at Southeastern, please wait six months before applying again.