October 24, 2024

Biocair

Mechelen

FULL TIME & OTHER

Driver, Life Sciences

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. 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. 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.
Performing duties to maintain a clean, tidy, and safe warehouse, ensuring all materials are stored in the designated areas as well as ensuring fridges, freezers and warm room temperatures are checked and remain within prescribed parameters and maintain accurate records thereof.
Report any shortfalls of packaging stock, to the appropriate person, to ensure minimal 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.
Responsible for building positive working relationships with other drivers, departments, and management to deliver excellent communication and customer service and working proactively to overcome problems and implement process improvements.

Our Company Values matter, and guide all that we do each day. The successful candidate will be expected to operate in line with our company values of; Care, Customer Service, Knowledge, Commerciality, Teamwork, Dedication, Discipline, Speed of Execution and Integrity.
In addition, you will demonstrate these key competencies:

Must have a good standard and understanding of written and verbal Dutch and English
A full, clean driving license.
Excellent customer service skills.
Previous commercial van driving experience. (Mercedes Sprinter MWB/LWB, Mercedes Vito, Mercedes Citan 112 CDI or similar < 3.5T).
Confident driving a manual transmission.
Demonstrable experience of working well under time pressure as well as the ability to check and maintain accurate documentation.
Experience of working within a cold chain or time sensitive multimodal freight forwarding or pharmaceutical industry (ideally in a logistics setting) is highly desirable.
Resilience, the ability to build strong working relationships and be a true team player.

In return we offer:

A salary of between €35,000-€41,000pa depending on experience
Bonus scheme
Pension
25 days holiday
Hospitalisation Benefit
Lunch Vouchers
Eco Voucher
Wellness Programme

Please note that this is a full time role, 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday working 8:30-17:00hrs 3 days, 08:30-16:00hrs on 1 day and 08:30-15:00hrs on 1 day this role will be based at our Mechelen office. Overtime is an option.

Please note this is a Belgium based role and the right to live and work in Belgium will need to be established during the recruitment process.
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.
Please be aware that we are NOT inviting recruitment agencies to submit candidates for this role and as such any approaches will be rejected. Thank you for your understanding.