Driver (Life Science)

**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?**
- **Are you looking to work a Tuesday to Saturday shift with any start time from 04:00 to free up time for other things in your life?**

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 Transport Supervisor, this role will be responsible for collecting and packing customer shipments for research samples, clinical trials medicines and other pharmaceutical and healthcare related products. The role will involve transporting time critical and temperature sensitive consignments, 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 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.
- 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.

**You will have**:

- A full, clean driving license
- Commercial van driving experience.
- Demonstrable experience of working well under time pressure as well as the ability to check and maintain accurate documentation.
- Specialist pharmaceutical collection/delivery or cold chain ideally.

**In return we offer a**:

- Competitive salary
- Generous non-contributory pension
- On target 14% bonus
- 25 days holiday plus UK bank holidays and the option to buy/sell 5 days
- Death in Service
- Group Income Protection
- Private Medical Insurance
- Healthcare Cash Plan
- Wellbeing Programme

This is a UK based role and the right to live and work in the UK will need to be established during the recruitment process. Please note we are not currently a Home Office visa sponsorship licence holder.

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 expres