About the Role
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team of Couriers at FedEx Barking. Working hours: 45 hours per week. Shift pattern: Monday to Friday 07.30 - 17.30 (60 minute break).
Responsibilities
- Representing FedEx in front of our customers, courteously picking up and delivering their packages
- Driving vehicles in FedEx fleet on defined routes in various postcodes, making sure customers’ packages get to the right place, on time
- Making sure vehicles are always operated safely and legally
- Following all FedEx Health and Safety and other company policies and procedures
Requirements
- Be a reliable team player
- Be energetic and enthusiastic
- Have a strong customer focus
- Have good communication skills
- Have an eye for detail to make sure paperwork is correct
- Holding a valid driving license for type of vehicle assigned is essential and held for 2+ years would be an advantage.
- Adaptability to external driving conditions and circumstances is required
- Commercial driving experience would be an advantage
- Basic geographical knowledge
Location
- Barking
Work Type
- Regular
- Full-time
Salary/Compensations
- £15.01 per hour
Benefits
- Training to get you started and on-the-job learning opportunities
- Extensive learning resources to further develop your skills and knowledge
- Tuition Assistance Program (*applicable for FedEx positions with a permanent contract)
- Employee Assistance Program for you and your family in difficult life situations
- Employee reduced-rate shipping
- Great career opportunities
About the Company
- FedEx is the largest express transportation company in the world, connecting more than 220 countries and territories.
- We work every moment to deliver the most important package of someone’s day.
- Our team of passionate people know their day-to-day work is invaluable in delivering outstanding experience to our customers.
- 530,000 team members strong, we are as diverse as the world we serve.
- We love what we do, and we do it well.
- Our reach is big, and so are our dreams.
- FedEx Express is one of the world's largest express transportation companies and has consistently been selected as one of the top 10 World’s Most Admired Companies by "Fortune" magazine.
- Every day FedEx delivers for its customers with transportation and business solutions, serving more than 220 countries and territories around the globe.
- We can serve this global network due to our outstanding team of FedEx team members, who are tasked with making every FedEx experience outstanding.
- The People-Service-Profit philosophy (P-S-P) describes the principles that govern every FedEx decision, policy or activity.
- FedEx takes care of our people; they, in turn, deliver the impeccable service demanded by our customers, who reward us with the profitability necessary to secure our future.
- The essential element in making the People-Service-Profit philosophy such a positive force for the company is where we close the circle, and return these profits back into the business, and invest back in our people.
- Our success in the industry is attributed to our people.
- Through our P-S-P philosophy, we have a work environment that encourages team members to be innovative in delivering the highest possible quality of service to our customers.
- We care for their well-being, and value their contributions to the company.
- Our culture is important for many reasons, and we intentionally bring it to life through our behaviors, actions and activities in every part of the world.
- The FedEx culture and values have been a cornerstone of our success and growth since we began in the early 1970’s.
- While other companies can copy our systems, infrastructure and processes, our culture makes us unique and is often a differentiating factor as we compete and grow in today’s global marketplace.
Equal Opportunity
- Diversity & Inclusion is more than the workplace. It’s the cultures we celebrate, the dreams we inspire, and creating a global community where everyone is accepted.
- At FedEx, diversity and inclusion happen because we do it together.
- FedEx in the UK is Disability Confident Committed.
- FedEx was built on a philosophy that puts people first, one we take seriously.
- We are an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce in which we provide growth opportunities for all
