Driver (Port Elizabeth)

H Systems

Location
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape
Minimum qualification
Matric / Grade 12
Closing date

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In brief

**Overview** This role at H Systems is for a Driver in Port Elizabeth, primarily responsible for operating company vehicles to transport goods and materials to various locations. The position involves ensuring the efficient loading, safe and timely delivery, and proper offloading of products, while strictly adhering to all traffic laws, safety regulations, and company procedures. **What you will do** As a Driver for H Systems, your responsibilities will include: * **Vehicle Maintenance:** Conducting weekly vehicle inspections, completing checklists accurately, reporting deviations, monitoring fuel consumption, and ensuring the vehicle is clean and presentable. * **Loading, Driving & Offloading:** Assisting with packing and loading products onto vehicles according to specifications, verifying product quality and stock accuracy against invoices, securing goods properly, and ensuring efficient, on-time, and in-full delivery of orders on assigned routes. This includes effective route planning, maintaining accurate delivery records, completing trip sheets, obtaining delivery confirmations and signed Proof of Deliveries (PODs), offloading products as per client requirements, pre-loading vehicles for future deliveries, and handling outworks and credits with appropriate paperwork. You will also be required to adhere to the Road Traffic Act, comply with all traffic laws and safe driving practices, report traffic offenses, and ensure your driver’s license and PrDPs are always valid. * **Customer Service:** Communicating effectively with dispatchers, team members, and customers, marketing H Systems products, adhering to customer site regulations, communicating potential sales opportunities, and providing excellent, professional customer service during deliveries. * **Warehouse Assistance:** Providing support in the warehouse as operational needs dictate, ensuring effective product wrapping, proper stock location and display, and conducting stock counts when required. * **SHEQ Integrated Management System Control:** Adhering to the OHS Act, taking responsibility for your own and others' health and safety, cooperating with the employer on compliance, carrying out lawful orders, obeying health and safety rules, reporting unsafe situations and incidents, ensuring warehouse health, safety, and hygiene standards are met, maintaining high housekeeping standards, wearing PPE, participating in IMS activities, identifying and reporting improvements, non-conformances, and incidents, adhering to all company policies, and maintaining high customer service standards. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * **QUALIFICATIONS:** * Grade 12 or equivalent. * Valid Code 8 B driver’s license & PrDP. * **EXPERIENCE:** * 2 years’ experience in a similar position. * 3 years’ experience in an operations / warehousing environment. * **KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS:** * Knowledge about legal requirements relevant to the Driver’s job, including the Road Traffic Act. * Awareness and understanding of the ISO Standard requirements relevant to the position. * **SKILL REQUIREMENTS:** * Defensive Driving. * Time management skills. * Route planning and navigation. * Documentation and record keeping. Proficiency in maintaining accurate records. * Customer service skills. **Who should apply** This role is suitable for a qualified and experienced driver with a Grade 12 education, a valid Code 8 B driver’s license, and a PrDP. The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years of experience in a similar driving role and 3 years in an operations or warehousing environment. They should possess knowledge of the Road Traffic Act and relevant ISO standards, alongside strong defensive driving, time management, route planning, documentation, and customer service skills. This individual must be detail-oriented, safety-conscious, customer-focused, and capable of both independent driving duties and supporting warehouse operations, consistently adhering to company policies and safety regulations. **Deadline** Not specified **Reference** Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/driver-port-elizabeth-h-systems-pty-ltd Source: myjobmag

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At a glance

  • At least 2 years of experience.
  • Customer service
  • Health and safety (OHS)
  • Driver's licence

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Job description

JOB PURPOSE * The purpose of the role is to operate applicable company vehicles, to transport goods and materials to designated locations. * The employee will be responsible for ensuring the efficient loading of products, safe and timely delivery of the products while adhering to all traffic laws and safety regulations and offloading of products at customer sites. KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS * Vehicle Maintenance. * Loading, Driving & Offloading vehicle. * Customer service. * Warehouse Assistance. * SHEQ Integrated Management System control. MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES VEHICLE MAINTENANCE * Conduct vehicle inspections weekly. * Ensure vehicle inspection checklists are completed accurately. * Report any deviations immediately to the Warehouse Supervisor. * Ensure fuel consumption is achieved as per company standards. * Ensure vehicle is always clean and presentable. LOADING, DRIVING & OFFLOADING VEHICLE * Assist with packing and load product onto vehicles according to company specifications. * Verify quality of products loaded onto vehicle. * Ensure correct stock is loaded onto the vehicle as per the Invoice. * Ensure goods is properly secured on the vehicle. * Efficient delivery of orders to customers on assigned routes, on time and in full. * Ensure effective route planning. * Maintain accurate records of deliveries and ensure all relevant paperwork is signed and returned. * Complete trips sheets as per delivery requirements and ensure authorisation before departure. * Obtain delivery confirmations from each customer and ensure PODs are signed according to requirements and submitted to admin office daily. * Offload product at customer site as per client requirements. * Pre-load vehicles for next –day deliveries. * Collect outworks and credits as required by the needs of the company and complete all required paperwork accurately. * Ensure Credits Return Slip Voucher is completed and signed accordingly. Always ensure adherence to Road Traffic Act. * Comply with all traffic laws and follow safe driving practices while operating a company vehicle. * Report any traffic offences to the Warehouse Supervisor immediately. * Ensure driver’s license and PrDPs are always valid. CUSTOMER SERVICE * Communicate effectively with dispatchers, team members, and customers to ensure smooth operations and timely deliveries. * Market H Systems products to current and new potential customers. * Ensure adherence to customer site regulations. * Communicate potential sales opportunities with customers to the Branch. * Provide excellent customer service and represent the company in a professional and courteous manner during deliveries. WAREHOUSE ASSISTANCE * Assist in the warehouse as may be required by the operational needs of the company. * Ensure effective wrapping of the product according to company procedures, to ensure protection of the product. * Ensure that all stock is correctly and neatly located, binned, and always displayed. * Conduct stock counts, as required. SHEQ INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CONTROL * Ensure adherence to the OHS Act. * Take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves of other persons. * Co-operate with the employer to enable prescribed duties or requirements to be complied with. * Carry out any lawful order given and obey the health and safety rules and procedures. * Report any unsafe or unhealthy situation to the employer. * Report any incident to the employer. * Comply with health and safety processes. * Ensure the warehouse maintains and complies with standards of health and safety, and hygiene always. * Always maintain high standards of housekeeping. * Ensure PPE is always worn in the warehouse. * Ensure vehicles are always clean. * Participate in any Integrated Management System activities as required. * Identify and report opportunities for improvement, Non-Conformances, and Incidents in area of responsibility. * Ensure adherence to all company policies and procedures. * Always maintain a high level of customer service levels standards. Requirements KEY JOB REQUIREMENTS QUALIFICATIONS * Grade 12 or equivalent. * Valid Code 8 B driver’s license & PrDP. EXPERIENCE * 2 years’ experience in a similar position. * 3 years’ experience in an operations / warehousing environment. KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS * Knowledge about legal requirements relevant to the Driver’s job, including the Road Traffic Act. * Awareness and understanding of the ISO Standard requirements relevant to the position. SKILL REQUIREMENTS * Defensive Driving. * Time management skills. * Route planning and navigation. * Documentation and record keeping. Proficiency in maintaining accurate records. * Customer service skills.

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