Truck Driver

Details: Are you ready to deliver top-notch customer service while making a difference in a dynamic team? We have an exciting opportunity for several Drivers to join the CLS team.

As a Capital Linen Service (CLS) Driver you will play an integral role in delivering clean linen and picking up soiled linen from our clients throughout Canberra and the surrounding region to ensure the highest level of customer satisfaction.

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people with diverse thoughts, lived experience, and perspectives can thrive and contribute their unique talents to the ACTPS and ACT community. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, veterans, younger and older workers, and people with diverse genders, sexes and sexualities to apply.

Key responsibilities include:

• • Drive with Care: Operate vehicles safely, following all road rules, and perform vehicle safety checks.
  • Customer-Facing Service: Interact directly with customers, offering friendly, reliable, and safe linen delivery and collection.
  • Team Collaboration: Work closely with dispatchers and customers to ensure timely deliveries, communicate effectively, and identify opportunities for improvement.
  • Hands-On Work: Load and unload trucks with clean and soiled linen. Transport linen to designated customer areas and assist in repacking and rotating stock to CLS  standards.
  • Work Safety: Adhere to safety protocols, wear proper uniforms and protective gear, and handle all tasks with care and attention to safety.

What You Require:

• • Reliable Driver: Hold Medium Rigid (MR) license with a clean driver license history and be able to safely operate medium sized trucks.
  • Customer Service Expertise: Experience in a customer service role, with a passion for delivering exceptional service and building strong relationships.
  • Industrial Delivery Experience: Prior experience in industrial settings like laundry services, healthcare, or aged care is highly valued.
  • Physical Stamina: Ability to lift, carry, and work with linen over the course of your day.
  • Flexibility: Willingness to work staggered hours, including weekends, public holidays, and overtime when necessary.

Eligibility/Other requirements

• • Unrestricted Driver’s License (C class) and Medium Ridged (MR) Drivers Licence is mandatory
  • Minimum of 12 months experience as a delivery driver in an industrial business
  • Physical ability to safely undertake manual handling requirements of the role is mandatory
  • Must be able to work rostered weekends, public holidays, out of hours and overtime shifts
  • Applicants must provide a recent  drivers history report.
  • This position requires a pre-employment medical and police check
  • Visa holders are eligible to apply for both permanent and temporary roles. Those with eligible visas may be considered for permanent employment, while individuals with temporary residency or limited-duration visas may be offered permanent employment for the duration of their visas.

Note: A Merit Pool will be established from this selection process and will be used to fill vacancies over the next 12 months.

How to Apply: In no more than one page please address the Professional/Technical/Behavioural skills found in the Position Description and submit your application with:

• • a current Resume,
  • a copy of your drivers license,
  • a recent drivers history report
  • contact details of two referees.

PLEASE ENSURE YOU INCLUDE THESE IN YOUR APPLICATION

Applications should be submitted via the Apply Now button below.

Applicants should note that a Joint Selection Committee (JSC) established in accordance with the collective/enterprise agreement provisions will assess all applications for this position.