Delivery Assistant (Furniture Trucks)

Delivery days start early in East London, and a container unpacking yard needs you on the bay before the trucks roll. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

You'll be based at a container unpacking yard in East London. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps.

• Check goods received against the delivery note and flag shorts
• Stack returns and empties neatly for the next count
• Ride with the driver and carry goods into customers' premises
• Sweep the bay and clear shrink-wrap after each loading
• Guide trucks reversing into the bay with hand signals
• Offload containers by hand, counting cartons as they come off
• Get proof-of-delivery notes signed and stamped at each drop

• Friendly with customers at the door
• Comfortable starting from 04:00 or working late loading shifts
• Grade 9 or higher and able to read a delivery note
• Able to lift and carry heavy items all day

• Speaking more than one local language for customer drops
• A Code 8 or Code 10 licence (a route to becoming a driver)
• Basic furniture assembly skills

• Help to get your own licence through the company later
• Meal allowance on long-route days
• Uniform and safety shoes provided
• Route-completion incentives in busy months

• If you are learning to drive, mention it. Depots like to grow assistants into drivers.
• Say what hours you can start. Loading bays often hire the person who can be there at 04:00 without fail.