Dispatch Assistant (Building Materials)

You'll load and offload trucks at a cement and brick yard in Newcastle so every delivery goes out full and correct. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

Location: Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first. The first two weeks are spent shadowing someone experienced.

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

• Friendly with customers at the door
• Willing to travel on routes that return late
• Able to lift and carry heavy items all day
• Honest; you will be handling customer goods and cash-on-delivery slips
• Comfortable starting from 04:00 or working late loading shifts

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

• Help to get your own licence through the company later
• Uniform and safety shoes provided
• Meal allowance on long-route days

• Keep your CV to one page with your phone number big and clear. Depot managers phone, they seldom email.
• If you are learning to drive, mention it. Depots like to grow assistants into drivers.