Work-Force
Looking for your next move as a Delivery Driver in Calvinia? A role has just opened that gives you real responsibility and a clear path forward in Northern Cape.
About This Position
The Delivery Driver position is part of an ongoing recruitment drive across Northern Cape. The brief has been shaped carefully, with a focus on delivery in Calvinia and across the logistics jobs space.
Expect a structured first ninety days, with onboarding milestones, regular check-ins, and an early focus on getting comfortable with the systems and processes that underpin the Calvinia team.
Quality is everyone’s job. Whether the Delivery Driver is processing a transaction, supporting a colleague or handling a customer query, the standard expected in Northern Cape is consistently high and consistently fair.
Diversity and Inclusion
Beyond that, the organisation supports a respectful workplace. Applications are welcome from suitably qualified candidates across Northern Cape, and recruitment is intended to be fair and transparent.
Importantly, the hiring organisation’s applicable employment-equity and inclusion practices will be explained in the final vacancy details for Northern Cape.
B-BBEE compliance is more than a scorecard here. It informs how the business invests in skills development, supplier diversity and community engagement across the country.
What Your Day Looks Like
Your day kicks off in the yard or at the dock, checking schedules, briefing your team and lining up the day’s priorities. You move between receiving, picking, dispatch and the WMS, keeping a close eye on accuracy and time slots. There are constant conversations — with drivers, controllers, customers and the warehouse floor — and the better you communicate, the smoother things run. By the end of the shift, the racks are tidy, the trucks are out, and the next inbound load is already on its way.
No two days look exactly the same — and that variety is part of what keeps the role engaging for the right candidate in Calvinia.
Equally, the Calvinia office buzzes through peak hours and settles into focused, productive lulls in between, giving you time to plan and reset before the next stretch of work.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Liaise with transporters, drivers and customers on dispatch schedules
- Ensure full compliance with road traffic, OHS Act and customs requirements
- Operate forklifts and material handling equipment safely
- Receive, verify and put away incoming stock against delivery notes
- Coordinate cross-docking and consolidation with inbound and outbound teams
- Plan delivery routes to maximise vehicle utilisation and on-time delivery
- Process returns, claims and damaged stock through the agreed workflow
Essential Criteria
- 2+ years’ experience in warehousing, distribution or logistics
- Awareness of OHS Act, traffic regulations and hazardous goods rules
- Willingness to work in a fast-paced, target-driven environment
- Matric / National Senior Certificate (Grade 12)
- Valid Code 10 or Code 14 driver’s licence with PrDP for driving roles
- Good communication skills with drivers, suppliers and customers
- Computer literacy in MS Office and basic ERP modules
Each application is reviewed carefully, and strong matches against the criteria above will move forward in the process.