Advanced Environmental Laboratories, Inc. (AEL) is an environmental, chemical, analytical testing laboratory network celebrating our 31 years in business. We aren't just Florida's largest lab network - we are one of the top 10 largest environmental lab employers in the whole country!
We are looking for career minded, team oriented, people to join our staff as Part -Time Courier. If you want a long-term career opportunity, want great co-workers, and want to work for a company providing every employee with individual growth opportunities, then you want to join the AEL team. The courier can be located in the Altamonte Springs area or anywhere in the Space Coast as the deliveries will be located in the Space Coast area.
See instructions below on how to apply for this position.
AEL Altamonte Springs Schedule: 9 am to 3 pm - up to 35 hrs./week
Experience: High School Diploma; some college preferred
Requirement: Good Driving Record; Valid Drivers License
Rate: $18-$20 - depending on experience
This position supports our growing Laboratory in the Altamonte Springs AEL Laboratories business hours are 8 AM – 5 PM, with operational hours to include 7 AM - 7 PM Monday through Friday. Work weeks could be 7 days a week, including holidays when needed.
Summary: Professional driver to pick up and deliver items for the laboratory, most frequently sample kits. A significant amount of on-the-job training is required for couriers, and it is common for more experienced couriers to supervise new hires until they achieve a certain level of proficiency. During the training period, a courier may be evaluated based on their timeliness and other criteria set forth by the company.
Basic Technical Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities:
- Valid state issued driver's license to operate company vehicles
- Must have clean driving records and obey traffic laws
- AEL runs background checks on all employees
- Must be able to pass drug test
- US Work Authorization
- Driving years: 3 (preferred)
- Punctuality and reliability
- Possess good customer service skills
- Able to drive for long periods, up to 8 hours per day
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Promptly respond to requests to pick up or deliver samples or supplies
- Follow specific sample transporting procedures given by the facility
- Responsible for picking up and transporting hazardous materials
- Complete documentation for accurate record of travel and client visits
- Maintain vehicle in clean and safe condition
- Must comply with safety driving regulations in accordance with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT)
- Plan trips for effective use of time to meet client needs
- Disposes of materials in accordance with established company procedures
- Update management on maintenance needs for vehicle
- Interact with clients in a professional and courteous manner
- Act as liaison between clients and lab staff
- Remain compliant with all driver procedures, certifications, and AEL company driver policies
- Communicate with the lab leads to ensure samples are delivered in a safe, timely and efficient manner
- Keep track of mileage and gasoline
- Other job duties as determined by local management
- Assist in sample receiving kit preparation after routes
- Maintain a professional appearance with AEL shirt/hat
WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical Requirements:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands, hear and talk. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk and sit.
The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception
- May drive for long periods, up to 8 hours per day
Working Conditions:
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts and is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate
To Apply:
You can always just submit your resume through Indeed. But if you are really interested in getting a job, then completing steps two and three below will significantly improve your chances:
Step 1) Submit your resume and a cover-letter (highly recommended) through Indeed. Detailing your experience in your cover letter is a big plus!
Step 2) Indeed will then send you a link to take two job/skill set evaluations. Completing both these evaluations greatly increases your chances for an interview!
Step 3) Submit an application to AEL by going to our website here:
http://www.aellab.com/job-application
Submitting the AEL application will help our Human Resources staff better evaluate your experience and get your resume to the Laboratory and Department Manager for review. Again, the cover letter, online evaluations, and AEL application will greatly improve your chances at an interview and a job!
AEL is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, and has additional laboratories located in Tampa, Gainesville, Altamonte Springs, Miramar, Ft. Myers, and Tallahassee. Our government clients include over 140 city, county, State, and Federal agencies across Florida. Our private client’s includes a who’s-who list of the top engineering firms on the nation, along with multiple Fortune 500 corporations. Our typical work includes drinking water, wastewater, hazardous waste, CERCLA, RCRA, landfill, and property assessment projects. This well diversified portfolio of clients and projects enables AEL to avoid the highs and low of work that many of our competition face, and makes for a very stable working environment for our employees. AEL currently employs some 100 personnel statewide. The staff includes degreed chemists, biologists, and microbiologists, along with trained technicians and support staff. Because of management philosophy, AEL is committed to helping its employees grow professionally and personally. In addition, AEL recognizes that a stable workforce is key to continuity, and continuity is key to quality for an environmental testing laboratory. AEL’s strong commitment to its staff shows in its low employee turnover, which remains below that typical for our industry and our competition. Visit our website at http://www.aellab.com. AEL welcomes your application to join our team today.
This description is intended to indicate the kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty required of the position given this title. It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of management to assign, direct and control the work of employees under supervision. The listing of duties and responsibilities shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned that are of similar kind or level of difficulty.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $18.00 - $20.00 per hour
Benefits:
Work Location: In person
