About the opportunity
In this role, you’ll start each day early as part of a supportive delivery team, preparing mail and small parcels at the facility before heading out for delivery. You’ll complete daily vehicle safety checks, load your deliveries, and carry out reliable deliveries to homes and businesses, with safety and consistency guiding every step.
You’ll be supported by experienced Rider Mentors who are actively invested in your development, providing hands‑on guidance and coaching to help you build confidence, capability and long‑term success. This is an opportunity for someone who takes pride in doing the job well, values safety, and is motivated to deliver strong outcomes every day.
Pay rate is $33.64ph (based on $29.25 + 15% penalties) for the first three months and then moves to $38.479ph (based on $33.46 + 15% penalties) once fully trained + 12% super + 4 weeks leave accrued per year and other personal leave benefits
This role is an permanent full time position working Monday to Friday, starting at 6:00am and finishing around 3:00pm with occasional additional hours.
About you
- Comfortable meeting licensing and practical assessment requirements (training provided).
- Flexible to support additional hours when needed.
- Detail‑focused and reliable, handling mail and parcels up to 16kg.
- Able to meet safety requirements, including the role’s safe working load limit (115kgs or less)
- Keen to learn and progress, with development pathways into senior delivery or frontline leadership roles.
What’s in it for you?
- Permanent & Fixed Term opportunities offering a 15% shift penalty from commencement, plus 12% superannuation
- Casual - 22.5% casual loading, shift penalties depending on your shift time plus 12% Superannuation.
- The perfect balance of a diverse, supportive team to connect with and your own time and space on the road by yourself
- Working hours that gives you flexibility to make space for what’s important to you either before or after work
- Your safety and wellbeing is prioritised above everything else, so you go home the same way you came to work
- Opportunities for training, growth and development with pathways in transport or other areas of the business
- Discounts and offers on lots of your favourite brands via Post Perks for more cash in your pocket, plus access to other health and wellbeing resources
All walks, one route
It takes a lot of us to deliver for every Australian – and it’s important to us that our people behind the parcels reflect the people receiving them. We come from all walks. Different backgrounds, different ages, different genders, different sexualities and different abilities, but we all believe in the same purpose.
We welcome people all ages, genders and backgrounds – including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, LGBTQIA+ communities, and refugees. We’re a Disability Confident Recruiter, committed to making our hiring process and workplace inclusive and barrier-free. We’re also working hard to remove bias and build a gender-equitable experience for everyone who joins us. If you’ve got questions about accessibility, reach out to our Diversity & Inclusion team at inclusivecareers@auspost.com.au or on 03 8737 9415.
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