DPD seeks 50 HGV drivers as part of expansion bid
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By Simon Jack
PARCEL CARRIER DPD wants to recruit more than 50 HGV drivers ahead of the oficial opening of a £12m extension to its national sorting hub in Oldbury, West Midlands, later this month (22 September).
The investment means the 132C specialist, part of Geopost UK and this year’s MT Awards Customer Care winner, will be able to increase throughput at the site from 28,000 parcels an hour to 42,000.
Expansion includes lengthening the building by 75m and installing a third sorting line at the facility, which cost £56m to build in 2008. An international parcels area capable of handling 150,000 parcels a night, has been created in the building.
Geopost is looking for 150 workers, split across its Oldbury site and its Interlink Express sorting centre in nearby Smethwick, which handles 13213 work. They will include 90 loaders and more than 50 Class 1 drivers.
The company claims its Predict system, which offers customers a one-hour delivery window, has helped win it £40m-worth of business this year.
Geopost UK operations chief executive Dwain McDonald predicts group turnover will be up 10% this year. He aims to expand DPD’s market share to 18%, which he believes would put it in front of rival Yodel’s estimated 17% share of the 132C market. He believes Geopost can be number one in the UK domestic parcels market by 2015.
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