OX Delivers has outlined plans to almost double its UK workforce with the launch of a campaign to recruit a significant number of personnel for a wide range of highly skilled roles at its headquarters in the West Midlands. As OX Delivers prepares to enter the latest stage of development of its next-generation electric truck development, these roles will be vital to support the ramp up to continuous truck build.
OX Delivers is creating a range of roles across its business including a Commercial Lead, Lead Engineers for electrical systems and powertrain; Senior Mechanical Design Engineers; Vehicle Assembly Team Lead and Test engineers as well as Buyers and Business Development Analysts. All roles will be advertised on the OX Delivers website.
Natalie Dowsett, CCO and Co-Founder of OX Delivers, said: “We are creating a world-class team to deliver our mission to revolutionise the way the Global South does business. We have spent the past four years developing and validating our technology, building our infrastructure and proving out the as-a-Service model. Now, we are significantly expanding our UK team to deliver the next exciting phase of development of our all-electric truck and getting prepared for continuous truck build next year.
At OX Delivers, we’re supercharging African trade by improving access to clean, reliable, affordable transport in underserved markets. We are seeking passionate individuals with a desire to shape the future of transportation and develop ground-breaking technology to improve people’s lives.”
Karolina Yeong, Principal Engineer at OX Delivers, said, “Working at OX Delivers is incredibly fulfilling. Getting to tackle complex technical challenges and having the opportunity to innovate cutting-edge solutions that transform into real-world impact is hugely rewarding. Being part of the OX team has provided a refreshing, new perspective on work culture and teamwork.”
For less than $1, an OX Delivers customer can transport a sack of goods to market across poor quality roads, which are typical in the Global South. Efficiently and sustainably completing the task in a matter of hours instead of days by foot or bicycle, the OX Delivers transport-as-a-service model enables farmers and traders to access larger markets further from home, where prices are higher and new opportunities are available. This generates profit for OX Delivers, and creates a self-reinforcing cycle of economic and social growth within local communities across the Global South.
With OX Delivers’ unique transport-as-a-service business model, customers pay only for the space they need on a kilogram-per-kilometre basis. The service is easily accessible via an app or toll-free number. Since the launch in 2021 of its pilot operation in Rwanda, OX has seen strong demand and is now supporting more than 5000 customers including smallholder farmers and traders, with 80 per cent of orders coming from repeat customers. This year it saw its strongest Q1 performance, since starting its pilot operation in Rwanda, generating $262,000 revenue in the period between January and March 2024.
The original OX Truck, designed by Professor Gordon Murray in 2016, was the world’s first flat-pack truck and the first vehicle designed specifically for Africa in forty years. The OX team has continuously advanced the truck design, evolving it into the first purpose-designed electric truck for the Global South. It is ten times cheaper to run than existing alternatives and will transform transport services across the continent.
With the introduction of the next-generation truck, OX Delivers will continue scaling its impact across East Africa and beyond, targeting three billion people in developing countries without access to affordable, sustainable transport.
For more information about the roles available, please visit www.oxdelivers.com
