Meadville Store - Material Handler/Back Up Driver

Essential Duties:

• Safe driving and handling of vehicles.


• Must organize and load trucks, safely, neatly and properly.


• Communicate problems and rejections of donated goods to appropriate supervisor.


• Move, organize, and stack donated goods, salvage, and waste in warehouse space or in trucks with the use of material handling equipment.


• Bale salvage materials.


• Maintains required daily maintenance check and keeps supervisor informed regarding maintenance for any vehicle assigned.


• Maintains records and logs as required.


• Maintains appearance, dress, attitude, and actions conducive to good public relations.


• Keeps vehicles clean and safe.


• Assists in keeping dock area clear and safe, assist in unloading of trucks and loading trucks.


• Maintenance duties as assigned.


• Complies with all safety and security policies as directed by corporate management.


• Other duties as required by Goodwill.

Essential Skills:

• Must have valid driver’s license and maintain acceptable driving record as required by our insurer.


• Must be able to drive a 24-26 ft box truck.


• Excellent communication skills.


• Ability to work independently.


• Strong sense of urgency.


• Problem solving skills.


• Previous material handling experience a plus.


• Must pass all required certifications.

Core Competencies

• Ability to ensure that information is passed on to others who should be kept informed.


• As a team member, the ability and desire to work cooperatively with others on a team; as a team leader, the ability to demonstrate interest, skill, and success in getting groups to learn to work together.


• Ability to demonstrate support for innovation and for organization changes needed to improve the organization’s effectiveness; initiating, sponsoring, and implementing organization change.


• Ability to demonstrate concern for satisfying one’s external and/or internal customers.


• Ability to identify the information needed to clarify a situation.


• Ability to tackle a problem by using a logical, systematic, sequential approach.


• Ability to anticipate the implications and consequences of situation and take appropriate action.


• Ability to find effective solutions by taking a holistic, abstract, or theoretical perspective.

Education

Basic reading, writing, and counting.
High school diploma or GED preferred.

Work Environment and Physical Demands

Must be able to lift 50 pounds in an office and warehouse setting with prolonged lifting and standing. Bending, twisting, pushing, and pulling required. Direct contact with public. Exposure to environmental conditions in all weather.