Route Driver

Specific Job Responsibilities:

• Maintain a positive work atmosphere by acting and communicating in a manner so that you get along with customers, vendors, co-workers and management


• Upload, deliver and download safely to customers hardgoods orders, as well as, cylinders containing compressed gases; return empty cylinders to plant for refilling


• Maintain load manifests and all other vehicle documents, ensuring they are properly completed and balanced with truck counts and shipping documents before and after deliveries


• Establish and maintain good customer relations, by communicating in person with customers, providing information on cost, ordering and delivery times, etc


• Identify and monitor customers’ needs and work with them to maintain proper hardgoods and cylinder levels to minimize or eliminate emergency deliveries


• Operate a forklift, pallet jack and other warehouse equipment


• Ensure all safety rules are strictly observed


• Ensure all required paperwork is accurately completed, including coding, costing, and pricing


• Establish and maintain good customer relations


• Maintain neat, clean and professional personal appearance


• Ensure all administrative and accounting related procedures are strictly observed 

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)


• One (1) year driving experience


• CDL A or B with HAZMAT


• Employee must meet all physical qualification standards imposed by the DOT


• Clean MVR driving record


• Ability to read and comprehend Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)


• Basic computer skills with data input and order filling accuracy


• Superior attention to detail and able to work with minimal supervision


• While performing the essential duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and walk on concrete for an extended period of time, bend, use hands and arms, must be able to handle cylinders regularly weighing 150 pounds, up to a maximum of 600 pounds. The employee also occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and hazardous materials and is regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risks of electrical shock.  The employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions


• Forklift experience preferred, but not required

Classification:

• Hourly, Non-Exempt Employee


• Full-time, 8-hour shift with additional time as needed