Central Distribution Driver

Reports to: Coordinator, Distribution Center • FLSA Status: Non-exempt

About the Role

Delivers supplies and distribution to and from school campuses or designated locations. Provides recycling services in support of the district recycling program.

Responsibilities

• Performs deliveries of food, general supplies, and other distribution throughout the district.
• Inspects vehicle for mechanical and safety defects before and after each operation; prepares work orders for needed repairs.
• Checks fuel and gauges before departure.
• Observes all traffic laws and safety regulations.
• Operates electric or manual pallet jack.
• Secures cargo prior to transport.
• Follows assigned routes and adheres to established schedules.
• Completes and turns in required documentation to maintain property accountability; obtains signatures for all deliveries.
• Communicates with the distribution center operations manager as required for successful completion of route.
• Reports all delays, accidents, vehicle damage, and passenger injuries to the distribution center operations manager.
• Keeps assigned vehicle interior and exterior clean.
• Assists the Distribution Center staff with coordinating, packing, and staging pallets of deliverable goods to campuses as needed.
• Performs additional duties as a Distribution Center stock puller, loading and unloading of delivery trucks as needed.
• Performs other tasks as may be assigned by the Distribution Center Coordinator.

Requirements

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• Valid Texas Commercial Driver’s License (Class A or B) with passenger and air brake endorsements.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak clearly and effectively over a radio communications system, before groups of students and sponsors, and before groups of customers or employees.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists, and in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Must be 18 years of age.
• Must have acceptable driving record according to Texas Education Agency and Texas Department of Public Safety standards.
• Must pass pre-employment drug test (and subsequently participate in random drug and alcohol testing program) and pre-employment physical (while employed, physicals will be taken annually).

Physical Demands

• Ability to operate a motor vehicle and operate wheelchair lifts, ramps, and securement locks.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to talk and hear; to walk; to stand; to sit; to climb and balance; to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and to reach with hands and arms.
• Frequent walking, stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching, crawling, pushing, and pulling.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus during the hours of daylight and darkness.

Work Environment

• Frequently exposed to outside weather conditions; moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; and vibration.
• Occasional driving during the hours of darkness.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.