Delivery Driver

About the role

This position supports the day-to-day operations of the Warehouse in providing delivery and warehouse services. The role involves delivering materials to customer sites or branch locations, maintaining vehicles, and performing various warehouse functions.

Responsibilities

• Provides delivery of materials to Border States branches and customer sites based on business needs.
• Maintains delivery vehicle in clean, good working condition and monitors maintenance and mileage data if required.
• Schedules DOT/state mandated inspection visits, as required.
• Maintains daily driver logs and vehicle inspection sheets.
• Completes truck summary, driver’s log and other back detail daily, pays truck expenses and updates appropriate records, as appropriate.
• Must be observant and adhere to all local, state, and federal traffic and safety regulations.
• Loads and unloads material at the branch and customer locations.
• May perform warehouse functions including, but not limited to, order filling, stocking shelves, processing returns, receiving and shipping, as needed.

Qualifications

• Two-years of work experience preferred.
• Prior warehouse distribution experience including forklift operation and good knowledge of electrical products/systems is preferred.
• Minimum of 21 years of age is required.
• Valid Class E or higher driver’s license to operate company vehicles is required.
• Current medical certification is required.
• Clean driving record is essential.
• Working knowledge of PC for Windows and Internet.
• SAP software is a plus.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to perform all aspects of the job as accurately and efficiently as possible while providing exceptional customer service.
• Excellent interpersonal communication (reading, writing and speaking English).
• Excellent customer service skills including being competent, accurate, responsive and engaged.

Physical Requirements

• Lift and carry requirements (weight and frequency): Occasionally 0 – 33%, Frequently 34 – 66%, Continuously: 67 – 100%
• Sitting (a continuous period of being seated): Continuously
• Standing (for sustained periods of time): Occasionally
• Walking (moving about on foot to accomplish tasks): Frequently
• Bending/Stooping (downward and forward): Occasionally
• Unilateral Carry: < than 10 lbs. - Occasionally, 10 to 25 lbs. - Occasionally, 26 to 50 lbs. - Not at all, 51 to 75 lbs. - Not at all, 76 to 100 lbs. - Not at all, 101 + lbs. - Not at all
• Bilateral Carry: < than 10 lbs. - Occasionally, 10 to 25 lbs. - Occasionally, 26 to 50 lbs. - Occasionally, 51 to 75 lbs. - Not at all, 76 to 100 lbs. - Not at all, 101 + lbs. - Not at all
• Sitting (a continuous period of being seated): Continuously
• Standing (for sustained periods of time): Occasionally
• Walking (moving about on foot to accomplish tasks): Frequently
• Bending/Stooping (downward and forward): Occasionally
• Crawling (moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet): Not at all
• Climbing/Walking Stairs (ascending or descending): Occasionally
• Reaching (extending arms in any direction): Continuously
• Crouching/Squatting (bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine): Not at all
• Kneeling (bending legs at knee to come to rest on knee(s)): Occasionally
• Trunk Rotation (movement in any direction, whether standing or sitting, with at least one foot stationary and in contact with the floor): Occasionally
• Pushing/Pulling (using upper extremities to press against or draw or tug): Occasionally
• Handling (applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm): Continuously
• Fingering (picking, pinching, typing; working primarily with fingers and not whole hand): Frequently
• Talking (expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word): Occasionally
• Driving (the control and operation of a fork lift): Occasionally
• Desk Work (tasks generally performed at a desk, including use of a computer, printer, fax machine, telephone and other office equipment): Occasionally
• Use of tools (safely operate equipment needed for receiving, conveying, stocking, packaging, and shipping parts): Frequently
• Hearing (perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels): Continuously
• Exposure (to adverse weather & temperature conditions): Frequently
• Travel (travel needed to perform job duties): Not at all

Additional Information

This job description is a summary of the job duties and responsibilities and is not intended to cover all possible job duties and is subject to change at the employer’s discretion. Employees must be able to perform the essential job duties and satisfy job requirements either with or without a reasonable accommodation.

Values
As a Border States employee-owner, you’re responsible for living our mission, service philosophy and service standards.
Mission
Border States provides value to our customers by delivering innovative product and supply chain solutions.
Service Philosophy
We earn customer loyalty and confidence by caring about their needs and adding value to everything we do.
Service Standards
Border States employee-owners are competent, accurate, responsive, and engaged.
Your career
You know the opportunities at Border States are endless. Is this position the next step in your career here? What are you waiting for? Apply today!

Border States provides bonuses to their employee-owners upon the achievement of branch and company goals.

Equal Opportunity For All
It’s not just the law. It’s something we’ve believed in since our founding. We value the diversity of all of our employee-owners and will always be an equal opportunity employer.

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