Driver Route

About the role

The role involves safely operating a 16'-'18' box truck to complete residential pickup routes, ensuring efficient delivery of clothing, small furniture, and other household items.

Responsibilities

• Safely maneuver and operate a 16'-'18' box truck through residential streets and tight spaces
• Pick up clothing, small furniture, and other household items from daily residential routes
• Complete daily paperwork including vehicle inspection, delivery reports, and maintenance forms
• Absorb workload from other drivers when needed
• Ensure trucks are clean, swept, and ready for use at the start of another shift
• Check vehicles to ensure proper safety and work conditions are in compliance with Savers policies and state laws
• Operate GPS tools and manage two-way communications
• Create drivers logs and reports
• Interpret instructions and set priorities, meet deadlines with flexibility, and multi-task with minimal direction

Requirements

• Working knowledge of the assigned metro areas
• Understanding of all Canada, Province, and Savers safety regulations and requirements
• Demonstrated professional interpersonal relationship skills
• Demonstrated strong customer service skills
• Skills showing initiative, personal responsibility, and accountability
• Prior driving experience, excellent knowledge of the roads in assigned area
• Strong working knowledge of managing two-way communications and operating GPS tools
• Demonstrated organization skills
• Demonstrated customer service skills
• Ability to operate a 16'-'18' box truck independently
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing
• Ability to multi-task several incoming and outgoing truck loads at any one given time
• Ability to set priorities, meet deadlines with flexibility, and multi-task with minimal direction
• Ability to be detail-oriented

Qualifications

• Minimum 2-3 years’ experience driving a 16'-'18' box truck preferred
• Minimum 3-5 years clean driving record
• Must be at least 21 years of age

Skills

• Ability to consistently/daily lift up to 70 lbs
• Ability to pull or push a pallet jack
• Ability to stand frequently throughout the day

Benefits

Comprehensive onboarding and training from day one. Benefits offerings include comprehensive health plans, life insurance, smoking cessation programs, diabetes management coaching, on-demand care options, RRSP with company matching, paid time off, and mental health services.