Co-Delivery Driver - Helper

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Summary

Title:	Co-Delivery Driver - Helper
ID:	32487
Date Posted:	N/A
Date to Apply By:	N/A
Reports To or Hiring Manager:	Julian Pettigrew
Department:	N/A
Shift:	40 hours a week
Grade Level:	6
Employment Type:	Full Time Non-Exempt
Location:	Olive Branch, MS
Proposed Salary Range:	N/A

Description

STATUS: Full-Time, Non-Exempt
SHIFT: 40 hours a week

POSITION SUMMARY:
Extraordinary local home-delivery and customer relations driver position. Position involves local trips with a load of furniture and accessories that must be unloaded at a customer’s home, office or other designated location. Backhauls consist primarily of customer returns and scheduled pickups of furniture. This position is nontraditional since drivers play a critical role for ensuring customer satisfaction.

PRIMARY FUNCTIONS:

Operating and driving a straight-truck
Unloading furniture at customer’s designated location; e.g. home, office, upstairs, downstairs.
Walking forward and backward
Completely assembling furniture as required; e.g. placing mirror brackets, bed slats, bed center support legs, hanging wall mirrors (within company safety and liability guidelines)
Using effective communication skills and a professional demeanor with customers
Performing minor repairs of furniture during unloading process or in customer’s home
Inspecting vehicle for safe performance
Conducting inventory of tools, supplies, equipment and repair kits
Preparing required documentation; driver logs, delivery receipts and comments
Marking rejected furniture with tape indicating problem areas
Unloading returns and pickups each morning prior to loading new delivery items.
Submitting all delivery documents and vehicle inspections sheet along with explanations of returned items.
Clocking in and out each day in payroll system
Providing information concerning trip feedback and problems requiring corrective actions
Considering regulatory, health and safety needs of self and team mate during trip
Projecting company image,” Red Carpet and White Glove Service”
Provide assistance inside the hub when needed

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Completion of driver training program or one year of equivalent experience
Previous experience with furniture or household goods desirable, will train
Understanding of proper lifting techniques desirable, will train
Experience driving a 26’ box truck or CDL “B” or “A” preferred
Good driving record
Good knowledge of highways, map reading, sense of direction
Good communication skills and friendly, professional manner
Minimum age 21 years
Honesty and pride in workmanship
Ability to lift heavy, in excess of 500 pounds, furniture effectively with partner
Must have good attendance and be a team player
As business needs requires, may assume Lead Driver role.

(ADA) MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS OR STANDARDS REQUIRED TO PERFORM ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Must be able to read, write and understand English. Requires the ability to follow verbal and written instructions, guidelines and objectives. Requires the ability to read, comprehend, analyze, and interpret general business information, governmental regulations, and technical/trade journals. Requires the ability to write reports and communicated effectively using telephonic, written, and electronic means. Requires the ability to effectively and respectfully present information one-on-one, small, and large group situations to customers, management and employees of the organization.
MATHEMATIC SKILLS: Basic math skills, addition and subtraction are required for record keeping purposes, general and DOT.
REASONING ABILITY: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions and develop solutions/strategies. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of information or instructions with several undefined and some concrete variables.
MANUAL DEXTERITY: Must have average levels of eye/hand/foot coordination. Requires the ability to drive a truck and perform complete set up/installation of furniture.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands, arms, legs and back to handle, feel, assemble or lift objects of furniture, equipment, tools or controls. Driver must possess good manual dexterity and mechanical ability. Some furniture assembly required. The driver may sit between 1 to 7 hours, stand 2 to 5 hours, and walk 2 to 5 hours. Walking distance vary between 25 to 300 feet depending upon distance of customer’s home and driveway from road, and driver’s ability to use the customer’s driveway area. In addition, the employee will be required to see, hear, smell and talk. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands, legs or arms and to lift and move heavy objects, up to 250 pounds individually, and with assistance up to 500 pounds. Lifting heights vary from floor/ground level, to waist level, to above the head. Most lifting averages 4 to 6 feet in height. Employees are required tostand, walk (forward and backward), sit, kneel, crouch and crawl. Adequate correctable vision is required to perform the job duties, including close visual acuity, color vision and the ability to focus
PHYSICAL COMMUNICATION: Must have the ability to talk (expressing and/or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words) and hear (perceiving sounds of nature by ear).
WORK CONDITIONS AND HAZARDS: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
In/out of Hub center daily, time reported via Kronos
Performing stops at customers’ homes, approximately 8 to 12 stops per trip
Trips within 150 miles for Hub center
Two-person teams
Subject to inclement weather and road conditions
Subject to DOT regulations
Responsible for straight-truck
Performing duties in a safe manner, obeying traffic laws

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