CDL Driver - Fair Oaks Location

Merrifield Garden Center • Fairfax, VA

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About The Position

Merrifield Garden Center is seeking a friendly and reliable CDL Driver for its Fair Oaks location. This role involves conducting vehicle safety inspections, coordinating delivery details and priorities, loading and securing plants and materials, verifying delivery tickets, and carefully handling deliveries. Drivers communicate professionally with customers and coordinate with the delivery dispatcher and delivery manager. When deliveries are not scheduled, the driver may work in other areas of the nursery. Both full-time and part-time positions are available.

Requirements

• Class A or B CDL driver’s license.
• Safe, clean driving record and a Motor Vehicle Report approved by Merrifield Garden Center.
• At least five years of experience working as a driver.
• At least three years of experience driving dump trucks, flatbeds, roll-offs, or piggyback forklifts, or hauling machinery and equipment.
• Friendly, respectful, and professional attitude.
• Strong customer service and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent verbal communication skills.
• Ability to stand or be physically active for hours at a time.
• Ability to lift and move plants and heavy bagged products.

Responsibilities

• Conduct daily inspections of company vehicles before departing on deliveries, ensuring the vehicle is in good working condition and its safety features are functioning properly.
• Contact customers before loading to confirm that the delivery is ready to be received and review relevant details.
• Load plants and materials onto the truck and ensure the load is properly secured before departure.
• Review delivery tickets before departure to confirm all purchased items are accounted for.
• Handle plants and materials carefully during loading and unloading to prevent damage.
• Coordinate with the delivery dispatcher and delivery manager about the day’s deliveries and their priority order.
• Communicate with customers in a courteous, professional, and friendly manner.
• Work in other areas of the nursery as needed when no deliveries are scheduled.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed