Class A Driver

Community Action Partnership of San Bernardino • San Bernardino, CA

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About The Position

Under the direction of the Program Supervisor, the Deliver Driver performs driving, receiving, warehousing, and delivery duties for a program that solicits and collects food products from public and private sector agencies and redistributes them to community-based organizations and low-income people and families throughout San Bernardino County. The position transports and handles food products, supplies, equipment, and materials; maintains required records and Department of Transportation logs; and operates program vehicles and warehouse equipment. The role may also assist with supervising and training job trainees and volunteers assigned to the Food Bank. Occasional out-of-town overnight assignments may be required, as well as weekend work and overtime when requested in advance.

Requirements

• Education equivalent to high school graduation.
• One year of recent paid experience involving receipt, issuance, and delivery of supplies, materials, and equipment using a truck comparable to a two-axle truck with a 22-foot refrigerator box and gross vehicle weight up to 33,000 pounds.
• Current Class A driver license.
• Current forklift operator certification.
• Ability to safely operate a two-axle truck with a 22-foot refrigerator box and gross vehicle weight up to 33,000 pounds.
• Ability to safely operate warehouse equipment such as pallet jacks and forklifts.
• Knowledge of effective customer service, warehousing procedures for loading and unloading trucks, basic heavy-truck mechanical operations, standard office procedures and equipment, and business English.
• Ability to perform basic mathematical computations; complete and maintain data, records, forms, and DOT logs; and follow oral and written directions.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with strict deadlines and independently achieve specified objectives.
• Ability to understand and implement safe driving and warehouse procedures.
• Ability to communicate effectively with personnel at all organizational levels and interact diplomatically and tactfully with people from varied social, economic, and cultural backgrounds, in person and by telephone.
• Proficiency with standard office equipment and computer hardware and software, including MS Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Internet Explorer.
• Ability to represent CAPSBC’s values and mission with program stakeholders.
• Valid California Driver License, insurability, and a good driving record throughout employment.
• Access to a dependable personal vehicle and maintenance of state-mandated personal automobile insurance throughout employment.
• Ability to lift boxes weighing up to 85 pounds.
• Ability to perform intermittent sitting, standing, walking, twisting, bending, simple grasping, hand manipulation, and reaching above and below shoulder level.

Responsibilities

• Drive trucks with a gross vehicle weight over 26,000 pounds and safely transport goods to assigned destinations in accordance with traffic laws and weather and road conditions.
• Notify the supervisor of significant maintenance or delivery issues.
• Receive, unload, inspect, unpack, store, and maintain supplies, equipment, materials, and food products in designated storage areas.
• Pack, load, ship, and deliver supplies, equipment, materials, and food products.
• Maintain Department of Transportation driver logs for vehicle trips.
• Inspect incoming shipments to verify quantity, quality, and conformity with requisitions, invoices, purchase orders, shipping documents, or packing slips.
• Prepare and maintain necessary records, files, and reports, and perform routine office work.
• Provide suppliers and users with program operations information, including available service hours and areas.
• Operate program vehicles and warehouse equipment, including forklifts and pallet jacks.
• Perform basic vehicle maintenance, including checking or adding oil, coolant, transmission fluid, and tire air pressure, and complete a Vehicle Inspection Report before operating assigned vehicles.
• May assist with supervising and training job trainees and volunteers assigned to the Food Bank.
• Stay overnight for occasional out-of-town assignments and work weekends or overtime when requested in advance.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Operate an agency or personal vehicle safely for official business purposes.
• Maintain a valid California Driver License, insurability, and a good driving record throughout employment; have access to a dependable personal vehicle and maintain required personal automobile insurance.
• Submit a DMV Driving Report dated within the previous 90 calendar days if requested for an interview.

Benefits

• Medical coverage, subject to required employee monthly contribution.
• Dental coverage, 100% employer-paid for employees.
• Vision and contact lens benefits every two years, subject to required employee co-pays and plan option.
• Employer-paid group life insurance coverage of two times annual salary up to $200,000, plus AD&D coverage.
• Voluntary supplemental life insurance coverage.
• Fourteen paid holidays.
• Vacation accrual begins after successful completion of the six-month evaluative period; accrual varies by length of service.
• Sick leave accrued at 3.69 hours per pay period for full-time employees.
• 403(b) retirement program, with a 6% employer contribution once program requirements are met; employees may also contribute voluntarily within IRS limits.
• Employer matching of employee Social Security contributions, as well as Medicare.
• Merit advancements.
• Mileage reimbursement for business use of a personal vehicle, excluding commuting, at the approved IRS mileage rate.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED