Class A Driver (AWAY FROM HOME WEEKLY) Sign On Bonus!

Maine Oxy•Naugatuck, CT

22h•Onsite

About The Position

Maine Oxy is seeking a Class A Driver with a Hazmat Endorsement for the Naugatuck, CT area to deliver in Upstate New York. This full-time position involves acting as a shuttle driver, transporting Helium compressed gas cylinders to customers on a scheduled route and returning with empty cylinders. The role requires overnight travel 3-4 nights per week, departing Naugatuck Monday morning and returning Friday. The territory is divided into four zones, with one zone covered per week, ensuring the driver stays in the same general area. The position also involves working in the warehouse, organizing products, and maintaining load manifests, vehicle documents, and a logbook. Overtime opportunities, including weekends, are available during peak season (January through June).

Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent.
1 year driving experience or driving school training in the past 4 years.
CDL A License with HazMat.
Can read and speak the English language sufficiently to converse with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English language, to respond to official inquiries, and to make entries on reports and records.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to see, speak and hear.
Must be able to drive hazardous cargo for up to 8 hours.
Frequent bending is also required.
Frequent sitting and standing, walking, using hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; may stoop, kneel, or crouch.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Ability to perform very heavy work—routinely lift 25lbs to 75lbs, and occasionally lift 76lbs to greater than 100lbs.
Must be able to work outdoors in temperatures ranging from -10 to over 100 degrees.
Ability to smell/hear leaking gas from cylinders.

Responsibilities

Act as a shuttle driver transporting Helium compressed gas cylinders to deliver to customers on scheduled route, returning with empty cylinders.
Work in the warehouse organizing products.
Maintain load manifests, vehicle documents and a logbook.
Perform pre and post trip vehicle inspections, documenting deficiencies and ensures all safety items are in good working order.
Safely deliver Helium cylinders to customers; return empty cylinders to fill plant.
Fill helium cylinders at the plant and assist in loading and unloading trailers as needed.
Maintain Haz Mat load manifests and all other vehicle documents, ensuring they are properly completed and balanced with truck counts and shipping documents before and after all deliveries.
Establish and maintain good customer relations by communicating in person with customers.
Identify and monitor customer needs and works with them to maintain proper cylinder levels to minimize or eliminate emergency deliveries.
Operate a forklift, pallet jack and other warehouse equipment.
Ensure all safety rules are strictly observed.
Comply with all DOT and OSHA regulations.
Maintain appropriate drivers’ license and endorsements.
Perform other duties and projects as assigned.

Benefits

$2,500 sign-on bonus!
Potential for up to $2,000 annually in Safety Bonuses!
Full Time Day Shift Position
Hourly Pay
Year-round position (no seasonal layoffs)
Up to an annual $2,000 Safe Driving bonus (paid in parts up to $500 quarterly)
Yearly Reimbursements for Boots (up to $150 for steel toe/composite toe or $250 for steel toe/composite toe with metatarsal guards.
Yearly Reimbursements for Pants (up to $150)
Choice of Medical, Dental, Life Insurance & Long-Term Disability
Company Paid Short Term Disability
401-K with a 50% match up to 6%
Driving Incentives
6 weeks of Parental leave!