Delivery Driver/Warehouse Associate

New England Lab • Durham, NC

9d • Onsite

About The Position

New England Lab is a full-service specialty sub-contractor providing laboratory furniture systems to leading facilities. As a Warehouse Associate/Delivery Driver, you will be responsible for shipping, receiving, and daily deliveries of laboratory furniture products to customers in the Carolina’s region. Your role involves marking, tracking, and communicating incoming and outgoing goods while maintaining an organized warehouse. You will represent New England Lab, so professionalism, courtesy, and a positive problem-solving attitude are expected. This is a full-time, hourly position with typical hours of 7am – 4pm, which may vary based on workload and scheduling. The role requires early start times to meet delivery schedules and involves deliveries to active construction sites and city environments.

Requirements

• Experience driving 18-26’ box trucks
• Safe, clean driving record (Employment contingent on clean Background Check and Driving Record)
• Must be able to obtain DOT medical card
• Experience operating a fork truck in a warehouse setting or fork truck certification
• Experience with early starts to your work day
• Experience delivering in downtown city environments and active construction sites
• Read maps, and follow written and verbal geographic directions
• Must be able to bend, lift, and carry 50+ pounds using proper lifting techniques
• Able to provide the highest level customer service
• Dependable
• Able to effectively manage and prioritize information, schedules and people
• Basic computer skills required (MS Word & Excel)
• Ability to lift products, packages, and equipment weighing up to and exceeding 50 pounds, using proper OSHA lifting techniques
• Able to work in varying indoor and outdoor temperatures and travel daily as needed

Nice To Haves

• Fork lift certification a plus
• OSHA 10 or OSHA 30 a plus

Responsibilities

• Store items in an orderly manner in warehouse
• Examine and inspect materials for damage or defects upon arrival
• Verify the contents of deliveries against bill of lading and packing slips. Check and note all damages or missing items on bill of lading
• Schedule, plan and communicate deliveries and shipments with the Project Management and Installation team
• Read and prepare work orders, packing slips and other paperwork as necessary
• Maintain tracking for incoming and outgoing material and warehouse inventory
• Load/Unload material at job sites within the Carolina region
• Perform routine safety inspection of vehicle and equipment
• Inventory and maintain an adequate supply of installation material and product in our warehouse
• Assist North Carolina office with office supplies and materials as needed
• Provide outstanding customer service to clients, project managers, and other subcontractors on the job
• Assist/conduct inside deliveries or installations as required
• Move product and other materials to and from storage and production areas, loading docks, delivery vehicles and containers by hand or utilizing fork trucks, pallet jacks, and other equipment to safely handle, load and unload material
• Assembly, palletizing, crating of product as needed
• Locate, organize, QC, assemble and package material for deliveries or shipments

Benefits

• dental insurance
• medical insurance
• pre-tax accounts for health and dependent care
• 401K employer match
• paid company holidays
• paid vacations

What This Job Offers

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