Delivery Driver

Farmers Home Furniture•Jasper, AL

22d

About The Position

The Delivery Driver performs delivery and warehouse activities, including loading and unloading trucks and driving a delivery truck to customers’ homes or businesses. The role also supports store and warehouse operations, customer service, merchandise setup, vehicle upkeep, and general maintenance. The employee is expected to uphold the company’s Delivery Standards and H.O.M.E. values: Helping others, developing Ordinary people to do extraordinary things, being a Motivated owner that cares, and Ensuring that excellence is a habit personally and for those entrusted to them to lead.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED, six months of experience in a distribution or warehouse environment, or an equivalent combination of training, experience, and education providing the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Possess and maintain a valid state driver’s license.
General familiarity with the delivery area.
Meet DOT requirements, such as Medical Examiner’s Certification and maintaining a Driver’s DOT qualification file.
Ability to assemble, process, and tabulate data according to a prescribed plan.
Ability to provide guidance, assistance, and interpretation regarding procedures and standards.
Ability to operate equipment, machinery, tools, and materials requiring complex and rapid adjustments.
Ability to use a wide variety of reference and descriptive data and information.
Ability to perform basic arithmetic and, when required, calculate decimals and use fractions.
Ability to follow written, oral, or diagrammatic instructions and exercise independent judgment in semi-routine standardized work.
Ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness, and creativity in repetitive or short-cycle tasks performed according to set procedures.
Ability to exert heavy physical effort, including climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling; lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling objects up to 100 pounds and occasionally handling heavier objects.
Ability to perceive colors or shades, sounds, depth, and visual cues or signals; some tasks require oral communication.
Ability to work with potential exposure to dirt, dust, temperature extremes, electric currents, or toxic agents or chemicals.

Responsibilities

Drive a truck in an assigned zone or area to deliver products purchased by customers and assist drivers in safely directing trucks into unloading areas.
Load trucks for daily deliveries, unload merchandise at customer locations, and set it up as necessary.
Obtain customer signatures for pickups or deliveries.
Record deliveries and submit delivery records to appropriate management.
Monitor vehicle maintenance and regular inspections, perform general vehicle maintenance, and record fuel and fluid usage for management.
Unload merchandise from warehouse and freight trucks.
Maintain the cleanliness of store or warehouse interiors and grounds and uphold the company’s Delivery Standards.
Place stock on shelves or racks and set up merchandise and sales promotion displays.
Assemble merchandise as required.
Assist with repossessions of goods.
Perform general maintenance and groundskeeping for the warehouse and/or store.
Perform customer service inspections and/or repairs as needed.
Make collection field calls to delinquent customers at management’s request.
Uphold and promote the company’s H.O.M.E. values.
Assist in other store departments as required.
Perform other related duties as required.