Delivery Driver

Farmers Home Furniture•Inman, SC

About The Position

The Delivery Driver performs delivery and warehouse work, including loading and unloading trucks and driving a delivery truck to transport merchandise to customers’ homes or businesses. The role also involves setting up and assembling merchandise, maintaining vehicles and delivery records, supporting warehouse and store operations, and providing customer service. 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. The position requires a high school diploma or GED and six months of experience in a distribution or warehouse environment, or an equivalent combination of training, experience, and education. A valid state driver’s license, general familiarity with the delivery area, and the ability to meet DOT requirements are required. The work involves substantial physical exertion, including lifting and handling heavy objects, and may entail exposure to adverse environmental conditions.

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.
Valid state driver’s license that must be maintained.
General familiarity with the delivery area.
Ability to meet DOT requirements, such as Medical Examiner’s Certification and maintaining a Driver’s DOT qualification file.
Ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; may need to calculate decimals and use fractions.
Ability to follow written, oral, or diagrammatic instructions and exercise judgment within semi-routine standardized work.
Ability to operate equipment, machinery, tools, and materials requiring complex and rapid adjustments.
Ability to communicate orally and provide guidance or assistance regarding procedures and standards.
Ability to exert heavy physical effort, including climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling objects.
Ability to handle objects weighing up to 100 pounds regularly and heavier objects occasionally.
Ability to perceive colors or shades, sounds, depth, and visual cues or signals as required.
Ability to work in conditions that may include dirt, dust, temperature extremes, electric currents, or toxic agents or chemicals.

Responsibilities

Drive a truck in an assigned area to deliver products purchased by customers.
Assist delivery truck drivers in directing trucks into unloading areas to support safe vehicle operations.
Load trucks for daily deliveries and unload merchandise at customer locations, setting it up as necessary.
Obtain customer signatures for pickups or deliveries.
Record deliveries and submit delivery records to management.
Monitor vehicle maintenance and inspections for compliance with safety practices; perform general vehicle maintenance and record fuel and fluid usage for management.
Unload merchandise from warehouse and freight trucks.
Maintain cleanliness of store and 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.