Local Delivery Driver/Delivery Helper

American Furniture Warehouse • Colorado Springs, CO

16h • $26 - $37

About The Position

American Furniture Warehouse has been delivering smiles for over 40 years.
We are looking for hard working, highly motivated delivery drivers & delivery
helpers to continue our tradition of great prices and amazing service.  AFW drivers will meet new people
everyday giving the best customer experience by delivering, assembling, disassembling, and removing
merchandise from our customers’ homes.
Our drivers provide a white glove service demonstrating how to use merchandise
and explaining our policies and procedures.
This is a demanding and rewarding position!
First year drivers average $25.59-36.65 per hour!
We pay every Friday.
70 hours of sick pay annually
40-80 hours of vacation annually
2 personal days each year
Company provided training & leadership development tracks for promotion opportunities.
Gym facilities in most work locations
Excellent benefits
American Furniture Warehouse is a retailer of home furnishings, operating in
Colorado, Arizona, and Texas. With more than 3200 employees, we pride ourselves
on our ability to offer value and service to our customers.  When you join AFW
you become part of a professional, customer service oriented company.
AFW is seeking highly motivated, energetic, hardworking candidates to join our
team.
AFW offers highly competitive pay and a full benefits package that includes
401k, medical, dental, vision and a host of voluntary programs including life
insurance, disability, all at affordable rates.

Requirements

• Delivery drivers must be honest and caring. You are ambassadors of the brand!
• Clean Motor Vehicle Record with 2 or less moving violations with in the past 3 years.
• Obtain and maintain a D.O.T Physical card. (We pay for this)
• Must own your own hand tools. (We help with that, too)
• Work closely with a partner to perform deliveries.
• Must be able to learn, understand, and apply new technologies, including Dispatch Track and iPad.
• Drivers work 5-6 days a week. It is often 6 days during busy seasons. We start early. Get in. Get out.
• Make customers happy. Go home.
• Work in a physically demanding, fast pace environment for an extended period of time.
• Requires the ability to maneuver in confined and at times congested areas, not limited to but including stairways, hallways, and elevators.
• Requires the ability to stand, walk, stoop, & bend for 10 hours or more daily.
• Requires constant use of arms, hands, fingers, eyes, legs, and back.
• Requires lift, lower, push and pull all sizes of merchandise up to 100 lbs. frequently and ability to handle/manipulate up to 250 lbs. frequently.
• The Delivery Driver position requires lifting, gripping, bending, kneeling, stooping and moving merchandise 10 hours or more daily.
• A pre-employment drug screen and pre-employment background check must be passed upon job offer.

Responsibilities

• Delivering, assembling, disassembling, and removing merchandise from customers’ homes
• Provide a white glove service demonstrating how to use merchandise and explaining our policies and procedures
• Assemble/disassemble furniture correctly and efficiently using a variety of tools
• Efficiently and safely load and unload furniture to and from a delivery truck
• Explain merchandise and policies to customers
• Team lift merchandise off and on a box truck and in and out of a customer’s home
• Work safely
• Communicate effectively with team members, supervisors, and customers
• Work independently with little supervision
• Partner with multiple departments to continuously improve processes, maximize efficiency and exceed customer service expectations

Benefits

• 70 hours of sick pay annually
• 40-80 hours of vacation annually
• 2 personal days each year
• Company provided training & leadership development tracks for promotion opportunities
• Gym facilities in most work locations
• Excellent benefits
• 401k, medical, dental, vision and a host of voluntary programs including life insurance, disability, all at affordable rates

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees