Full-Time Local Delivery Driver & Helper

American Furniture Warehouse•Katy, TX

2h•$25 - $42

About The Position

Local Delivery Driver - If you like delivering joy, consider a career at American Furniture Warehouse. Starting pay at $25/hr initially during training period and commission based after training period. We offer competitive compensation, benefits packages, and weekly pay to all our Team Members. 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 every day 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! Local Delivery Drivers & Helpers start at $25.00/Hr. First-year drivers average $30.59-41.65 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 within 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.
A pre-employment drug screen and pre-employment background check must be passed upon the job offer.

Responsibilities

Assemble/disassemble furniture correctly and efficiently using a variety of tools.
Efficiently and safely load and unload furniture to and from a delivery truck.
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to explain merchandise and policies to customers.
Ability to team lift merchandise off and on a box truck and in and out of a customer’s home.
Work safely.
Work in a physically demanding, fast pace environment for an extended period of time.
Able to communicate effectively with team members, supervisors, and customers.
Be able to work independently with little supervision.
Partner with multiple departments to continuously improve processes, maximize efficiency and exceed customer service expectations.
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.

Benefits

competitive compensation
benefits packages
weekly pay
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
life insurance
disability