PORTER

Custom Truck One Source • Kansas City, MO

20d • Onsite

About The Position

The Porter inspects and drives trucks or equipment to assigned locations, maintains contact with the Yard Manager for instructions, and cleans and performs routine maintenance on vehicles or equipment. The role requires following safety practices, opening work orders when assigned, reporting accidents to HR immediately with relevant details, and working harmoniously with all departments.

The position requires the ability to perform the essential duties satisfactorily, communicate effectively in English, solve practical problems, interpret written, oral, or schedule-based instructions, and work independently and collaboratively. The Porter must be detail-oriented, organized, have strong customer-service and communication skills, and be willing to learn. High-level skill driving heavy trucks and cranes is required.

The role is based in Kansas City, Missouri. The stated schedule is 8 a.m.–4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Physical demands include regularly sitting and moving about the vehicle; occasionally walking, climbing stairs, entering and leaving the truck cab, standing, handling objects, reaching, and communicating; and frequently lifting or moving up to 35 pounds and occasionally up to 50 pounds. The work environment may include exposure to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, outdoor weather, moving mechanical parts, vibration, extreme cold or heat, and moderate-to-loud noise.

Requirements

• Ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily; reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.
• Ability to speak, read, and interpret documents in English, and communicate effectively with customers or employees.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with concrete variables where standardization is limited.
• Ability to interpret instructions provided in written, oral, or schedule form.
• High skill level driving heavy trucks and cranes.
• Detail-oriented and organized work habits.
• Acceptable written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with a customer-service focus across employee, management, and external-agency levels.
• Initiative and ability to work independently with minimal daily direction from a manager.
• Strong desire to learn.
• Ability to meet the stated physical demands, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Responsibilities

• Inspect truck equipment and supplies, including tires, lights, brakes, gas, oil, and water.
• Drive trucks or equipment to assigned locations.
• Maintain telephone or radio contact with the Yard Manager to receive instructions.
• Clean the inside of trucks and perform routine maintenance on trucks or equipment.
• Understand and practice safety requirements.
• Open work orders when assigned so time can be charged to the assigning department.
• Report accidents to HR immediately and obtain names, license numbers, and other details.
• Work harmoniously with all departments.

What This Job Offers

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