Route Driver

nexAir, LLC • Cave City, KY

5h • Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for the safe uploading, delivery, and downloading of hard goods orders and cylinders containing compressed gases to customers. The driver will also return empty cylinders to the plant for refilling. Key responsibilities include maintaining accurate load manifests and vehicle documents, establishing and maintaining good customer relations through in-person communication, identifying and monitoring customer needs to ensure proper inventory levels, operating warehouse equipment, and strictly observing all safety rules.

Requirements

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• One (1) year driving experience.
• CDL A or B with HAZMAT.
• Employee must meet all physical qualification standards imposed by the DOT.
• Clean MVR driving record.
• Ability to read and comprehend Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS).
• While performing the essential duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and walk on concrete for an extended period of time, bend, use hands and arms, must be able to handle cylinders regularly weighing 150 pounds, up to a maximum of 600 pounds.
• The employee also occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and hazardous materials and is regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risks of electrical shock.
• The employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions.
• Flexibility to work overtime as required.

Responsibilities

• Upload, deliver and download safely to customers hard goods orders, as well as, cylinders containing compressed gases; return empty cylinders to plant for refilling.
• Maintain load manifests and all other vehicle documents, ensuring they are properly completed and balanced with truck counts and shipping documents before and after deliveries.
• Establish and maintain good customer relations, by communicating in person with customers, providing information on cost, ordering and delivery times, etc.
• Identify and monitor customers’ needs and work with them to maintain proper hardgoods and cylinder levels to minimize or eliminate emergency deliveries.
• Operate a forklift, pallet jack and other warehouse equipment.
• Ensure all safety rules are strictly observed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED