Warehouse DOT Driver (Monroe) # 3002

Replacement Parts • Monroe, LA

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About The Position

The DOT Class-A CDL Driver is responsible for safe, accurate, and timely overnight transport and delivery of merchandise between distribution centers, company and independent stores, and customers. The role also involves maintaining a safe vehicle, protecting the load, complying with company policies and procedures, and following OSHA, DOT, FMCSA, hazardous-material transportation, and highway rules and regulations. This is a safety-sensitive position involving heavy equipment, moving conveyors, and hazardous materials.

The driver moves freight and other materials between storage and production areas, loading docks, delivery vehicles, and other locations, by hand or using trucks, tractors, and other equipment. Duties include store-to-store transfers, warehouse-to-store deliveries, validating shipments against bills of lading, checking paperwork and materials before departure, inspecting the vehicle before and after trips, promptly reporting vehicle deficiencies, accidents, or violations, and unloading merchandise manually or with a pallet jack. The position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• More than 6 months of related experience and/or training.
• Class A CDL issued by the appropriate state.
• HazMat endorsement or ability to quickly obtain a HazMat endorsement.
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence and speak effectively before groups of customers or employees.
• Ability to perform basic arithmetic, calculate rates, ratios, and percentages, and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to follow detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions and deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Basic computer skills.
• Ability to frequently lift and/or move more than 100 pounds.
• Must pass post-offer, pre-employment drug testing.

Responsibilities

• Move freight, stock, and other materials to and from storage and production areas, loading docks, delivery vehicles, ships, and containers, by hand or using trucks, tractors, and other equipment.
• Transport merchandise between stores as requested.
• Transport and deliver products from the warehouse to pre-assigned store destinations, validating the bill of lading to ensure the shipment contents and delivery location are accurate.
• Conduct a pre-inventory check to ensure required materials and paperwork, such as the freight bill, store keys, and overhead door openers, are complete or present.
• Determine that the vehicle is safe and complies with company, state, federal, hazardous-material transportation, OSHA, and DOT requirements.
• Conduct daily post-trip vehicle inspections and immediately report deficiencies to a supervisor.
• Conduct daily visual pre-trip vehicle inspections to ensure reported repairs have been completed.
• Immediately report vehicle accidents and violations to a supervisor.
• Unload totes or pallets of merchandise manually or with a pallet jack.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• 401(k) employer matching
• Company-paid vacation, holidays, and sick days
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Company-paid basic life insurance and long-term disability
• Short-term disability
• Flexible spending accounts
• Additional supplemental life insurance
• Accident insurance
• Hospital indemnity
• Employee assistance program
• Employee purchase discounts
• Scholarship program
• Earning incentives and bonuses

What This Job Offers

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