Delivery Driver (Non-CDL)

Job Title:  Delivery Driver (non-CDL)

Reports to:  General Manager

Location:  Florence, SC

FLSA Status:  Full-time, hourly, Monday-Friday - 7AM-5PM, Saturday as-needed

Compensation:   Base pay $14.64/hour, up to $20.13/hour including overtime and incentives

Summary/Objective:

Our drivers ensure that our customers' orders are always delivered cheerfully and arrive free of damage, ensuring the customers' complete satisfaction and positioning Live Oak Metal Works & Supply as their preferred supplier for metal roofing, siding, and accessories.  

Responsibilities:

• Recognizing that nothing is more important than the safety of our employees and promptly reporting any safety concerns

• Always maintaining a great attitude, with an unwavering commitment to customer satisfaction

• Safely operating all material handling equipment and other equipment and tools as required - equipment includes, but is not limited to, a new 2023 Ford F350 delivery truck, a new custom-built 26-foot delivery trailer, and forklifts

• Determining how to structure multi-stop shipments to facilitate drop sequence unloading and to ensure proper weight distribution and damage-free delivery for our customers

• Loading material using a forklift or by hand and/or properly securing metal roofing, siding, trim, and accessories on deliver trailer for shipment to our customers, ensuring that every customer shipments is accurate, complete, and damage-free

• Utilizing bar code scanner to record and reconcile loaded trailers versus customer orders to ensure a complete and accurate shipments

• Utilizing our Mobile App for viewing assigned trips with address and delivery details, marking deliveries as complete, taking photos, uploading them to our business system, and collecting digital signatures from our customers verifying that the load was delivered complete and free of damage

• Performing necessary equipment and tool inspections and preventative maintenance, including pre- and post- trip inspections of delivery truck and trailer, promptly reporting any issues to General Manager

• At all times operating delivery vehicle and trailer safely and in compliance with all D.O.T. regulations and all federal, state, and local traffic laws

• Always providing courteous and professional service to our customers, ensuring their complete satisfaction

• Safely following all work instructions and completing all required quality checks to ensure our products are always provided to our customers safely, efficiently, as-ordered, defect-free, and damage free

• Cleaning and resetting delivery truck at the end of each shift, including but not limited to, ensuring a good appearance is maintained, properly disposing of any trash, placing all items in the designated storage location, and restocking any supplies

• Promptly reporting any accidents involving company equipment

• Constantly seeking opportunities to improve safety, to improve efficiency, and to better serve our customers

• Cross-training as directed, working at any required position as required

• Safely completing all other tasks as required or assigned by the General Manager

Qualifications:

• A strong commitment to safety and a willingness to be your brother's keeper

• Willingness to utilize all appropriate personal protective equipment

• A positive, can-do attitude and a passion for serving others

• A strong work-ethic and mechanical aptitude

• High-integrity

• An emphasis on continuous improvement and a willingness to share your thoughts on how we can do things more safely or efficiently, or how we can better serve our customers

• Must be at least 25 years old (insurance to drive company vehicles) and possess and maintain a safe and clean driving record

• Must possess or be willing to obtain a current DOT medical card along with a valid driver's license

• Prior experience operating a delivery truck is required

• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work as part of a team

• Self-starter who is able to work independently

• A willingness to learn and to safely do whatever it takes as we work together to launch our business

• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy

• Ability to understand and carefully follow both written procedures and verbal instructions

• Ability to read a tape measure, do basic mathematical calculations, and use a calculator

• Ability to manage time efficiently to complete all necessary tasks in a timely manner

• Comfortable using personal computer and business software applications 

• High school degree or GED

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to routinely lift as much as 75 pounds, to sit and stand for long periods of time, and to bend, climb, reach, push, pull, twist, squat, and kneel as necessary in order to perform job duties

• Must have hand-eye coordination and manual dexterity sufficient to operate heavy machinery, equipment, and tools

• Although the work environment is primarily in a warehouse, employees must also have the ability to work while being exposed to outside weather conditions

• Able to safely ascend different structures (stairs or step ladder, as examples)

Live Oak Metal Works & Supply LLC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristics protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Live Oak Metal Works & Supply is a drug-free workplace.  Pre-employment screening and random drug screens will be conducted for the safety of our employees and customers.