Delivery Driver Universal

Position: Delivery Driver Universal hourly
Job Overview

American Furniture Warehouse is currently hiring a dependable Hourly Delivery Driver to support our delivery and warehouse teams. Delivery Drivers will assist the Delivery Department with special deliveries, timed deliveries, or any customer that needs to have merchandise delivered to resolve any issue.

The Hourly Delivery Driver will also assemble, inspect, inventory, and load merchandise for routes to be delivered, and will assist any other department as needed and at the direction of the AFW management team. All training will be provided by and paid for by AFW.

Compensation

Pay Rate:
Starting at $21 per hour

Pay Grade B: $16.00-$29.71

At AFW we offer great perks like: weekly pay, vacation and sick pay, benefits package (medical, dental, vision) and 401k matching!

Job Requirements

* Clean Motor Vehicle Record with 2 or fewer moving violations within the past 3 years.

* Obtain and maintain a D.O.T Physical card (AFW covers the cost!)

* Able to perform vehicle pre-trips up to FMCSA standards.

* Able to have a flexible schedule and work all shifts, holidays, and weekends.

* Assembly/Delivery experience preferred.

* Knowledge of and the ability to perform the correct lifting/team lifting techniques.

* Experience using hand tools.

* Provide your own basic hand tools (a company tool purchasing program is available).

* Ability to safely operate a company-approved safety knife.

* Must be able to learn, understand, and apply new technologies, including Dispatch Track and pads.

* Professional appearance.

* Be available to work a flexible schedule, including all shifts, holidays, and weekends.

Job Responsibilities & Duties

Typically include, but not limited to :

* Commitment to AFW's safety policies and procedures and ability to promote awareness.

* Team-lift furniture and other merchandise in and out of trucks, warehouses, and customer homes using equipment such as forklifts, pallet jacks, and reach lifts.

* Assemble/disassemble merchandise correctly and efficiently using a variety of tools while sustaining a high level of quality assurance and attention to detail in the customer's home.

* Able to identify and read invoices and UPC labels to ensure invoices are complete.

* Inspect and inventory all merchandise before delivery load out.

* Efficiently and safely load and unload merchandise 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.

* Maintain a clean safe work environment including but not limited to truck cabs and straight box trucks.

* Work closely with a delivery partner to complete daily delivery routes.

* Must be willing to chain up during severe weather.

* Must function and interact on a routine basis with Customer Service and the AFW management team.

* Have the Initiative to work in a physically demanding, fast pace environment for an extended period of time.

* Able to communicate effectively with team members, supervisors, and customers.

* Time management and organizational skills.

* Coordinate and work effectively with multiple departments to continuously improve processes, maximize efficiency and exceed customer service expectations.

* Ability to efficiently work independently of direct supervision.

* Other duties as assigned by management

* All training provided by AFW

Physical Requirements

* 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 Hourly Delivery Driver position requires lifting, gripping, bending, kneeling, stooping, and moving merchandise 10 hours or more daily.

* Able to work in various weather conditions. The physical environment requires the employee to work both inside and outside in heat/cold, wet/humid, and dry/arid conditions.

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