Auto Parts DOT Driver #3002 Lafayette

DOT Class-A CDL Driver

The DOT Class-A CDL Driver is responsible for the safe handling, accurate and timely overnight transport, and delivery of merchandise between Distribution Centers, Company and independent stores, and customers. Other functions include maintaining a safe vehicle, protecting the load, complying with Company policies and procedures, and following OSHA, DOT, FMCSA and highway rules and regulations.

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• 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 through branch transfer from store to store as requested.
• Transport and deliver products from the warehouse to pre-assigned store destinations ensuring accuracy in content and delivery location through validation of bill of lading.
• Conduct a pre-inventory check to ensure all required materials and paperwork are complete and/or present: (i.e., freight bill, store keys, overhead door openers).
• Determine that vehicle is safe and in compliance with the Company, state, federal, hazardous material transportation, OSHA, and DOT rules and regulatory requirements.
• Conduct daily post trip vehicle inspection, immediately reporting any deficiencies to supervisor.
• Conduct daily visual pre-trip inspection of vehicle to ensure that any reported repair(s) have been performed.
• Immediately report any vehicle accidents and violations to the supervisor.
• Unload totes or pallets of merchandise manually or with the use of a pallet jack.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Our benefits (all benefits are based on eligibility and subject to change)

• 401(k) employer matching
• Company Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Sick Days
• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Company Paid Basic Life Insurance & 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

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Dependability - Follows instructions, responds to management direction; keeps commitments; commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals.; completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with an alternate plan.
• Safety and Security - Observes safety and security procedures; reports potentially unsafe conditions; uses equipment and materials properly.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); > 6 months related experience and/or training.

Language Skills

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of an organization.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer Skills

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have basic computer skills.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

Class A CDL issued by the appropriate state; HazMat Endorsement or ability to quickly obtain HazMat Endorsement is required.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move more than 100 pounds.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions and vibration. The employee is frequently exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of electrical shock. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Employment at Replacement Parts, Inc. is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing. Equal Opportunity Employer. Replacement Parts, Inc. is a drug-free workplace. *This is a Safety Sensitive position due to the use of heavy equipment, moving conveyors and hazardous material.

Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance, Inc.