Warehouse / Delivery Driver - Santa Fe Springs

Warehouse / Delivery Driver

AAF International offers the most comprehensive clean air solutions available across the globe. Selling under the American Air Filter® and the AAF International® brand names, AAF International has been an industry pioneer since 1921 and has since grown to operations in over 22 countries with over 3000 employees. Our products are the industry benchmarks for quality and performance, and delivers clean air solutions in residential, commercial and industrial air pollution control, gas containment removal, power generation, and other stringent clean room environments.

We are a member of the Daikin Group, the world's largest air conditioning and clean air solutions provider with over $15 Billion in sales and 98,000 employees worldwide. Founded in 1924, Daikin has grown into a diversified industrial manufacturing company offering solutions in clean, air, air conditioning, refrigeration, chemicals, oil hydraulics, defense systems and electronics. AAF and Daikin are powered by our investment in people, products, and our processes.

Our culture of continuous improvement, safety, and world class operations is powered by our people centered management philosophy. This philosophy is built around mutual selection: that while AAF seeks top talent people to join and deliver on our team, we also want each team member to receive job satisfaction, growth & development, and continued happiness in being a long term member of the AAF family. This is fueled by our belief in treating our people, our supply partners, our customers and our environment with the trust and respect we each require, and our passion to give back to our community for our success.

AAF International is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veteran. We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, veteran status, uniform servicemember status, age, disability or any other legally recognized protected personal characteristics.

Primary Objective:

This position is responsible for delivering the product to the customer's facilities with customer satisfaction, and transporting items in a safe, timely manner. The Delivery Driver will pick up and drop off items while adhering to assigned routes and time schedules. You should be willing to work as part of the delivery team in order to ensure that the items are complete, packed correctly, and safely delivered to the correct client. Must be able to maintain the cleanliness of the vehicle. Demonstrates high standards of work practices and safety conscious behavior

Key Responsibilities

• Assisting the warehouse unloading trucks and organizing the products.
• Pull/stage and/or load inbound and outbound shipping orders
• Unload and put away received goods
• Help coordinate outbound shipments
• Prepare and expedite necessary documents for shipments and/or receipts of goods
• Stock materials and finished goods in appropriate location for quick and easy retrieval.
• Organize and maintain material area locations accordingly.
• Conduct quality control checks on orders to recognize shortages or missing raw material
• Maintain cleanliness of work area, ensure proper handling of tools and equipment and correct operation of machinery to provide a safe working environment
• Research shortages or missing raw materials
• Loading, transporting, and delivering items to clients or businesses in a safe, timely manner.
• Reviewing orders before and after delivery to ensure that orders are complete, the charges are correct, and the customer is satisfied.
• Assisting with loading and unloading items from vehicles.
• Providing excellent customer service, answering questions, and handling complaints from clients.
• Adhering to assigned routes and following time schedules.
• Abiding by all transportation laws and maintaining a safe driving record.
• Preparing reports and other documents relating to deliveries.
• Operating equipment and machines, such as cars, trucks, forklifts, etc
• Occasionally support the manufacturing of custom filters
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Valid driver's license issued by the state where you intend to work.
• 3 years of clean driving record.
• 2 years of experience.
• Experience driving 16 ft box trucks
• Comfortable driving 24 ft box trucks
• Operating forklifts – sit-down, standup, and reach
• Basic mechanical skills
• Basic Math Skills
• Willingness to adhere to assigned routes, schedules, safety procedures, and transportation laws.
• Strong time management and customer service skills.
• Ability to walk, drive, and lift and carry heavy items for extended periods.
• Attention to detail in a business environment.
• Team focused, good coordination skills
• Must be able to constantly lift 15 pounds overhead.
• 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.
• Work environment will be warehouse and delivery related and as such candidate should be physically able to conduct activities relative to this, including getting on and off a forklift regularly, moving pallets and boxes, unloading and loading trucks.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 15 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include Close vision, Distance vision, Peripheral vision, Depth perception and Ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
• The employee is frequently required to stand, walk and sit. The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl