Central Distribution Driver

Central Distribution Driver

Delivers supplies and distribution to and from school campuses or designated locations. Provides recycling services in support of the district recycling program.

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following and other duties that may be assigned:

• Performs deliveries of food, general supplies, and other distribution throughout the district.
• Inspects vehicle for mechanical and safety defects before and after each operation and prepares work orders for needed repairs.
• Checks fuel and gauges before departure.
• Observes all traffic laws and safety regulations.
• Operates electric or manual pallet jack.
• Secures cargo prior to transport.
• Follows assigned routes and adheres to established schedules.
• Completes and turns in required documentation to maintain property accountability; obtains signatures for all deliveries.
• Communicates with the distribution center operations manager as required for successful completion of route.
• Reports all delays, accidents, vehicle damage, and passenger injuries to the distribution center operations manager.
• Keeps assigned vehicle interior and exterior clean.
• Assists the Distribution Center staff with coordinating, packing, and staging pallets of deliverable goods to campuses as needed.
• Performs other tasks as a Distribution Center stock puller, loading and unloading of delivery trucks as needed.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• 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 clearly and effectively over a radio communications system, before groups of students and sponsors, and before groups of customers or employees of the organization.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists, and in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Valid Texas Commercial Drivers License (Class A or B) with passenger and air brake endorsements.

Physical demands:

• Ability to operate a motor vehicle and operate wheelchair lifts, ramps, and securement locks.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to talk and hear; to walk; to stand; to sit; to climb and balance; to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and to reach with hands and arms.
• Frequent walking, stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching, crawling, pushing and pulling.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus during the hours of daylight and darkness.

Work environment:

• Frequently exposed to outside weather conditions; moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; and vibration.
• Occasional driving during the hours of darkness.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.

Other qualifications:

• Must be 18 years of age.
• Must have an acceptable driving record according to Texas Education Agency and Texas Department of Public Safety standards.
• Must pass pre-employment drug test (and subsequently participate in random drug and alcohol testing program) and pre-employment physical (while employed, physicals will be taken annually).