Class A Driver

Job Type
Full-time
Description
The CDL Class A Driver is a key part of our Transportation team reporting to the Director of Transportation. The Class A Driver will be responsible for the completion of daily duties, safety procedures, assigned driving routes, and successful public relations with the use of our company vehicle. This position ensures that our food resources are delivered on time and in top condition to our partner agencies within our service areas around the state of Arizona in order to meet our goal of alleviating hunger in our community.
Requirements
We are passionate about our Mission of Uniting Communities to Alleviate Hunger. You are most likely to find success at United Food Bank if you are:
• Teamwork-oriented , collaborating with others to achieve the best outcomes
• Guided by Integrity to do the right things, always
• Inspired to go above and beyond to deliver Service & Innovation in your role.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Experience driving and maneuvering a tractor with trailer (up to 53' long) and/or 26' Box (straight) truck
• Load trucks and deliver food to partner agencies in the United Food Bank service area
• Pick up grocery rescue on assigned route and deliver to United Food Bank warehouse, unload, sort, and receipt
• Pick up assigned food drives at locations throughout the United Food Bank service area.
• Ability to maneuver pallets of product weighing up to 1200 lbs. within the confines of a box and/or trailer with the assistance of pallet jacks
• Ability to lift and stack boxes of food, lift and set up Gaylord storage units, and lift and stack wooden pallets (50 lbs.)
• Current forklift certification or ability to obtain
• Practice safe food handling procedures at all times
• Practice safe driving procedures at all times
• Obey all traffic laws at all times
• Conduct vehicle safety checks as required
• Maintain good public relations with all contacts
• Maintain DOT logbooks for transportation
• Help coworkers of different job titles and departments whenever possible
• Take full responsibility for product during transportation

Qualifications:

• Experience in maneuvering tractor/trailer units and straight/box trucks
• Pallet Jack and Forklift experience.
• Arizona Food Handlers Card (If you do not have one you will have the opportunity to test for one once hired).
• Current ADOT long-form physical.
• Knowledge of vehicle inspection processes
• Valid Arizona Class A Driver's License with a clean driving record of 3 years.
• Excellent verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with people of diverse backgrounds and socio-economic levels.
• Exhibits qualities of maturity, good judgment, and tact.
• Ability to effectively analyze and resolve routine and complex problems.
• At least three years of Commercial Driving and familiarity with Arizona terrain.

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

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
• The employee must lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

In instances of a federal, state, or locally declared emergency, United Food Bank is typically considered an essential service and emergency responder; all of its employees may be called in to perform regular or emergent duties.
The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions and perform any other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.
Salary Description
$23.00/hr with $.50 increases after 3 and 6 months