Class A Driver

At Mead Lumber, one of our six Core Values is “Unmatched Customer Service." As a Class A Driver, you will be on the front lines of making that happen. You will drive company vehicles to deliver merchandise to customer jobsites and assist in the unloading of the materials to the customers’ satisfaction. All loads should be checked for accuracy and paperwork should be delivered back to the store.

Mead Lumber, founded in 1910, is 100% Employee Owned, and listed in the Lumber Building Materials Journal as the 18 largest Pro Contractor lumber/building materials retailer in the country. Mead operates 52 Lumber Yard, Retail, Truss Plant, and Component locations across nine Midwestern states.

• Learn company products, procedures, culture, and customer service philosophy.
• Provide the highest level of customer service to all customers.
• Comply with all DOT regulations.
• Load trucks according to the list of materials on the sales invoice.
• Organize and secure each load.
• Responsible for accuracy of loads and must get all loads verified by yard manager for accuracy prior to leaving yard.
• Delivers and unloads materials to customer’s satisfaction.
• Follow directions and make deliveries on a timely basis.
• Maintain inspection of each vehicle you drive for safe driving.
• Record delivery information on sales invoice and relay messages from customers on jobsites.
• Safely drive trucks and forklifts obeying all traffic laws, wear seatbelt at all times while driving a company truck or forklift.
• Follow all yard loading and delivery, and yard security procedures.
• Accurately record all merchandise returns on a credit memo.
• Listen and work with customers to solve customer complaints.
• Housekeeping in yard and areas assigned to you.
• Loading customer merchandise.
• Perform additional directly related appropriate duties as assigned.

• Must have Class A CDL.
• Manual transmission experience needed.
• Good driving record.
• Must be able to work 40-45 hours per week.
• Good time management skills and detail oriented.
• Physical strength to lift and carry 50 pounds.
• Ability to stoop, kneel and crouch.
• Desire to learn and grow professionally.
• Ability to react quickly to problems and respond to them accurately and professionally.
• Ability to stand/walk for 4 -10 hours daily.
• Ability to operate a computer and calculator.
• High School diploma required.

Once eligible, you will participate in our ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan), a unique benefit that can provide a financial source for your future/retirement that very few companies offer. We also offer our employees:

• Employee Stock Ownership
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• 100% Employer Paid Group Term Life & AD&D
• Additional Voluntary Life and AD&D
• Paid Time Off & Holiday Pay
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• 401(k)
• Scholarship & Tuition Assistance Programs
• Employee Assistance Program
• Merchandise Discounts

• Put People First
• Think Like an Owner
• Integrity
• Invest Where you Live
• Unmatched Customer Service
• Continuous Improvement

EEO Employer