Relief Class B Driver (Permanent)

Maine Oxy is currently looking to fill a Class B Relief Driver position in our South Portland, ME location.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Performs pre- and post-trip vehicle inspections, documenting deficiencies and ensures all safety items are in good working order.
• Safely delivers hard goods orders and cylinders containing compressed gases to customers; returns empty cylinders to the plant for refilling.
• Maintains load manifests and all other vehicle documents, ensuring they are properly completed and balanced with truck counts and shipping documents before and after deliveries.
• Establishes and maintains good customer relations by communicating in person with customers, providing information on cost, ordering and delivery times, etc.
• Identifies and monitors customer needs and works with them to maintain proper hard good and cylinder levels to minimize or eliminate emergency deliveries.
• Operates a forklift, pallet jack, and other warehouse equipment.
• Ensure all safety rules are strictly observed.
• Complies with all DOT and OSHA regulations.
• Maintains appropriate driver’s licenses and endorsements.
• Maintains neat, clean, and professional personal appearance, and maintains vehicle appearance in a professional manner.
• Other duties and projects as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Must be at least 21 years old.
• Must meet all physical qualification standards imposed by regulation for drivers.
• Strong verbal communication skills, self-starter, self-motivated, sense of urgency, well-organized, ability to achieve goals, and ability to focus and pay attention to detail.
• Ability to analyze a customer’s situation and help resolve customer problems.
• Team player with a positive attitude.
• No at-fault accidents or moving violations in the previous 3 years.
• Ability to read and comprehend Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS).
• Ability to work independently and under some pressure to meet deadlines.
• Must be able to work overtime when necessary.
• Ability to use hand-held computer (Zebra System)

The Perks:

• Full Time Day Shift Position
• Hourly Pay
• Year-round position (no seasonal layoffs)
• Company Paid Uniforms & Reimbursements for Boots & Pants yearly
• Choice of Medical, Dental, Life Insurance & Long-Term Disability
• Company Paid Short Term Disability
• 401-K with a 50% match up to 6%
• Driving Incentives
• Working with a GREAT TEAM!

Requirements:

• Class B License with HazMat. *HazMat can be obtained within 90 days of hire

Physical Requirements:

• 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 accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
• Can read and speak the English language sufficiently to converse with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English language, to respond to official inquiries, and make entries on reports and records.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to see, speak and hear.
• Must be able to drive hazardous cargo for up to 8 hours; Frequent bending is also required.
• Frequent sitting and standing, walking, using hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; may stoop, kneel, or crouch.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Ability to perform very heavy work—routinely lift 25lbs to 75lbs, and occasionally lift 76lbs to greater than 100lbs.
• Must be able to work outdoors in temperatures ranging from -10 to over 100 degrees.
• Ability to smell/hear leaking gas from cylinders.

About Maine Oxy:

We are celebrating 95 years in the business of gas and welding innovations. Originally founded in Auburn, ME we have expanded to 34 locations across the Eastern US. We are a leading distributor of industrial, medical, and specialty gases and a distributor of quality hard goods including welding and cutting equipment, supplies, and accessories.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance

Trucking Driver Type:

• Company driver

Trucking Route:

• Local

Work Days:

• Monday to Friday

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Work Location: In person