What are the responsibilities and job description for the Truck Driver position at The Tile Shop?
Job Description
The Truck Driver will be responsible for transporting and delivering tile and related products from the company's distribution centers to The Tile Shop retail stores and occasionally delivering loads for outside companies. He/She will make long, intercity and/or interstate deliveries with frequent overnight routes.
Job Description
- Pick up and deliver loads as required.
- Check fuel and oil levels.
- Perform pre-trip inspections.
- Overall maintenance and regular servicing of the truck.
- Maintain daily logs and inspection paperwork and submit all paperwork daily or as required.
- Use time efficiently to maintain schedule and all day-to-day responsibilities.
- Adapt and react well to frequent changes in schedule and unexpected delays including weather related.
- Accountable for the overall cleanliness of the truck and trailer.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Valid, clean CDL driver’s license
- High school diploma or GED.
- Basic mathematical skills.
- Ability to work safely and conscientiously.
- Ability to pass all DOT drug/alcohol screens and possess a current DOT medical card.
- Ability to work independently and overcome obstacles in a professional manner.
- Ability to communicate in a professional manner with other employees, vendors, customers, supervisors, and managers.
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to perform job functions.
- CDL-A with double/triples endorsement
- Must be able to operate a manual transmission.
- Willing to stay out 2-3 nights per week.
- Mechanically inclined
- Ability to pallet jack loads as needed.
- Elog experience is a plus.
