Logistics Driver - Southern California

Key Responsibilities, Tasks and Activities:

- Load materials and equipment for safe transport to the job site or to technician and installers homes

- Safely unload materials and/or equipment

- Perform daily pre-trip and post-trip inspections, fuel vehicle(s) as needed, and report any problems or issues to supervisor

- Comply with all DOT (Department of Transportation) standards and regulations

- Assist warehouse personnel with pulling and preparing orders for shipment, as well as receiving, verifying, staging and stocking all incoming material

- Safely operate all material handling equipment including forklifts and pallet jacks

- Assist installers with the movement or staging of off loaded materials and equipment

- Wash assigned vehicles as weather and operating conditions require to maintain a clean vehicle

- Follow the regular vehicle maintenance schedule provided by your supervisor

- Contribute to team effort by performing additional duties as requested

- Perform emergency repairs, such as changing tires, installing light bulbs, fuses, tire chains, etc.

- Inventory unit at delivery with install apprentice and report results to Project Manager

Qualifications

Qualifications:

- A background in warehouse operations

- Experience in logistics including shipping, receiving and delivery

- Working knowledge of safety regulations and procedures related to truck driving

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills

- Solid writing and grammar skills

- Highly organized

- Ability to work harmoniously with the public and co-workers

- Ability to successfully prioritize and meet deadlines

- Punctual and reliable

- Strong attention to details and accuracy

- Trustworthy and maintains confidentiality

- Excellent problem-solver

- Must have current forklift operator’s license

- Must maintain at least a Class “C” driver’s license

- Clean Driving Record

Physical Requirements:

- Prolonged sitting and standing

- Frequent customer interaction, must be able to speak and hear well enough to communicate with others

- Must be able to see well enough to drive, read electronic screens and electrical schematics and service/operation manuals

- Ability to hear, smell and touch

- Grasping/Feeling: must be able to write, type, and use hand and power tools

- Ability to think and process information quickly, clearly and accurately

- Strong reasoning ability; able to apply common sense, understanding to carry out detailed, but uninvolved, written or oral instructions; able to deal logically with problems & people

- Physically fit for lifting and moving equipment (up to 50 pounds)

- Ability to stand and work on ladder

- Ability to be led, ability to follow instructions, make suggestions and are willing to learn

- Ability to push, pull and perform overhead work

- Ability to work with various hand and power tools

- Finger Dexterity – use of finger/fine manipulation. The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects

- Arm-Hand Steadiness – The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position

- Manual Dexterity – The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects

- Multi-limb coordination – The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing or lying down

- Visualization – The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged

- Flexibility – The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms and or legs

- Information Ordering – The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to manufacturer’s guidelines. Maximize efficiency

- Depth Perception – The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object

- Gross Body Equilibrium – The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position

- Selective Attention – The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted

- Reaction Time – the ability to quickly respond to a signal, e.g. sound, light picture, etc. when it appears

- Trunk Strength – The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without ‘giving out’ or fatiguing

- Visual Color Discrimination – The ability to match or detect differences between color, including shades of color and brightness

- Must be able to climb into/out of vehicle several times per day using 3 points of contact

- Must be able to use hands and arms to steer and to finger controls and adjust controls needed inside of vehicle

- Must be able to sit for long periods as well as walk for short periods, navigate stairs

- Must have enough leg and foot control to climb into vehicle, operate foot controls and safely navigate vehicle through traffic and weather

- Must able to bend, stoop, crawl and squat in order to perform a vehicle inspection

- Move two or more limbs together while remaining in place

- React quickly using hands, fingers and feet

- Determine the distance between objects; see objects in low light and while moving forward see objects off to the side