Class A Local Driver

Description

Our most important asset is our people. Who we are, what we do, how we do it and why we are passionate are all centerpieces of why we succeed.

We are proud to be recognized:

• Among America’s Best Midsize Employers by Forbes in 2021 and 2022
• As one of Chicago’s Best & Brightest Companies to Work For in 2022
• As a Chicago Tribune Top Workplace 2022 and 2023

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• $500 per year for reimbursement on qualified Emotional, Financial, Physical, and Social Well-Being expenses
• Home on weekends
• 2 weeks' vacation
• Paid orientation
• No Touch Freight
• No Forced Dispatch
• EPS fuel card provided to purchase fuel and DEF for trucks Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance Plans
• 401k with Company Match
• Paid Personal/Sick, Vacation and Holiday Time Off
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
• Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Use of Personal Phone for ELD and Email is Required
• $250 a quarter for safety bonus

• To provide safe and efficient delivery of Fellowes products, supplies, and back-hauls in a timely manner to various local destinations
• This includes assisting in unloading, verification of quantities as well as noting and reporting shortages or damage
• Driver is responsible for the operation or Fellowes owned or leased equipment, as well as the pickup and delivery of Fellowes products as well as loads hauled in a for hire capacity
• The driver is expected to work professionally and productively with the Fleet Supervisor and adapt to unforeseen circumstances that may change planned processes and/or routes
• Driver must be willing to adapt

• Completion of required documentation, driver logs, PODs and safety sheets
• Maintain professional appearance of tractor with a minimum of weekly wash and wax twice yearly
• Occasionally assist unloading of product, verification of piece count, overages, shortages or damage
• Occasionally assist loading of supplies from vendors
• Pickup/deliver revenue generating back hauls
• Assist in local shuttles, pickups and deliveries as needed
• Represent Fellowes in a professional manner
• Driver will interact with Fellowes personnel, vendors and Fellowes customers must be extremely polite and professional

• High School Diploma
• Ability to perform all essential duties
• Ability to understand and follow English instructions and technical information
• Knowledge and adherence to safety issues and policies
• Three years of Class A driving experience preferred. No less than two years
• Current CDL - A and medical qualification per DOT requirements
• Excellent MVR record and PSP record
• Employment dependent on maintenance of acceptable driving record
• Random drug and alcohol screens in accordance with DOT and Fellowes policies
• Ability to lift 50lbs without assistance
• Use of personal phone for DOT logs, tracking and company email
• Monthly reimbursement applicable

• 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 accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job the employee is occasionally required to sit, climb, balance or stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl
• The employee is regularly required to talk or hear and frequently required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms and use hands to finger, handle or feel
• The employee may periodically lift and/or move up to over 100 pounds and frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• This job requires close and distance vision, the ability to correctly see color, peripheral vision, the ability to adjust focus and good depth perception

The hiring range for this position in Itasca is $28.75. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills and experience, among other factors. An annual incentive may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

An overview of our benefits offering is…