CDL; Truck Driver

Summary

The CDL Driver’s primary responsibility is to safely drive the truck for picking up and delivering food. They will be the first face of Second Harvest Foodbank, representing our organization to our partner agencies and donors.

• Drive trucks safely to pick up and deliver food
• Maintain accurate records for all donation pick-ups/deliveries
• Provide back up for deliveries utilizing the sprinter van and other vehicles that might otherwise be completed by volunteers
• Develop and maintain excellent relationships with all partner agencies, food donors, and other people involved in ending hunger
• Understand and participate in ongoing safety program
• Report equipment needing repairs to the Transportation Supervisor
• Ensure program operations comply with Second Harvest, State, and Local regulations
• Work collaboratively with volunteers and operations team
• Attend Driver and All Staff Meetings
• Responsible for ensuring the general maintenance on all vehicles driven is performed on a regular basis
• Perform any other duties as needed to ensure smooth operation of the distribution center, as well as to fulfill our mission, drive our vision and abide by our values

• Able to maintain regular work schedule
• Ability to stay focused on tasks; make the best use of available time and resources; balance quality of work with meeting deadlines
• Provides customer service in a timely manner
• Strives for process improvements and receptive to feedback
• Respects confidentiality, truthful, and transparent
• Adheres to all workplace safety standards and practices
• Manages own time, priorities, and resources to achieve goals
• Maintains composure in stressful or adverse situations
• Ability to cultivate and develop equitable and inclusive working relationships with staff, volunteers, community partners, vendors and applicants

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business written communications
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups, managers, agencies, customers and the general public

• Possess the ability to calculate figures and amounts such as pounds of food

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions

• Employee must have the ability to utilize email
• Employee will be expected to learn and effectively use internal software programs

• Ability to operate forklift
• Ability to operate pallet jack
• Ability to operate warehouse equipment as necessary

• Volunteers as required

$22.89 - $27.45 per hour

• Health Insurance (we pay 90% of the premium for full-time employees)
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with 5% match
• Short Term Disability Insurance
• Long Term Disability Insurance
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Paid Time Off starting at 23 Days per year
• 15 Paid Holidays per year
• Paid Family Leave
• Employment Transition Pay

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This job operates in a warehouse environment. This role routinely uses standard warehouse equipment such as pallet jacks, hand trucks and forklift. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Employee must be able to work in cold environments, including cooler and freezer. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to working near moving mechanical parts. In instances of a federal, state or locally declared emergency, Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin is typically considered an essential service and emergency responder; all of its employees may be called in to perform regular or emergent duties outside the scope of their usual responsibilities.

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.…