Local Delivery Driver - Class A or B

R Local Delivery Driver - Class A or B (Open)

Location:

Tacoma, WA - Filling industrial

• HOME EVERY NIGHT!
• Monday‑Friday schedule, 6:00 am to 2:30 pm.
• Pay scale: $27.50/hr to $35.25/hr depending on experience, monthly quarterly bonus opportunity.
• Drivers without hazmat experience: $27.50/hr for CDL B and $30.25/hr for CDL
  
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• Pay will not increase once a hazmat endorsement is obtained.
• Airgas Suite of Benefits and Programs Offered:

• Healthcare benefits – medical, dental, and vision options.
• Healthcare and dependent‑care pre‑tax savings (FSA, HSA).
• Basic life and AD&D with optional additional coverage.
• Short‑ and long‑term disability coverage with optional buy‑up.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match effective upon hire.
• Vacation accrual up to 80 hours per year, increasing to 120 hours after the third anniversary.
• Seven company‑observed paid holidays per year, hours count toward overtime.
• Up to three paid floating holidays per year.
• Paid parental leave after 12 months of employment.
• Tuition assistance and CDL scholarship options after 6 months of employment.
• Career development opportunities.

As the "face of Airgas," the delivery driver is responsible for safely and efficiently delivering compressed gas cylinders to local and regional business customers from an Airgas branch or plant location using a company‑provided tractor‑trailer, straight, or box truck. This position loads, unloads, delivers, and returns compressed gas cylinders while frequently interacting with Airgas customers.

• Perform pre‑trip and post‑trip vehicle inspections.
• Load and unload the truck daily with gas cylinders & supplies.
• Maintain courteous and professional relationships with customers.
• Make deliveries in a timely manner.
• Safely strap and unstrap cylinders.
• Make deliveries on customer property sites using a hand cart; the position is labor‑intensive.
• Frequent vehicle exit required.

• Valid Class A CDL or B CDL with HAZMAT & Airbrake endorsements.
• Maintain appropriate driver’s license, medical card & endorsements.
• No more than two traffic convictions, or two at‑fault accidents in the last 3 years; or no more than a combination of one traffic conviction and one at‑fault accident in the last 3 years.
• No driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance within the last seven years.
• Must be able to work in a drug‑free environment.
• Be able to regularly lift 75 lbs and move more than 125 lbs with aid of material handling equipment.

Airgas follows FMSCA requirements for all motor carrier employers to run full queries of the Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse database for any violations during the pre‑employment process for all new CDL driver hires. All new CDL driver hires must register for the Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse and allow Airgas consent to review their Clearinghouse record. Airgas will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the FCIHO.

• Medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Short‑term and long‑term disability.
• Life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Pre‑tax commuter transportation benefit.
• Parental leave.
• Vacation, sick time, floating holidays, jury duty, and funeral/bereavement leave.
• Paid holidays for all eligible full‑time employees.
• 401(k) plan with company matching.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Discounted college tuition for eligible employees’ dependents.
• Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.

We are an equal‑opportunity employer. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. Airgas, an Air Liquide Company, is a Government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Airgas does not discriminate against qualified applicants with disabilities and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access to employment benefits and privileges.

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation, please contact us by email at us‑ac