Class B Driver

The Building Center, Inc.

Job Title: Class B Driver

Reports to: Division Manager

FLSA Status: Hourly, Non-Exempt

Division: Columbia, SC

Summary:
Delivers complete, accurate, and on-time deliveries to the company's customers. Represents the company in a highly professional, safe, and cost-effective manner that complies with DOT and other applicable regulations.

Job Duties:

• Prepares truck for operation by assisting in and overseeing the loading of truck and securing of items and by verifying the accuracy of shipping papers
• Inspects truck tires, lights, brakes, fluids, etc., to ensure safe and cost-effective performance, with preventive maintenance in mind
• Delivers orders via the most effective route to ensure complete orders are delivered according to established time frames and customers' needs
• Maintains communication with company during deliveries to ensure any updated instructions are received
• Documents delivery, accuracy, and receipt of orders by the customer according to company directives and reports any discrepancies to company
• Increases customer satisfaction by collecting information and feedback on service and resolving complaints per company policy; communicates information back to company
• Informs customers of new products and services that can increase customer satisfaction and sales
• Maintains and monitors truck maintenance and driving record requirements; maintains required documents for safety, security, and quality processes
• Updates job knowledge
• Safely operates forklifts and other warehouse equipment, as required
• Maintains a safe driving record free of violations
• Performs occasional warehouse and counter duties
• Maintains proficiency in computerized systems and other technologies, as required
• Follows company policies and procedures
• Performs other duties, as assigned

Qualifications & Requirements:

• CDL Class B License
• Superior customer service
• Professional demeanor
• Working knowledge of DOT rules and regulations
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one- or two-step instructions
• Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed, but uninvolved, written or oral instructions
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos
• Ability to write simple correspondence
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs

Education/Experience:

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent preferred, but not required.
• CDL Class A or B License
• Class D license for up to 26,000 pounds.
• Working knowledge of DOT rules and regulations

Work Environment:
While performing this job's duties, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, talk, and hear. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 200 pounds.

Benefits:

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Disability Benefits

401(k) Employer Match and Profit Sharing

Group Term & Voluntary Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION

Founded in Charlotte in 1977, The Building Center, Inc. has grown from a single location into one of the largest privately held lumber and building materials dealers in the United States. Nearly five decades later, we remain family-owned and family-driven, guided by the same commitment we started with: to be our customers' most valued building partner.

With more than 200 trucks on the road and a strong network of divisions strategically located throughout the Carolinas, we deliver consistent, reliable service to builders across the region. Our divisions include:

• South Carolina:
Easley, Columbia, Holly Hill, Georgetown

• North Carolina:
Rock Hill, Boone, Monroe, Ocean Isle Beach, Pineville, Gastonia, Greensboro, and Mebane

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