Position Description:
The Route Driver position is responsible for executing daily empting of collection boxes in an assigned geographical territory that is broken into specific route-days. His/her duties are centered on driving a company provided vehicle safely, providing unsurpassed courteous service to our site-hosts and conveying a professional image to the public. The Route Driver must be an environment minded individual, possess strong communication skills, be a self-starter and team player that will contribute his/her fair share to U'SAgain's winning work environment.
Job Responsibilities:
- Safely operate company provided vehicle
- Maintain a clean, neat and presentable professional image
- Collect materials i.e., clothes, shoes and miscellaneous items from drop-boxes.
- Bag material as needed
- Lift 50 lbs items several hundred times per day.
- Keep the bagged types of material separated on the truck.
- Deliver the collected material to designated warehouse, and offload products safely.
- Maintain daily records; reporting to supervisor daily collected amounts (weights) as well as issues with site hosts, conditions of drop-boxes, truck issues
- Swap and move drop-boxes and place new ones on sites on an as needed basis.
- Perform maintenance including washing of the containers in the workshop or on the site.
- Perform any other duties required including warehouse work such as baling clothes, shipping and receiving if needed.
- Follow company standards and policies - among others in the areas of safety, order and good maintenance of the equipment so that the collection reflects a professional and well-run company.
- Make proactive efforts to maximize and optimize tonnage of clothes collected from our collection boxes
Scope of work
- Normal 40 hour work week
- May need to work weekends and evenings as needed
- Working outside in extreme weather conditions and temperature range
- Extensive physical labor i.e.:
o driving vehicle
o working in bent-over conditions and at times in confined space when emptying collection bin
o lifting & throwing 10 lb -- 50 lb bags of clothes several hundred times a day
o moving, pushing and pulling carts weighing over 500 lbs more than 30 times per day
- Use of scanner equipment
- Daily communication and interface with sites-hosts, the public, internal warehouse and administrative U'SAgain team members.
- Daily "1 on 1" quick mini-meeting with direct supervisor
- Weekly face to face meeting with direct supervisor and other management members as needed
Experience, Education and Background required
- High School Graduate
- 1 year experience at route driving
- Experience at driving 16' -- 24' straight trucks
- Safe driving record clear and free of moving violations
- Detail oriented individual
- Workaholic
- Excel and word capabilities
- Driver license classification of C or greater. No D's will be considered.
Affirmative Action Policy Statement
U'SAgain, LLC will not discriminate against or harass any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, creed, religion, sex, national origin or ancestry, familial status, age, disability, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, or affectional orientation.
Location: West Chicago ILCompensation: $11 base with a lb bonus.Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.Please, no phone calls about this job!Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.
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