Class A Driver

Location

Tacoma, WA | United States

Job description

PARR i s the single and total source for home building supplies, solutions, and services for professional home builders of large and mid-sized communities and single custom homes, and for motivated homeowners working on home improvement projects. Our customers and community members know they can rely on us to be the total source of home building supplies and solutions with legendary customer service and quality products.

Job title : Class A Driver

Pay : Starting at $26 to $31 an hour, depending on experience

Schedule : Monday-Friday starting 5am or 6am and working until all loads for the day have been delivered.

Location : Tacoma, Washington

At PARR, our Drivers are essential to fulfilling the needs of our customers by making sure they are receiving their orders on-time and in great condition. The ideal driver is someone who is driven to maintain safety regulations and above and beyond customer service. The Driver reports directly to the Yard Manager and interacts daily with customers, dispatchers, receivers, and load-builders.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED equivalent
• Must be 21 years old or over
• Class A CDL required (air-brake endorsement required )
• Current DOT Medical Card
• Acceptable driving record
• Knowledge of vehicle safety audits and reports of any malfunctioning equipment as required by Federal and state regulations and company policy
• Ability to speak, write, and read English required
• Ability to manage time and routes for a streamlined delivery experience
• Open and transparent communication
• Familiarity with GPS devices or map applications
• Driving experience within 50-mile radius of primary location preferred

Duties and Responsibilities

• Completes required new hire training
• Always provides required paperwork and scanning for dispatch
• Seeks to learn products and their application for the end users
• Learns and follows established best practices
• Learns from mistakes and accepts coaching as opportunities
• Demonstrates legal and thorough knowledge of tie down rules and regs
• Understands weight, height, and length limits
• Ensures that all material transported on the truck has either an invoice or Material Returns Form
• Continues to participate in training as available
• Learning best practices related to efficient loading, strapping, and driving
• Checks load for accuracy
• Annually update driver's qualification file as required by Federal and state regulations and company policy
• Legally, safely, and efficiently travel to destinations through public and private roads
• Complete mileage and fuel usage reports
• Annually update driver's qualification file as required by Federal and state regulations and company policy
• Follow delivery procedures by taking photos of delivered shipment after completing each delivery
• Learns and uses route planning and optimization
• Demonstrates commitment to on-time and in-full deliveries
• Perform other related duties as assigned

This position will be working at a lumberyard and making deliveries at jobsites in all weather conditions.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to pass DOT pre-placement physical
• Must be able to lift up to 90 lbs.
• Must be able to work outdoors in all weather conditions
• Ability to sit for an extended period of time
• Ability to stoop, bend and walk

We know that without great people, we can't be a great company. Voted the fourth top place to work in Oregon in 2023, we offer industry-leading benefits:

• Everyone starts earning 2 weeks of vacation per year on day 1, and gains an additional day every year worked up to 4 weeks off
• Employee paid sick days
• 7 holidays
• 2 medical plan options, one with a high deductible that offers an HSA and our standard plan with a very low $1,250 deductible
• Dental, Vision, EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
• Massage, Chiropractic and Acupuncture coverage
• FSA (Flexible Spending Account) and Childcare pretax spending programs
• HSA (Health Savings Account) - PARR will match up to $360/year
• Up to 50% match on the first 6% you contribute to your 401(k) after 1 year of employment and fully vested at the end of your 3rd year
• In addition to the 401(k) match, there a 3% profit share contribution to the 401(k), with Board approval
• Tuition reimbursement (up to $2,500/year)
• Annual profit sharing (every full time employee who worked the full year earned a minimum of $2,700 for the 2020 year)
• $1,000 referral bonus

PARR Promotes!

We have a transparent pay structure, and love to promote from within. Our current CEO started with the company as a driver and by being open to change and a self-starter he climbed the ranks to the role he has today. There are many members of our management team who started their careers in our entry-level positions. If you're willing to work hard, there's no reason you won't earn regular merit increases and promotions. There is A LOT of opportunity - PARR is growing fast!

We value our employees like family and are constantly working to provide a safe place to work for our employees. Most of our locations are not open past 5 and all our locations are closed on Sundays.

Our company mission is Legendary Service through Teamwork , and we take that seriously. When you join our team, you're joining a family owned company that's been in business for 90 years, with a well-established reputation as a leader within the building material supply industry in the United States.

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Salary

$26 - $31 per hour