Pick-Up / Delivery Driver - Valdosta

Second-Harvest-of-South-Georgia,-Inc.; Valdosta (GA); On-site; USD 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Holidays & PTO

Premium wages on holidays

Job summary

Second-Harvest of South Georgia, Inc. is seeking a driven delivery driver to load, transport, and deliver food donations across 26 counties. You will follow SHSG safety guidelines, maintain vehicle readiness, and ensure accurate delivery paperwork while supporting donors and partner agencies.

Working Monday–Friday, 7:30 am until pickups are complete, with occasional Saturdays or holidays as needed to rescue and secure vital food sources for the community.

Qualifications

• Valid driver’s license in good standing.
• Professional hygiene and appearance in uniform.
• Negative pre-employment drug screen.
• Reliable transportation to work.
• Current Georgia State MVR with clean record.
• HS Diploma or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Load, unload, prepare, and operate delivery vehicle.
• Secure items to prevent damage during transport.
• Follow routes and schedules per SHSG guidelines.
• Provide high standard of customer service; relay agency issues to staff.
• Maintain truck logs and perform preventive maintenance checks.
• Obey DOT regulations and safety standards.
• Assist with holidays and additional pickups as needed.

Skills

Valid driver's license

Education

HS Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Minimum Qualifications:

Vehicle Appropriate license in good standing. Traditional and professional hygiene & appearance in uniform, negative pre-employment drug screen, reliable transportation to work; and current Georgia State Motor Vehicle Report (MVR), criminal record free of violent and/or drug-related convictions. HS Diploma or equivalent.

Salary Range:

Based on License Type and experience.

Supervision:

Branch Director or Lead supervises this position.

Schedule:

Monday - Friday, 7:30 am until pick-ups are complete, in accordance with safe and efficient SHSG guidelines. Food rescue and delivery schedules require driver’s willingness and ability to work some deliveries/pick-ups on Saturdays, certain holidays, or days immediately before or after holidays. This is due to the need to rescue and safely secure vital food sources for our twenty-six county’s community.

Benefits:

• At the sixty-day mark of employment, SHSG offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package, to include medical with onsite physician available for enrolled employees, and available ancillary coverages including dental, vision, life and more.
• Additionally at sixty days, SHSG currently offers fourteen paid and scheduled, holidays, an initial sixteen hours of PTO and the forty hours PTO upon work anniversary of one year.
• Premium Wages for worked holidays.

Goal:

Maintain a safe and FMCSA / DOT Compliant vehicle while operating LFR Route.

Job duties include (but are not limited to):

• Load, unload, prepare, and operated, delivery vehicle.
• Properly secure items to prevent damage during transportation.
• Properly load / unload to prevent damage during loading and unloading.
• Verify contents against shipping papers. Inform manager(s) of discrepancies.
• Meet standards and improve best practices. Follow routes and time schedules. Ask for feedback on provided services and resolve clients’ complaints. Act as a link between donors, agencies receiving deliveries and the food bank. Provide high, standard of customer service, referring any agency complaints or comments to the proper food bank staff as needed.
• Inform Customers about new products and services. Answer customer questions.
• Collect Signatures and Payments.
• Exercise good judgment and communication skills.
• Demonstrate stamina, good attitude, and the ability to lift heavy boxes.
• Lift, Carry, and Walk as necessary.
• Transport donations requiring the truck to the food bank from donors by packing the product safely so as to protect the integrity and quality of the product.
• Maintain proper shipping practices on the food bank truck for all products transported by our truck including compliance with DOT, AIB, SHSG, and local health standards (temperatures and logs).
• Maintain logs when using the truck and be responsible for fueling the truck as needed; before, during, and after use.
• Submit fuel receipts to finance or bookkeeper.
• Use the most efficient route available.
• Maintain the food bank truck. Submit vehicle to FMA Vendor as required for standard preventive maintenance checks. Vehicle will be sanitized before COB daily. Keep the vehicle clean and in good condition.
• Protect product from theft by securing vehicle properly, checking all items in and notifying direct Chain of Command, should product appear to be missing or if employee knows someone has taken the product.
• Alert other drivers of the food bank truck to practices necessary to properly and safely maintain the truck.
• Assist with food drives and duties as assigned including extra donation pick-ups or warehousing as determined by the Branch Director, Inventory Manager, Food Drive Coordinator and COO. Report inconsistencies to Branch Director to be mitigated in cooperation with COO.
• Attend all required meetings, training, and individual and supervisory sessions as assigned
• Perform all other job tasks as requested by the Branch Director or COO.
• All employees assume the role of company agent or representative and must treat others with respect during the discharge of their duties as noted in this job description.
• Must work in cooperation with management staff to include responsible and respectful interaction during training, information exchange, staff meetings, and coaching sessions with senior and subordinate staff members for the benefit of the organization and its pursuit for service and growth.
• Must provide signed, local donation forms for all donation collection appointments included those for “NO DONATION.”
• Must act as a liaison /ambassador between donors and SHSG; report to supervisors and donors regarding appointment changes, complaints, requests, and donations, etc.
• Report between SHSG and Vendors regarding purchase orders, repairs, and preventative maintenance.
• Must keep loading dock clear and organized to accommodate receiving and free of any obstruction which may inhibit receiving:
• Stack/Organize pallets, Roll up hose(s), Remove waste and waste containers
• Keep truck pad free of obstructions, stow all equipment properly
• Sanitize trucks, back dock, truck pad as necessary
• Report any damages to loading ramps or vehicles to the Branch Director
• Report any noted issues with function of any route delivery or pick-up equipment, daily.
• Maintenance of Vehicle
• Report damages / necessary PM’s to the Branch Director
• Communicate with repair personnel in order to keep Branch Director and COO informed of availability of functional vehicles.
• Obey all traffic laws when operating SHSG vehicles, avoiding the endangerment of any person or property.
• Follow DOT regulations and safety standards
• Assist with monthly inventory as needed and properly document receipt of all donations upon receipt.
• Complete all logs and reports
• verify contents of shipping loads against shipping papers
• input receipts into company software within 24 hours of receipt
• Demonstrate use of neat and legible handwriting on company documents.
• Report errors to manager(s)
• Assist with LFR Operations as needed including Holidays as needed.
• Use e-mail for staff communication and Primarius for donation receipt, donor memo or account information updates as needed.
• Pick and Pull orders for delivery as needed.
• Maintain license(s) applicable to role.
• Safely operate lift trucks and other equipment appropriate for role.
• Pass random drug screens without positive results.