Truck Driver Class A

King's Hawaiian; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a family-owned bakery in Torrance as a Delivery Driver. You will be responsible for delivering bakery products, maintaining vehicles, and ensuring safety compliance. This role requires physical stamina and attention to safety regulations.

Qualifications

• Ability to lift and move up to 50 pounds regularly, and over 100 pounds with assistance.
• Vision abilities required include close, distance, peripheral, and depth perception.

Responsibilities

• Deliver bakery products to customers and handle inter-company deliveries.
• Perform daily inspections on trucks and maintain them in a safe condition.
• Follow safety procedures and comply with all regulations.

Skills

Safety-conscious

Job description

Joining King’s Hawaiian makes you part of our `ohana (family). We are a family-owned business for over seventy years, respecting our roots while thinking about our future as we continue to grow and care for our customers and the communities we serve. Our `ohana members build an environment of inclusivity as they freely collaborate, pursue learning through curiosity, and explore innovation as critical thinkers. Beyond that, we are also passionate about supporting the long-term health and well-being of our employees and their families. If you’re excited to rise with our team, come and join our `ohana!

Job Responsibilities

1. Represent the company in delivering bakery products to customers.
2. Pick up raw materials and supplies from vendors.
3. Handle inter-company pick-ups and deliveries.
4. Manually load and unload trucks delivering bakery products and cargo to local customers and distribution centers, including the Western Plant and restaurants.
5. Ensure timely and efficient deliveries to customers.
6. Perform daily inspections on trucks and trailers.
7. Maintain all commercial vehicles in a clean, safe, and operable condition, complying with all Federal and State Highway regulations.
8. Handle and distribute shipping documents properly.
9. Pick up and deliver items required by operations or maintenance personnel.
10. Verify product counts during loading and unloading.
11. Promote safety by understanding and complying with safety procedures and reporting accidents promptly.
12. Follow all SQF, GMP, and DOT regulations when performing duties.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. The individual must be safety-conscious. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

While performing duties, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands, reach, and communicate. The employee frequently sits. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and often more than 100 pounds with assistance. Vision abilities required include close, distance, peripheral, and depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

The employee may be exposed to extreme cold, wet and humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, fumes, airborne particles, weather, vibration, and noise. Heavy traffic and night driving are common.

Equal Opportunity

King's Hawaiian is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for our `ohana.

About the Company

King's Hawaiian is a Los Angeles-based family-owned bakery, known chiefly for its Hawaiian bread.