Warehouse/Driver (Non Texas)

Purvis Industries; Bird (LA); On-site; USD 19,286 - 24,796; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Flexible Spending Account

Job summary

Purvis Industries in Baton Rouge, LA is hiring a Warehouse/Delivery Driver. The role includes identifying products, managing inventory, and performing delivery runs to customer locations from the Baton Rouge branch.

Responsibilities include loading/unloading, verifying shipments, maintaining records, and assisting branch/operations staff as needed. The position requires physical strength and a valid driver’s license.

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years or older.
• Minimum 2 years driving experience.
• Ability to lift up to 70 pounds daily.
• Must be able to read, write and perform basic arithmetic.

Responsibilities

• Identify products and learn the company’s offerings.
• Stock items on shelves in FIFO order.
• Identify incoming shipments and verify against packing slips.
• Load products into delivery trucks and deliver to customer locations.
• Obtain customer signatures on delivery tickets and log deliveries.

Skills

Valid driver's license

Delivery/Warehouse experience

Reading and basic arithmetic

Job description

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Warehouse/Driver (Non Texas)

Manual Labor Baton Rouge, LA, US

5 days ago Requisition ID: 1518

For over 75 years, Purvis Industries has been proud to be a family-owned and operated industrial distributor. Today, the company has 101 locations in 17 states and is one of the country\'s most significant independent bearing and power transmission distributors. As we grow and continue to expand, our customers find that we stay true to what George Purvis told us more than 75 years ago: if you sell the best products, know the products and how to apply them and keep those products on your shelf, you can take care of your customer, and you will be successful. Let Purvis Industries show you how we practice these principles daily!

The Delivery Driver/Warehouse role will identify products, conduct inventory, and execute delivery runs. The following is a list of Delivery Driver/Warehouse job duties. These responsibilities and physical requirements include, but are not limited to, the following:

Responsibilities

• Team members will be walking or standing for most of every workday; the remaining time will be spent sitting/driving a company vehicle, sitting at a desk, or working in the warehouse.
• Must accurately identify products, requiring basic reading skills and learning about the company\'s products.
• Identify incoming shipments, compare products received to the packing slip, noting any differences, and forward the packing slip to Order Processing on time.
• Stock products on shelves in a first-in, first-out order.
• Pull products based on delivery tickets and double-check the order for accuracy.
• Responsible for processing UPS and motor freight shipments.
• Load all products into a delivery truck and drive and unload all products at customer’s locations.
• When delivering the product, a driver is responsible for having the customer sign the delivery ticket accepting the order. One copy should be given to the customer and the other to Order Processing when the driver returns to the branch office.
• Conveyor belt cuts
• Must be able to assemble a delivery run by pulling, organizing, inspecting for accuracy, and logging deliveries into the delivery log daily.
• Assist Branch and/or Operations Managers in other areas as needed.

Physical Requirements

• Employee must be able to lift products to 70 pounds daily.
• Heavy products are stocked from ground height to 6’ in size.
• Product to be delivered must be lifted into the back of trucks approximately 3’ height for ¾ ton trucks and 4’ height for large trucks.
• Ability to climb stairs with products in hand to be delivered to customers or our locations.
• Must be 18 years of age or older
• Must have a minimum of 2 years driving experience
• No more than two moving violations in the past 18 months (i.e., speeding, failure to yield, failure to stop, no safety belt, etc.)
• No more than three moving violations in the past 36 months
• No more than one at-fault accident with no bodily injury and one moving violation in the past three years
• No more than one at-fault accident with bodily injury in the past three years
• Ability to read, write, and perform basic arithmetic (addition, subtraction).

· Paid time off

· Ability to set up a Flexible Spending Account

You will be a valued member of a stable and established company. We are committed to our employee’s professional development and will provide you with ongoing training and opportunities for advancement. Purvis Industries, an Equal Opportunity Employer, promotes a drug-free workplace.