Route Delivery Driver - Tucson

Description

At Pacific Seafood, we do more than just provide the world with the healthiest proteins on the planet. We are a family-owned, excellence-driven organization committed to being the brand of choice in the marketplace and the employer of choice in the community. We believe in servant leadership, investing in our team members’ personal and professional growth, and rewarding performance. We live by the core values of our Diamond Philosophy: Teamwork, Productivity, Quality, and Excellence—which means consistently doing your best and always striving to do better.

Summary:

The Route Delivery Driver at Pacific Seafood is a key role on our Transportation team supporting efforts to maintain operational efficiency, enhance brand reputation, and help drive sales. This position involves providing accurate product and pricing information, taking orders, and ensuring product is delivered in a safe and efficient manner and is ideal for someone who is customer service oriented, safety conscious, and pays close attention to detail.

Key Responsibilities

1. Efficient Operations:

• Be a role model in projecting and applying The Pacific Group Diamond Philosophy (Productivity, Quality, Excellence and Teamwork) and promote teamwork.
• Ensure goods are loaded into trucks in a safe and logical order communicate needed changes to manager.
• Ensure the load is properly secured.
• Verify order to ensure correct products loaded and delivered.
• Deliver orders to customers according to predetermined route delivery schedule. Communicate any needed routing changes to the manager.
• Responsible for handling merchandise in a safe and efficient manner.
• Unload products from delivery truck and place product as the customer desires.
• Provide efficient, accurate and productive service to the customer.
• Perform backhauls, airport pickups, etc. as needed.
• Ensure all necessary delivery paperwork is completed accurately and in full. Complete credit/debit documentation accurately.
• Return all shipping documents, return product and credit documentation to designated area on completion of deliveries.
• Maintain cleanliness of vehicle and report any maintenance problems to manager.
• Responsible for maintaining the integrity of the company-customer relationship as it applies to the scope of the job function.
• Address and/or communicate customer issues and requests promptly to the appropriate individuals to facilitate resolution.
• Represent the company positively in all customer interactions.
• Perform all other duties, as may be assigned.

2. Quality and Compliance:

• Performs all required safety checks (i.e. pre/post trip) to insure they meet company safety standards and take appropriate action as needed.
• Reports all safety issues and/or repairs required.
• Follows all DOT regulations and company safe driving guidelines and policies.
• Knowledge of and adherence to all company, state and federal rules, regulations, policies and procedures.

Additional responsibilities may be assigned as deemed necessary to support the overall goals and objectives of the position.

What you bring to Pacific Seafood

Education and Experience

• Required
  • High school diploma or GED
  • A minimum of one year of related experience in delivery and sales of perishable food products
  • Valid driver’s license
  • Clean Motor Vehicle Report (MVR) for past 3 years
  • The ability to pass a road test
• Preferred
  • Proven track record of succeeding in time-sensitive situations
  • Familiarity with local area, including streets, highways, and buildings

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the team member:=

• Standing. Particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Walking. Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks.
• Reaching. Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Grasping. Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the distinction in sound.
• Regularly required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• Occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Working Conditions

The working environment characteristics described here are representative of those a team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the team member is exposed to:

• Office, as well as warehouse environment.
• Moderate noise level in the work environment.
• Plant exposure to wet, cold, and/or humid temperatures.
• Standard office equipment and heavy machinery.

Benefits

Total compensation:

At Pacific Seafood, your base wage is only a portion of your overall compensation package. We invest in our Team Members through a comprehensive and attractive total rewards package, including but not limited to:

• Health insurance benefits options, including medical, prescription, vision, dental, basic group life and short-term disability.
• Flexible spending accounts for health flex and dependent care expenses
• 401(k) Retirement Plan options with generous annual company profit sharing match
• Paid time off for all regular FT team members, to include sick days, holiday pay, vacation, and personal time
• Employee Assistance Program- Confidential professional counseling, financial, and legal assistance provided at no charge to Team Members and immediate family members
• Product purchase program

Pacific Seafood is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. At Pacific Seafood, we do more than just provide the world with the healthiest proteins on the planet. We are an excellence-driven organization committed to being the brand of choice in the marketplace and the employer of choice in the community. We believe in servant leadership, investing in our team members, and rewarding performance. We live by the core values of our Diamond Philosophy: Quality, Teamwork, Productivity, and Excellence—which means consistently doing your best and always striving to do better.