Delivery Driver
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Join Hicks Nurseries - Long Island's Largest Garden Center!Located in Westbury, NY | $40 Million Annual Revenue | Retail & WholesalePosition: Delivery DriverWe are seeking a Delivery Driver. Come grow with us!Your Objective: Make all scheduled deliveries in a safe, timely, efficient, and courteous manner following documented processes and procedures.Key Responsibilities:* Load the appropriate vehicle with goods and unload them at each delivery location.* Ensure all related paperwork is completed and appropriately distributed.* Always follow safety guidelines and processes.* Ensure that any vehicle you use is in proper, safe working order.* Ensure that bending, lifting, climbing in/out of vehicles, etc., is done safely.* Use all vehicles and equipment in a safe manner in compliance with traffic and other laws.* Load vehicle(s) for the following days' deliveries as required, following documented processes and procedures.* Route deliveries as required, following documented processes and procedures.* Contact customers regarding their estimated delivery time. o Notify company managers of following day's delivery schedule.* Ensure that any vehicle you use is left clean ready for the next day's activities.* Ensure there is a sufficiently-full tank of gas; follow documented processes and procedures for billing.* Sweep truck(s) after deliveries. o Remove any trash from vehicle(s).* Provide customer service.* Respect customer's homes.* While at a customer's home, always be courteous and refer customers to appropriate salespeople as needed.* Acknowledge customers in the store.* Assist customers in the store by answering questions, directing them, and/or finding appropriate sales help.* Immediate start.* 15 to 20 hours through mid-September. Then hours increase from 20 to 40 hours mid-September through end of November.* Early morning starts (7am) earlier availability a plus.* Weekends not required but availability a plus.* Strong attention to detail.* Ability to juggle multiple tasks.* Computer literate, including Microsoft Office products.* Ability to read and communicate effectively in English, both orally and in writing, in person and on the telephone.* Ability to operate company vehicles, including trucks and forklifts, safely and effectively.* Able to sit and drive a vehicle for a full shift most days.* Frequent physical activity required, including standing, walking, reaching, bending, lifting, climbing, pushing, pulling, squeezing, and grasping.* Must be able to consistently lift 25-40 lbs. independently.* Must be able to push/pull wheeled carts of 400 lbs. consistently.* Ability to safely operate vehicles and equipment such as box trucks, flatbed trucks, forklifts, and 4-wheel electric cart stock chasers.