Driver - Transport at Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc. – Hazelwood, Missouri
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About This Position
Department: Sales/Delivery
Reports To: Route Supervisor
Location: Hazelwood, MO
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Pay Range + other compensation components: Starts at $27.75
Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, STD, Thrift, Life Insurance, Company provided uniforms
Standard Hours: Guaranteed 8 hours/day, flexibility to work Saturdays, with one day off per week required.
Key Responsibilities
- Adhere to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s).
- Follow all company safety rules and policies.
- Operate company-owned or leased trucks over 4 tons to support shipping and receiving operations.
- Transport, pick up, and relocate creamery products and materials as assigned.
- Conduct pre-, during-, and post-operation vehicle inspections and complete all required maintenance reports.
- Deliver exceptional customer service during all pickup and delivery activities.
- Maintain all certifications required by the Department of Transportation (DOT), OSHA, and company safety programs.
- Preserve and protect all company property, ensuring it remains in excellent condition.
- Accurately complete all required documentation for bookkeeping and inventory tracking.
- Perform additional duties as assigned to support and enhance team operations.
- Maintain a professional personal appearance that positively represents the company.
- Treat colleagues, customers, and partners with respect and dignity always.
- Communicate opportunities for improvement to leadership, recognizing that growth and change are ongoing processes.
Required Qualifications
- Valid Class A CDL license with air brake and prefer manual transmission endorsements
- Ability to exhibit a positive image and professionalism to customers.
- Must possess a high attention to detail and produce quality, accurate work and quickly detect/ correct errors.
- Ability to multi-task and self-direct/self-motivate.
- Must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written)
- Must be willing to work flexible hours as required.
- Must be able to verbally communicate, understand and write in the English language.
Competency
- Must be able to read and write English and perform basic math calculations.
- Effective time management skills to achieve results through prioritizing demands.
- Demonstrates critical thinking skills and effective decision-making skills.
- Strong attention-to-detail and organizational skills.
- Must demonstrate proficiency in essential tasks and a willingness to learn.
Working Conditions
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to sit, stand or walk for prolonged periods of time.
- The employee is required to use hands and fingers to operate, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls and reach with hands and arms on a repetitive basis.
- The employee must be able to push, pull, and move up to 100 pounds.
- The employee must be able to physically lift up to 50 pounds.
- Requires visual acuity to review written documentations.
- Ability to hear and understand speech. There is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above the ambient noise level.
- There is exposure to a variety of physical conditions such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, electrical current, and exposure to heat/cold temperature changes.
About Prairie Farms – “Farmer Owned. Locally Produced. Since 1938.”
We are a farmer-owned cooperative. This means we are owned and operated by over 800+ farm families who are critical members of society. They have selflessly taken on the tremendous task of producing nutritious, high-quality milk for a growing population, which requires being on the job 24/7, 365 days a year.
We have represented American agriculture since our founding in 1938. Many of our dairy farms are operated by several generations of family members with roots dating back to the 1800s. On average, each farm milks around 120 cows and everyone pitches in to keep them happy and healthy - which means around-the-clock care!
Our Mission:
- To produce dairy products of the highest quality
- To conduct our business with professional integrity
- To exceed expectations of our customers and consumers
- To support our communities in a positive, sustainable manner
- To deliver exceptional patronage to our network of farm families
- To simply “do right” for our farm families, employees, and communities
EEO Statement
Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.