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  • CDL Driver - Bethel
    Job Type: Full-time
    Location: Bethel, CT

Description

Why Interstate + Lakeland Lumber?
When you join Interstate + Lakeland Lumber, you join a team of friendly and professional truck drivers committed to delivering products safely and on time. 

About Interstate + Lakeland Lumber
For over 100 years, Fairfield & Westchester County Architects & Builders have trusted Interstate + Lakeland Lumber to supply building materials & custom millwork for the area's finest homes. We specialize in custom moulding and offer a variety of building material products. With design centers in Greenwich, Westport, CT, and various retail locations, we proudly serve clients throughout Stamford, Westport, Norwalk, Fairfield, New Canaan, CT, and surrounding Scarsdale, Rye, Port Chester, and Shrub Oak, and other NY communities.

 

The comprehensive benefits package offered by the union includes the following:

  • Paid vacation, sick and holidays day 
  • Generous retirement benefits provided through the union
  • Excellent health care coverage-medical, dental, and vision
  • Short and long-term disability; life and AD&D insurance
  • Company-provided safety footwear
  • Safety incentive program

 

Position Summary: As a delivery driver, you will transport building materials from our company yards and warehouse to customers' job sites and residential properties. Duties include pulling materials to build loads, loading materials onto trucks, operating the forklift, securing loads, and safely transporting materials to their final destination while utilizing GPS technology for prompt and safe delivery.

 

Essential Functions:

  • Perform vehicle pre-and post-trip inspections
  • Provide excellent customer service while delivering products
  • Responsible for inspecting and maintaining vehicles, including regular maintenance, safety, state inspections, and emergency repairs.
  • Report any accidents or delays to dispatchers or reporting manager
  • Keep detailed logs of vehicle maintenance activities, inspections, and repairs to ensure their trucks remain safe and compliant.
  • Accurately record pickups and drop-offs to ensure the dispatcher has a record of successful deliveries.
  • Assist in pulling materials by hand to build and secure loads once onto the truck.
  • Safely operate forklifts and moffetts to transfer materials onto delivery trucks.
  • Pick up goods and materials, verify loads for accuracy, and deliver them as instructed.
  • Utilize GPS technology to outline routes while considering weight-limits regulations on roads and tunnels, weather conditions, and traffic.
  • Responsible for essential vehicle maintenance and following safe work practices, policies, and processes.
  • Communicate with dispatchers and other logistics personnel while completing their routes, including sharing updates on delivery timelines, route conditions, and logging breaks.

Requirements

Education and Experience:

  • High school diploma or equivalent
  • Ability to read and communicate in English
  • 21 years or older
  • At least three years of driving experience
  • Valid CDL Class B license required
  • Currently hold, or ability to obtain, a DOT medical card required
  • One year of documented relevant commercial vehicle driving experience in the last five years
  • Follow all federal and state laws, regulations, and other corresponding regulatory agencies' standards and guidelines.
  • Regular, predictable attendance is an essential function of the job.
  • Work the required schedule, complete our employment application, and submit to a background investigation (to include past employment, education, and criminal history) and drug screening required. The Department of Transportation regulates this position, is designated as safety-sensitive by the company, and is subject to quarterly random drug tests. The ability to work in a constant state of alertness is required.

 

Preferred Experience:

  • 5  Years CDL B Driver Experience
  • Prior product knowledge and experience working with building materials and lumber yards
  • Certified in operating Forklifts
  • Experience transporting Lumber and building materials

 

Working Conditions and Physical Demands:

  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving forklifts, noise, vibration, and extreme weather conditions.
  • Must be able to see and hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
  • While performing the duties of this job, you will be required to move frequently, stand, walk, and sit. Frequent use of hands to touch, handle, feel, and reach with hands and arms is required.
  • Must be able to regularly lift and move up to 50lbs/23kg and occasionally lift and move up to 100lbs/45kg.
  • Must be able to operate the vehicle safely and frequently

 

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

  • Full-time, 40 hours weekly average, occasional overtime required
  • Hours vary by location – typical hours are 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM, Monday to Friday, and some Saturdays required.

 

To apply, please submit your resume using the form below.