Location:
Charlotte, NC - Old Dowd Rd (Branch) - Retail shopHow will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?Job SummaryIf you are seeking a company that values its employees, encourages growth and development, and makes a global impact, Airgas is the place for you. Join our team and be a part of an organization that is shaping the future of the gas and welding industry while fostering a culture of excellence and innovation.
Join our team as a Class B Hazmat Delivery Driver and play a crucial role in providing safe and efficient transportation of compressed gas cylinders, liquid cylinders, and hard goods to our valued customers. Your responsibilities will include maintaining outstanding customer relations, ensuring on-time deliveries, and upholding the highest standards of safety and professionalism. As a key member of our team, you'll be empowered to make a positive impact through your exceptional driving skills, problem-solving abilities, and dedication to customer satisfaction.
Job Description:
Safely operate a Class B Hazmat vehicle on scheduled routes, delivering and picking up compressed gas cylinders, liquid cylinders, and hard goods.
Load and unload your vehicle, ensuring accuracy and efficiency in all deliveries and pick-ups.
Interact with customers in a friendly and professional manner, resolving service inquiries and maintaining strong customer relations.
Perform pre and post-trip vehicle inspections, addressing deficiencies and ensuring safety equipment is in optimal working condition.
Collaborate as a team player to maintain a positive work environment, demonstrating a can-do attitude and a sense of urgency.
Efficiently manage your delivery routes and adapt to changing circumstances, demonstrating excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
Maintain compliance with DOT and OSHA regulations, upholding safety as the top priority at all times.
Provide assistance with tasks such as maintaining inventory, performing counter sales, and participating in cylinder inspections.
Qualifications:
Must be at least 21 years old.
Valid Class B CDL driver's license is required.
Successful completion of Airgas Background Check, Motor Vehicle Check, and DOT Clearinghouse verification.
Minimum one year of commercial driving experience with similar equipment or completion of an accredited truck driving school within the last five years.
High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
Exceptional interpersonal skills, enabling effective communication with diverse customers and colleagues.
Ability to work in various weather conditions and physically lift weights ranging from 25 to over 100 lbs.
Fluent in English, with the ability to read, interpret, and communicate safety rules and operational instructions.
Strong problem-solving skills, enabling resolution of customer inquiries and logistical challenges.
Adherence to a drug-free workplace and commitment to maintaining a professional appearance.
Why Join Our Team:
Competitive compensation package and benefits.
Opportunity to make a difference in our customers' lives by ensuring timely deliveries of essential products.
Collaborative and supportive team environment.
Training and development opportunities to enhance your skills and career growth.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:
Must have at least one year of CDL Class A or B driving experience with like equipment or graduated from an accredited truck driving school.
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the Company.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals, and to calculate percent.
REASONING ABILITY:
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions.
Airgas is a drug-free workplace
EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or disability
Airgas USA, LLC, an Air Liquide company, is the leading U.S. supplier of industrial, medical, and specialty gases, as well as hard goods and related products; one of the largest U.S. suppliers of safety products; and a leading U.S. supplier of ammonia products and process chemicals.
Dedicated to improving the performance of its more than 1 million customers, Airgas safely and reliably provides products, services, and expertise through its more than 18,000 associates, over 1,400 locations, robust e-Business platform, and Airgas Total Access® tele sales channel. As an Air Liquide company, a world leader in gases, technology, and services for Industry and Health, Airgas offers customers an unrivaled global footprint and industry-leading technology and innovations. Airgas’ customer base includes but is not limited to: manufacturing, health care, construction, energy, hospitality, food service, and many more.
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We care about and support our Airgas Families. This is evident not only through our competitive compensation but also through a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision plans, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, and paid holidays for full-time employees.
We provide a progressive parental leave package for our eligible Airgas parents, offering generous paid time off for the birth or placement of children, including 14 weeks of paid child birth benefit for birth mothers on leave, as well as paid parental leave benefits for other associates.
Additionally, we offer our employees a 401k plan with company matching funds, tuition reimbursement, discounted college tuition for employees’ dependents, and an Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.
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Your differences enhance our performance
At Airgas, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.
We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability or any other protected characteristic. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.
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Equal Employment Opportunity Information
We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
Please click here to view the EEO Know Your Rights poster and here to view the Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination poster. Airgas, an Air Liquide Company invites any applicant and/or employee to review the Company’s written Affirmative Action Plan or Policy Statement. This plan or policy statement is available for inspection upon request.
Airgas, an Air Liquide Company and its group of companies does not discriminate against qualified applicants with disabilities and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to the known disabilities of such individuals so as to ensure equal access to benefits and privileges of employment. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact us by email at us-accommodationrequest@airgas.com.
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