Class A CDL Delivery Driver

Job Description

Role and Responsibilities

To operate a tractor-trailer and/or delivery/panel truck to pick up and deliver customer orders.   To service customers in our delivery area by hand-delivering, stacking, and rotating products at customer locations.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• High School Graduate or GED
• Must pass a pre-employment drug screen, physical and background investigation.
• Valid Class A CDL driver's license and clean driving record.
• All DOT requirements must be met.
• Ability to read and follow directions.
• Ability to maintain simple logs and records.
• The dependable worker is able to carry out a series of work instructions without constant supervision.

Physical Demand

• The transition from standing, sitting and walking 60% or more of the workday.
• Lift 50lbs for more than 60% of the workday
• Lift 100 lbs. occasionally (not daily)
• The transition from kneeling, crouching, turning/twisting and bending at the waist for more than 60% of the workday.
• Work driving a delivery truck and make deliveries to retail customers and warehouses where temperatures fluctuate between 20° and 100° F.
• Work on a delivery truck where exposure to dust, humidity, and/or dampness are present 60% or more of the workday.
• Work on a delivery truck where fumes, odors, and mists are present 20% to 60% of the workday.
• Oral and written communication with customers, operations, and administrative staff are required 60% or more of the workday.
• Drive a delivery truck where near and far visual acuity, depth perception, color vision and field of vision are necessary 60% or more of the workday.
• Drive a delivery truck where foot-hand-eye coordination is necessary 60% or more of the workday.
• Drive a delivery truck where handling is required 60% or more of the workday.
• Drive a delivery truck where mechanical and moving objects' risks are present 60% or more of the workday.
• Set up and operate a hand truck 20% to 60% of the workday.

 Mental requirements

• Read, verify and carry out written instructions and verify and carry out oral instructions more than 60% of the workday.
• Identify and list data such as quantities for more than 60% of the workday.
• Prepare data for inclusion in detailed reports.
• Read instrument, gauges, and dials to determine operating conditions 60% or more of the workday.
• Determine malfunction of units using observation 20% to 60% of the workday.
• Determine the nature and location of malfunction 20% to 60% of the workday.
• Estimate size, form, quality, and defects 60% of the workday.
• Count and make simple arithmetic additions, subtraction, multiplication, and division 60% or more of the workday.
• The transition between multiple tasks 20-60% of the workday.

 Preferred Skills

• Computer literate
• Willingness to learn and use new technologies

Our History

The Koerner Company was founded in 1907 by John E. Koerner, whose aim was to provide his customers with world-class products and service. This remains our guiding principle today.   For the first forty years we were a commodity broker of food and grain. In 1949, the John E. Koerner Company moved into our first warehouse located at Julia and Magnolia streets in New Orleans. Adapting to the needs of some diverse industries, the Koerner Company began providing supplies to such customers as Holsum, Sunbeam, Jax and Dixie, and soon became known as experts in the grain industry. In 1957, we introduced the Koerner brand “Big Chief" flour and followed up with "Indian Girl" corn flour. These fine products are still among our most popular today. In 1964, the John E. Koerner Company bought a small bakery distributor named Allstate, expanding both our customer base and our product offering.
 

Where we are now

30,000 square feet of temperature controlled storage.  Our original Julia Street warehouse is now the site of the 50 yard line in the Louisiana Superdome. We have since moved to a modern distribution center in the Elmwood Industrial Complex. With over 75,000 square feet of warehouse space, including 30,000 square feet of temperature controlled storage; we are able to adjust to our customers' needs. We now distribute basic commodities along with a variety of specialty grains, mixes, filling, frozen desserts, as well as, a number of exciting imported products.
8 delivery vehicles, 6 days a week
From our New Orleans warehouse we deliver six days a week. Our delivery area stretches from Lake Charles, LA, north to Alexandria and Jackson, MS, east to the beaches of the Alabama Gulf Coast, and almost every stop in between. All trucks in our fleet maintain frozen temperatures of -15 degrees.
Nationwide Delivery
We contract with several freight carriers to accommodate the customers located outside of our delivery area. We are able to offer single package, multi pallet, and even same day delivery, in some cases.
Family Owned
The Koerner Company is actively managed by third and fourth generation Koerner's who are still committed to the tradition of bringing quality products and service to their customers.
 

John E. Koerner Company’s Future

Still privately held, the Koerner Company is staffed by a team of professionals dedicated to preserving the integrity of the Koerner vision. We continue to be pioneers in providing new products to our customers. We have up to the second communications among vendors, customers, and staff giving us the ability to service our customers when it matters most. We are proud of our past and prepared for the future. We invite you to join our success!