Driver at Guadalupe Centers

Kansas City, Missouri, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

12 Aug, 26

Salary

18.0

Posted On

15 May, 26

Experience

0 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Route Planning, Vehicle Maintenance, Customer Service, Food Safety, Time Management, Situational Awareness, Safe Driving, Inventory Counting

Industry

Non-profit Organizations

Description

Driver Department: Food Service Reports to: Director of Food Services FLSA Status: Non-Exempt Supervises: 0 Job Summary: The driver is responsible for transporting food in a timely and efficient manner. This includes picking up food, navigating to the school’s location, and ensuring the food arrives safely and at the correct temperature. Essential duties and responsibilities: * Package, accurately count, and load food into vehicles according to local food safety standards. * Deliver meals to specified locations on time by assisting with the planning of efficient routes to minimize delivery times, considering traffic and other factors. * Accurately record delivery details, collecting signatures, and customer feedback on Daily Delivery Sheets. * Safely operate and maintain any GCI vehicle in a clean, road-ready condition by completing required vehicle checks. * Promptly report and escalate any safety concerns, damage, mechanical issues, or maintenance needs in accordance with GCI procedures, and refrain from operating the vehicle if conditions pose a safety risk until the issue is addressed. * Adhere to all traffic laws and safety regulations. * Provide friendly and professional customer service, addressing any questions or concerns, and ensuring customer satisfaction. * Pick up will call orders as needed. * Transport food items between Guadalupe Centers and Guadalupe Education System locations as needed. * Exercise situational awareness by being alert to your surroundings and avoiding unsafe areas during deliveries. * Attend and complete required job-related training classes, meetings, and workshops. * Assist kitchen staff as needed. * Other duties as assigned. Qualification Requirements: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below represent the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Required Qualifications: * High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent required * Valid driver's license and ability to deliver or pick up the food-related product * Must be able to pass a background check, physical, and drug/alcohol screening * KCMO Food Handler’s Permit mandatory (must be attained within 30 days) * Ability to lift, pull, or haul up to 40 pounds without assistance. * Ability to perform work in extreme weather conditions, like cold environments, including freezer and refrigerator * Ability to manage multiple deliveries, prioritize tasks, and meet time deadlines. * Knowledge of community diversity and cultural dynamics. * Ability to work in a non-judgmental way with a diverse range of people, maintaining a respectful and inclusive culture. Preferred Qualifications: * Bilingual English/Spanish proficiency Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, dexterity, agility, balance, and crouching. While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently turns or twists the neck more than the average person. The employee may sometimes lift, pull, or haul items up to 80 pounds with assistance. The employee is directly responsible for safety, well-being, and work output. This job's specific abilities include close vision, such as reading handwritten or typed material and adjusting focus. The position requires the individual to meet multiple demands from several people and interact with the public and other staff. Work Environment: The work is consistently conducted indoors, with employees frequently donning uniforms like aprons or jackets and often wearing safety attire, including gloves. They regularly encounter hazardous situations and conditions that may result in cuts or minor burns. Physical proximity to others is common in the work setting. Exposure to varying temperatures, such as heat from ovens or cold conditions when retrieving items from freezers, is a regular part of the job. Occasionally, employees may work near contaminants and hazardous equipment. The work environment is characterized by noise and distractions. Equal Opportunity Employer GCI is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, creed, ancestry, age, sex, gender, national origin, marital status, pregnancy, citizenship, disability, genetic information, veteran status, service member status or any other category protected by federal, state or local law. Preventing discrimination is the responsibility of every employee in the way employees treat and interact with one another. Therefore, GCI expects all work relations to be business-like and professional, free of bias, prejudice, harassment and/or discrimination. GCI's policy of Equal Opportunity extends to all conditions of employment including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, placement, training, compensation, discipline, transfers, separation, layoff, recall, leave of absence and promotion. GCI will not tolerate any discrimination in the workplace, and it is expected that any employee who believes they have been subjected to any practice that appears to be inconsistent with this policy will contact Human Resources. Improper interference with the ability of GCI's employees to perform their expected job duties is not tolerated. GCI encourages reporting of incidents or concerns regarding discrimination to the Director of Human Resources, so that prompt and constructive action can be taken. There will be no retaliation or adverse action against an employee for raising an issue or complaint pursuant to this policy. The report will be investigated to determine what, if any, responsive action is necessary and appropriate. Any employee found responsible for an inappropriate or discriminatory act will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including separation.

Responsibilities

The driver is responsible for the timely and safe transport of food to school locations while maintaining correct temperatures. Duties include route planning, vehicle maintenance, and providing professional customer service during deliveries.