Job Description
R10093744 CDL Route Driver (Open)
Location: Portsmouth, VA – Filling industrial
Monday – Friday, start time 6 a.m.
Responsibilities
- Safely load, deliver, and unload cylinders containing compressed gases and liquids between Airgas branches and plant locations.
- Maintain accurate load manifests and vehicle documents, ensuring they are properly completed and balanced with truck counts and shipping documents.
- Record all deliveries and pickups, and return empty cylinders for refilling.
- Professionally interact with associates and customers to resolve service inquiries and issues.
- Perform pre‑trip and post‑trip vehicle inspections, as well as cylinder inspections per operating procedures.
- Ensure all safety rules are strictly observed and promptly report any accidents or injuries to management.
- Provide timely updates to the manager regarding any operational changes or issues.
- Operate pallet jacks, forklifts, and other warehouse equipment; work in the warehouse or on the dock as required.
Required Qualifications
- Valid Class A or B CDL.
- Valid Medical Examiner’s Card.
- Hazmat Endorsement or ability to obtain the endorsement within 60 days of being hired.
- Minimum age 21 years.
- At least 1 year of verifiable commercial driving experience within the last 5 years.
- Successful completion of Airgas Background and Motor Vehicle Check.
- DOT Clearinghouse verification from previous employers required.
- Ability to routinely lift or move around 25–75 lbs, occasionally 76 to greater than 100 lbs.
- Willingness to work outdoors in changing temperatures.
- Ability to maintain a drug‑free workplace.
- Adherence to safety regulations and policies.
- Flexible to work overtime as needed.
Preferred Qualifications
- High School Diploma or equivalent.
- Forklift Experience.
- Touch freight delivery experience.
- Prior experience in the gas, welding and safety supply industry preferred.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision plans; short‑term and long‑term disability; life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP); pre‑tax commuter transportation benefit.
- Parental leave; vacation; sick time; floating holidays; jury duty and funeral/bereavement leave.
- Paid holidays for all eligible full‑time employees.
- 401(k) plan with company matching funds.
- Tuition reimbursement; discounted college tuition for eligible employees’ dependents.
- Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.
Equal Employment Opportunity Information
We are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
Airgas, an Air Liquide Company, is a Government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
Airgas 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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