Driver

Job Summary

The Commercial Driver is responsible for the safe, timely, and accurate delivery of roofing materials, equipment, and related products to commercial and residential job sites. This position requires adherence to all Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations, company safety policies, and customer service standards. The driver will assist with loading, unloading, securing, and verifying materials while maintaining professional interactions with customers, contractors, and team members.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Safely operate commercial vehicles in compliance with DOT regulations and company policies.
• Deliver roofing materials to construction sites, warehouses, and customer locations according to scheduled routes.
• Load, unload, and secure roofing materials, including shingles, insulation, membranes, metal roofing products, and accessories.
• Inspect delivery loads to ensure accuracy and prevent damage during transport.
• Perform pre-trip, post-trip, and routine vehicle inspections.
• Complete delivery documentation, inspection reports, and logs accurately and on time.
• Communicate effectively with dispatchers, warehouse personnel, and customers regarding delivery status and potential delays.
• Assist warehouse staff with inventory organization, loading operations, and maintaining a clean work environment as needed.
• Follow all safety protocols, including the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Report vehicle maintenance concerns, accidents, or safety hazards immediately.
• Maintain a professional appearance and provide excellent customer service.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Valid Commercial Driver's License (CDL Class A or B, as required).
• Clean driving record and ability to meet insurability requirements.
• Knowledge of DOT regulations and commercial driving requirements.
• Ability to safely operate flatbed trucks, boom trucks, or other delivery vehicles.
• Ability to lift, carry, push, and pull up to 75 pounds regularly.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Excellent communication and customer service abilities.
• Ability to work independently and manage delivery schedules effectively.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience delivering roofing materials, construction supplies, or building products.
• Forklift certification or experience.
• Boom truck or crane certification.
• Familiarity with roofing products and construction job site safety requirements.

Travel:

This position requires frequent local travel and daily operation of commercial vehicles to transport roofing materials to customer and job site locations. Drivers should be prepared for extended driving periods, multiple daily stops, and occasional overtime, weekend, or out-of-area assignments as business needs dictate.

Core Competencies

Adaptability & Accountability: Adapts to changes in the work environment, manages competing demands, accepts criticism and feedback, changes approach or method to best fit the situation and takes responsibility for own actions.

Analytical Skills: Synthesizes complex or diverse information, prioritizes projects and determine best way of meeting deadlines and requirements.

Attendance & Punctuality: Schedules time off in advance, begins working on time, keeps absences within guidelines, ensures work responsibilities are covered when absent and arrives at meetings and appointments on time.

Business Ethics: Works with integrity and ethically, upholds organizational values and abides by written policies.

Communication: Expresses ideas and thoughts both verbally and in written form, exhibits good listening skills and comprehension, responds well to questions, writes clearly and informatively and edits work for spelling and grammar. Presents accurate numerical data effectively.

Compliance: Within specified functional area of authority, is personally accountable to understand and ensure regulatory and policy compliance with state and federal requirements in accordance with his/her respective job duties and responsibilities.

Confidentiality: Maintains a high degree of confidentiality.

Customer Service: The extent to which the employee provides prompt and high-quality service to team members, vendors and internal/external customers.

Judgment: Displays willingness to make decisions timely, exhibits sound and accurate judgment, supports and explains reasoning for decisions, includes appropriate people in decision-making process and takes responsibility for communication including what is heard.

Organization: Maintains clean, functional workspace, continuous workflow to meet daily/weekly/monthly deadlines.

Safety: Attends required safety meetings, follows the Injury and Illness Prevention Plan (IIPP) and reports unsafe conditions, keeps workplace in safe condition.

Teamwork / Morale: Treats others with respect and courtesy, gives and welcomes feedback, inspires the trust of others, exhibits tact and consideration, displays positive outlook and pleasant manner, offers assistance and support to co-workers, works cooperatively in group situations. Engages consistently in professional behavior.

Training: Completes company required training timely.

Physical & Mental Requirements

Reasoning & Mental Abilities:

Ability to review, understand, and apply information presented in written, verbal, electronic, and schedule-based formats. Evaluates information, identifies issues, prioritizes tasks, and exercises sound judgment to make work-related decisions. Assesses changing circumstances, work demands, and operational requirements to effectively plan, organize, and adjust activities to meet business objectives. Ability to analyze and apply information contained in contracts, agreements, policies, procedures, and other business documents as required by the position.

Work Environment & Exposures

This position operates in construction sites, warehouses, distribution centers, and other outdoor work environments. Employees are regularly exposed to varying weather conditions, including heat, cold, wind, and rain, as well as dust, noise, and other conditions common to construction and material-handling operations. The position may require early morning start times, overtime, and occasional weekend work to meet operational and customer needs.

HAZARDS

This position involves exposure to driving hazards, moving vehicles and equipment, changing weather conditions, construction-site environments, uneven terrain, elevated noise levels, dust and debris, heavy material handling, and the potential for slips, trips, falls, and struck-by injuries. Employees are required to follow all company safety policies and use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE).

EQUIPMENT USE

Exposure to hazards associated with operating and working around commercial motor vehicles, flatbed trucks, boom trucks, forklifts, pallet jacks, and other material-handling equipment.