What are the responsibilities and job description for the Delivery driver position at Baxter?
Vantive : A New Company Built On Our Legacy
Baxter is on a journey to separate our $5B Kidney Care segment into a standalone company. Vantive* will build on our nearly 70-year legacy in acute therapies and home and in-center dialysis to provide best-in-class care to the people we serve.
We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us.
At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre.
Each of us are driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us as we revolutionize kidney care and other vital organ support.
Completion of the proposed separation of Kidney Care from Baxter into a standalone company (to be named Vantive) remains subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions.
Your role at Baxter
The Service Specialist (CDL Delivery Driver) is responsible for safely operating an 18 to 24-foot commercial vehicle while delivering dialysis products to a diverse home patient base, as well as, kidney dialysis centers.
Home patient visits consist of delivering dialysis solution, rotation of stock, and order accuracy assurance with occasional order pick-ups and returns.
Schedule : 4 day work week with weekends off (5am-3pm / 6am-4pm) some overnights
WHAT WE OFFER FROM DAY 1 :
- $2,500 sign on bonus!
- Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
- Medical, Dental, Disability and Life Insurance coverage
- Vision and Voluntary Benefits
- Paid Parental Leave
- Retirement Savings Plan
- Flexible Health Care Spending Accounts
- Educational Assistance Plan
- Ability to work overtime
Your team
This position is physically demanding and requires this person to make deliveries in exciting locations as our customer base resides in urban and rural localities.
Home deliveries will require the incumbent to deliver up to, and at times in excess of 45 cases per delivery.
The Service Specialist works closely with multiple levels of the supply chain; including but not limited to, dialysis patients, regional office staff, customer service team, and healthcare professionals.
What you'll bring
- Minimum of 21 years of age
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Valid Class A or Class B Commercial Drivers Licenses (CDL) - Air Brake endorsement, MVR check must meet minimum standards as well as understand and follow all DOT rules and requirement
- Valid Medical Card
- Minimum of 1 year of driving comparable equipment with inside delivery experience preferred.
- Ability to maintain driver HOS log using Electronic Logging Device (ELD).
- Pass Industrial Capabilities Test
- Perform multiple day routes that include some overnight travel
- Safely operate material handling equipment such as lift gates, ramps, pallet jacks, walkie rider, Liftkar (stair climbers)
- Effective verbal and written communication skills; strong social skills; ability to facilitate and work effectively in diverse, multi-functional teams.
- Follow all safety rules for equipment use and driving outlined by Baxter and DOT
- Ability to adequately distinguish colors to identify product labels
Physical Environment :
- Working environment encompasses all areas of a distribution center, tractor trailer, patient homes, and dialysis centers
- Repetitive lifting and moving of cases weighing up to 50 pounds
- Frequent entering and exiting of vehicle
- Frequent bending, crouching, twisting, reaching, grasping, climbing, and balancing
- Frequent kneeling, squatting and wrist turning
- Work efficiently and effectively in extreme cold and / or extreme heat
Last updated : 2024-06-13
