DOT Driver - Innovative Blood Resources

Memorial Blood Centers (MBC.ORG), a division of Innovative Blood Resources (www.innovativebloodresources.org), has been saving and sustaining lives since 1948. We supply blood and blood components, state-of-the-art laboratory services, and biomedical expertise to area healthcare partners, national blood centers, biotechnology companies, research institutions, and international clients. Operating 10 donor centers and conducting hundreds of blood drives each month, we are proud to be an independent nonprofit that supplies over 30 area hospitals and more than a dozen air ambulances with life-saving blood—from our community, for our community. 

Summary:

Do you enjoy meeting new people? Do you want to support the health of your community? DOT Drivers at Memorial Blood Centers see new faces every day while supporting community blood drives that keep hospitals stocked with lifesaving blood.

This position is a unique opportunity to use a range of your CDL skills by transporting bloodmobiles as well as employing customer service skills to ensure successful blood drives. Drivers will ensure safe and on-time delivery of the vehicle to the scheduled site followed by return to the garage.  Maintains adequate inventory of supplies on vehicles and ensure that vehicles are clean.  Perform customer service role during blood drives.  Completes all duties in a professional manner, including transportin units, samples, and donor medical records to the processing center.

Sign on Bonus $2500

Schedule:  Hours vary between 5:00am - 10:00pm with rotating weekends as well as some overnight travel.  Flexible schedule needed.  Local driving.

Job Responsibilities:

Upon completion of your paid training, you will be able to:

• Prepare, transport, unload, load and return vehicles before and after assigned blood drives
• Begin Day: Mobile Preparation and Site Setup for a Blood Drive
• During Drive: Providing customer service, on-site recruiting for donors, and automation recruitment
• End of Drive: Site Takedown and safe transport of products to center
• Ensure exceptional customer service for donors and sponsors
• Maintains and promotes inter departmental teamwork and communication
• Demonstrates flexibility, versatility and a willingness to assist coworkers
• Demonstrates dependability, punctuality and cooperation

The hourly rate for this position is $27/hr. (plus applicable shift differentials)

IBR also offers comprehensive benefits (including medical, vision, dental, paid time off, and sick days) to full and part-time employees, as well as the opportunity to participate in a 403(b)-retirement plan with a generous employer contribution.

Education:

High School Diploma or equivalent

License:

Valid/Current CDL (Class A OR Class B w/ Airbrakes)

Current Medical Card / ability to pass a DOT Physical

Physical:

Ability to lift 40lbs and able to push rolling equipment

Preferred Skills:

2 years driving trucks, buses, coaches, or larger cargo vehicles

Excellent driving record free of any accidents of moving violations within the past 3 years

Customer service experience

Defensive driving