Route Sales Representative

Job Description

Job Description

About Us

Arc3 Gases is a family-owned, independent distributor of industrial gases, welding supplies, safety products, and hardgoods used in metal fabrication industries. We prioritize family values and a focus on people while safely delivering solutions to the customers we serve. Our core values include trust, responsiveness, reliability, and technical competence.

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Job Summary

As Route Sales Representative, you will play a critical role in developing and maintaining strong customer relationships because you will have direct, face-to-face contact with Arc3’s customers on a daily basis as you deliver hard goods and gas cylinders and retrieve empty cylinders by truck on a scheduled route in Chesapeake, VA. The job is physically demanding and time-sensitive, but you will find it very rewarding as you earn our customers’ trust by providing consistently exceptional customer service. The work schedule for this position takes place Monday through Friday.

• Safely and efficiently load, deliver and unload hard goods and cylinders containing compressed gases to customers, and retrieve empty cylinders.
• Maintain load manifests and all other vehicle documents.
• Identify and monitor customers’ needs and maintain their desired hard good and cylinder levels to minimize or eliminate the need for emergency deliveries.
• Operate a forklift, pallet jack and other warehouse equipment.
• Strictly comply with all safety rules and DOT and OSHA regulations.
• Maintain the appropriate drivers’ license and endorsements.
• Keep the inside and outside of your truck safe and clean.
• Perform counter sales and assist customers in the store when necessary.
• Warehouse duties such as receiving, shipping, and required paperwork.
• Filling cylinders in the pump room.
• Assist with inventory, housekeeping, showroom displays, and demonstrations as required.
• Other duties and projects as assigned.

• High school diploma or equivalent (GED) preferred.
• Class B CDL with HazMat endorsement preferred.
• Industry and related product knowledge, as well as experience handling compressed gases preferred.
• Customer service or sales experience preferred.
• Must be at least 21 years-old.
• Must meet all physical qualification standards imposed by regulation for truck drivers.
• Excellent oral communication skills, ability to work independently, self-motivated, and ability to pay attention to detail.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Excellent time-management skills.
• Excellent driving record.
• Ability to routinely lift 25 – 75 lbs., and occasionally lift 76 to greater than 100 lbs.
• Must be able to work outdoors in varying temperatures.
• Ability to perform functions during occasional climbing, balancing, kneeling, crawling, pushing, pulling and finger activities. Frequent bending also required.
• Must be able to operate in a drug-free workplace.

Benefits

• 401(k) Retirement Plan with Company Match
• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Accounts with Annual Company Contribution
• Company Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Company Paid Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
• Voluntary Life, Critical Illness, and Accident Insurance
• New Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Employee Assistance Program
• Wellness Program with Health Insurance Premium Discounts
• Company Paid Uniforms
• Personal Protective Equipment Reimbursements

Equal Opportunity Employer. Disabled/Protected Veterans.

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