About this role
Operator III, Local Materials Control CDL Truck Driver
remote type
Not applicable
locations
Houston, Texas
time type
Full time
posted on
Posted Today
time left to apply
End Date: October 30, 2026 (29 days left to apply)
job requisition id
R-2026-49620
At Alcon, we're passionate about enhancing sight and helping people see brilliantly. With more than 25,000 associates, we innovate fearlessly, champion progress, and act swiftly to impact global eye health. We foster an inclusive culture, recognizing your contributions and offering opportunities to grow your career like never before. Together, we make a difference in the lives of our patients and customers. Are you ready to join us?
This role is part of Alcon's Warehouse & Distribution function, a team focused on improving quality, processes, products, packaging, and materials across our business to help deliver brilliant outcomes.
As an Operator III (Local Materials Control CDL Truck Driver) supporting our warehouse in Houston, TX, you will be trusted to use your Commercial Driver’s License (CDL), Class A and perform safety checks of brakes, steering column, lights, and mirrors prior to each leg of your journey to ensure road readiness.
Specifics include:
- Following and maintaining loading protocols, using chains and binders to secure cargo, and rechecking their stability throughout trips
- Inspecting trailers before and after loading, paying attention to the status of airlines and jack positions, and adjusting them as vital
- Always adhering to traffic safety regulations, reporting unsafe vehicle or road conditions to the supervisor
- Assisting in unloading cargo and maintaining product quality
- Additional warehouse shipping and receiving responsibilities may include receiving goods, verifying items against the shipment record, etc.
- Gathering, verifying, and packing items for shipment according to specifications and the applicable transportation method
- Recording received and shipped items
What You'll Bring to Alcon
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- The ability to fluently read, write, understand, and communicate in English.
- Work Schedule: 2nd Shift - 11:00 AM CST – 9:30 PM (Wednesday– Saturday)
- Travel: Up to 10% (Home every night)
- Work
Location
Houston, TX
- Relocation Assistance/Sponsorship: None
Preferred Qualifications/Skills/Experience
- Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) – Class A
- Ability to lift to 30 lbs., and stand for long periods
- Prior experience operating multiple types of forklifts (Stand Up, Counterbalance, Riding Jack)
- Prior experience with RF Scanners
- SAP experience
How you can thrive at Alcon:
- Work together with colleagues to share standard methodologies and discoveries as work progresses.
- Discover your career in a fresh way through specific growth and development possibilities.
- Join Alcon’s mission to provide outstanding, innovative products and solutions to improve sight, improve lives, and grow your career!
- Alcon provides a robust benefits package including health, life, retirement, flexible time off for exempt associates, PTO for hourly associates, and much more!
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Alcon takes pride in maintaining an inclusive environment that values different perspectives and our policies are non-discriminatory in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Alcon is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an email to [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.
About Us
At Alcon, we are committed to helping people see better. We believe patients should have access to quality eye care regardless of their economic circumstances; however, barriers to good eye health exist for patients in both developed and emerging markets. Alcon develops and manufactures innovative devices to serve the full life cycle of eye care needs. Its surgical group is one of the largest makers of equipment used for cataract removal and laser vision correction. Its consumer products include the well-known Opti-Free line of contact lens solutions and related products. Alcon, which was founded in 1945, sells its products in 180 countries worldwide.
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