CDL A Local Delivery Truck Driver

Overview

Ricardo notes: “From my colleagues, to management, to even different departments…you’re not going to get these interpersonal relationships at most companies.”

Success Profile

Full time

Benefits

• Employee discount programs.
• Paid vacation and holidays.
• Ongoing job skills and leadership development training.
• Career growth opportunities —we promote from within!
• Most Driver Trainees have daily routes and are home nightly.
• Comprehensive health care benefits.
• Generous retirement benefits.
• Tuition reimbursement.

Qualifications

• Minimum Requirements: 21+ years of age. Pass employment screening. Valid Class A Commercial Driver License (CDL) with a driving record that meets Company's minimum standard. Ability to read and speak the English language sufficiently to converse with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English language, to respond to official inquiries, and to make entries on reports and records. Touch freight – may need to lift, push or move product weighing an average of 40-60 pounds and as much as 100 pounds repeatedly. Flexibility – overtime as required, weekends and holidays as business needs require.
• Preferred Requirements: 1 year customer delivery experience preferred. 6 months hand cart/hand truck experience preferred. 6 months Food and Beverage experience preferred. 2 years consistent work history preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical, customer relations, and personnel management for major programs and projects.
• Runs routes efficiently, meeting or exceeding designated route times.
• Unload product from trailer, by hand or using a hand cart, and place in designated customer storage areas. May include transporting product down ramps, stairs, or docks, in all weather conditions.
• Frequently lift, push, or move product that weighs 1-75 pounds, up to 100 pounds; frequently reach up to 72” to stack and unstack pallets and hand cart; constantly bend and twist while loading and unloading product, and retrieving items from trailer.
• Verify delivery of items with customer and obtain proper signatures. Contact management for authorization when discrepancies are on invoices. Communicate all errors/returns.
• Calls in when a customer does not receive their entire order (shorts)
• Handles any customer complaints professionally
• Handles company equipment properly, follow written driver safety rules, and performs a pre-trip inspection. Perform pre-trip and post-trip responsibilities in accordance with Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations and Sysco policies and procedures