Local CDL A Driver (Night Shift)

About the role

For over 120 years, Americold has connected producers, processors, distributors, and retailers to ensure food stays safe, fresh, and accessible. With 240+ facilities across four continents and 14,000+ team members, we’re a global leader in temperature-controlled logistics. Our mission is to help our customers feed the world – and we’re looking for people who share that purpose. We value customer service, innovation, and inclusion, and we invest in our people’s growth and well-being.

Responsibilities

• Operate a Class A commercial vehicle (Reefer) to make some-touch pick-ups and deliveries at various local Americold warehouses and customer locations.
• Maintain all appropriate paperwork, such as bills of lading and invoices.
• Strictly adhere to all Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations including daily trip logs, pre- and post-trip vehicle and equipment inspections, and hours of service.

Pay

$30.46/hour ($29.71 base pay plus $0.75 shift differential), paid weekly.

Schedule

Monday–Friday, 10:00 pm–6:30 am. Local, home daily.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Prescription coverage
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid holidays
• 15 days paid time off

Requirements

• Valid and current Class A Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) in the state of residence.
• Minimum 2 years’ CDL A experience.
• No conviction for driving while intoxicated or under the influence of drugs within the past 5 years.
• No more than four (4) moving violations in the past 36 months, and no more than two (2) moving violations in the previous 12 months.
• No preventable accidents involving a fatality, bodily injuries treated away from the scene, or disabling damage to a motor vehicle within the last 3 years.
• No violations for reckless driving, speeding 15 MPH over the limit, improper lane changes, or texting/handheld device use while driving.
• No conviction for a “serious or disqualifying traffic violation” within the last 3 years as described in FMCSR parts 382, 391, 392, and 397.

Qualifications

• Successful passing of DOT background screen, pre-employment drug test, and other required physical and medical examinations.
• Demonstrated ability to enter and exit truck as well as hook and unhook trailering equipment.
• Demonstrated written, verbal, interpersonal, and customer service communication skills sufficient to read and interpret road maps and road signs and partner with customers and co-workers.
• Demonstrated mathematical skills sufficient to add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole numbers, fractions, and decimals to complete required papers and documents.
• Demonstrated reasoning, negotiating, instructing, persuading, and speaking skills necessary to interact and respond to customers, co-workers, and management staff effectively.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and solve problems in a fast-paced environment where deadlines and scopes may change regularly while maintaining accuracy.
• Ability to work in conditions and stresses related to driving a motor vehicle on crowded streets and highways in various weather conditions.
• Demonstrated ability to self-start with little or no direction.
• Demonstrated ability to sit for long periods in a vehicle and repeatedly adjust vehicle controls to exact positions for several hours per day.
• Manual dexterity and coordination of two or more limbs with normal movements while sitting, standing, or lying down.
• Ability to talk, hear, and see sufficiently to complete assigned tasks; visually identify details from distances.
• May be required to carry loads related to travel and occasionally lift, carry, position, or move objects weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to relate to others beyond giving and receiving instructions, partnering with colleagues without exhibiting behavioral extremes.
• Judgment skills sufficient to identify which of several objects is closer or farther away and to accurately ascertain distance between self and other objects.
• Ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong (problem recognition).

Skills

• High School diploma or General Education Degree (GED) preferred.
• Experience with refrigerated (reefer) trailers.
• Demonstrated interpersonal and customer service skills, including partnering with co-workers and customers.
• Skills in written and verbal communication, and basic math.
• Skilled at reading and interpreting driving directions and road signs.