Non-CDL Local Delivery Truck Driver

About the Role

Drivers run daily routes with frequent stops, loading packages onto hand trucks and unloading product at each designated stop. The candidate will operate in a cross-dock model, picking up a loaded truck from a nightly delivery and returning the empty truck at the end of the route. May occasionally assist with loading trucks, palletizing product, and other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Run routes efficiently, meeting or exceeding designated route times.
• Unload product from trailer by hand or using a hand cart, placing it in designated customer storage areas, including transporting product down ramps, stairs, or docks in all weather conditions.
• Frequently lift, push, or move product weighing 1-75 pounds (up to 100 pounds); frequently reach up to 72” to stack and unstack pallets and hand carts; constantly bend and twist while loading and unloading product.
• Verify delivery of items with customers and obtain proper signatures.
• Contact management for authorization when discrepancies appear on invoices; communicate all errors or returns.
• Report shortages when a customer does not receive their entire order.
• Handle customer complaints professionally.
• Operate company equipment properly, follow written driver safety rules, and perform pre-trip inspections.
• Perform pre-trip and post-trip responsibilities in accordance with DOT regulations and company policies.

Requirements

• Be 21 years or older.
• No drug or alcohol violations within the past 3 years.
• No open violations listed in the FMCSA Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse.
• One-year route delivery experience or applicable background driving a straight truck.
• Valid Commercial Driver’s License preferred.
• Must be able to read and understand English.

Skills

• Operate a vehicle in various traffic and weather conditions.
• Meet or exceed minimum productivity levels and established cases per error goals.
• Demonstrate strong customer relations and problem-resolution skills.
• Effectively plan and organize work activities independently.
• Develop a working knowledge of product and inventory control techniques.
• Maintain inter-department communications related to routing, safety, and customer relations.
• Communicate articulately and perform simple arithmetic (experience handling money preferred).
• Build customer loyalty, manage work adaptably, and foster trust.

Physical Demands

• Frequent lifting of product up to 50 lbs. during the shift; infrequent lifting up to 80 lbs.
• Must be able to climb on and off the box of the truck.
• Frequent bending, squatting, pushing, and pulling.
• Must be able to work in confined spaces.

If you hold a valid Class A or B Commercial Driver’s License (CDL), you will be designated as a CDL driver, subject to DOT regulations, including participation in the DOT Drug and Alcohol Random Testing Program.