Port Driver Class A

About the role

We are a family-owned business in food distribution that strives to fill our customers’ needs while maintaining excellent relationships with all shippers, associates, and customers. Originating over 85 years ago, we distribute fresh fruits and vegetables over a 500‑mile radius including Baltimore/Washington, North and South Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee, and have built an excellent reputation for quality, service and dependability.

Responsibilities

• Load and deliver orders to customer locations.
• Drive truck safely and in compliance with DOT regulations.
• Load and unload truck.
• Make deliveries to the Eastern Region of the United States.
• Inspect equipment daily to ensure safe and efficient working order.
• Deliver product as directed.
• Complete required paperwork.

Requirements

• Minimum 1 year of Class A tractor‑trailer driving experience.
• Free of any moving violations and/or violation points.
• Flexible to work any 5 days of the week, including holidays.
• Possess and maintain a permanent Class A Tractor‑Trailer commercial driver’s license.
• Possess a current/valid TWIC Card for Port of Baltimore routes.
• High school diploma or equivalent preferred; ability to read and write English and display basic arithmetic skills.
• 1 year of CDL driving experience.
• 1 year of experience working in a warehouse, electric pallet jack experience, and/or produce experience preferred.

Benefits

• $5,000 sign‑on bonus.
• Medical, vision, and dental insurance.
• Many voluntary coverage options.
• Company‑paid disability, life, and identity theft insurance.
• FMLA.
• 401(k) with matching and profit sharing (when eligible).
• FSA and HSA options.
• Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays.

Schedule

Schedule varies; must have flexibility to work weekends. Employees are off 2 days per week.

Working Conditions

While performing duties, the employee is regularly required to stand and talk or hear; frequently exposed to wet, loud, cold and/or humid conditions; frequently required to walk, use hands to handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms; occasionally required to sit, climb or balance, and stoop, rotate or twist, kneel, crouch, or crawl; must regularly lift and/or move up to 35 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 70 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.