CDL A Local Delivery Truck Driver - $10,000 Sign on Bonus

Sysco•Iron Mountain, MI

5d•$10 - $48•Onsite

About The Position

The CDL A Local Delivery Truck Driver runs daily routes with frequent stops, delivering products to customers and unloading them at designated storage areas. Drivers pick up a loaded truck from a nightly delivery at the assigned loading dock and return the empty truck to the assigned lot at the end of the route. The role may occasionally assist with loading trucks, palletizing product, and other duties assigned by a supervisor or manager. The driver must operate routes efficiently, safely handle and deliver freight, verify deliveries with customers, obtain signatures, report errors and returns, and handle customer complaints professionally. The position requires compliance with Department of Transportation regulations and Sysco policies, including pre-trip and post-trip responsibilities. Overtime, weekends, and holidays may be required as business needs require.

Requirements

Be at least 21 years of age.
Pass employment screening.
Have a valid Class A Commercial Driver License (CDL) and a driving record meeting the company's minimum standard.
Be able to read and speak English sufficiently to communicate with the general public, understand highway traffic signs and signals, respond to official inquiries, and make entries on reports and records.
Be able to handle touch freight, including repeatedly lifting, pushing, or moving products averaging 40–60 pounds and weighing as much as 100 pounds.
Have flexibility to work overtime, weekends, and holidays as business needs require.

Nice To Haves

One year of customer delivery experience preferred.
Six months of hand cart or hand truck experience preferred.
Six months of food and beverage experience preferred.
Two years of consistent work history preferred.

Responsibilities

Run assigned routes efficiently, meeting or exceeding designated route times.
Unload products from trailers by hand or with a hand cart and place them in designated customer storage areas, including transporting products down ramps, stairs, or docks in all weather conditions.
Frequently lift, push, or move products weighing 1–75 pounds and up to 100 pounds; reach up to 72 inches to stack or unstack pallets and hand carts; and bend and twist while loading, unloading, and retrieving items.
Verify delivery items with customers and obtain proper signatures.
Contact management for authorization when invoice discrepancies occur, and communicate errors and returns.
Report when a customer does not receive the entire order.
Handle customer complaints professionally.
Handle company equipment properly and follow written driver safety rules.
Perform pre-trip and post-trip responsibilities in accordance with DOT regulations and Sysco policies and procedures.
Occasionally assist with loading trucks, palletizing product, and other duties assigned by a supervisor or manager.