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

Sysco•Marshfield, WI

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 in the order specified by the Transportation Department. 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 position requires handling freight, including loading product onto hand trucks and unloading it at customer locations. Drivers verify deliveries and obtain customer signatures, report discrepancies and returns, and handle customer complaints professionally. They must operate company equipment properly, follow driver safety rules, and complete pre-trip and post-trip responsibilities in accordance with DOT regulations and company policies. The role requires flexibility to work overtime, weekends, and holidays as business needs require.

Requirements

Must be at least 21 years of age.
Must pass employment screening.
Valid Class A Commercial Driver License (CDL) and a driving record meeting the company's minimum standard.
Ability to read and speak English sufficiently to converse with the general public, understand highway traffic signs and signals, respond to official inquiries, and make entries on reports and records.
Ability to handle touch freight, including repeatedly lifting, pushing, or moving product weighing an average of 40–60 pounds and as much as 100 pounds.
Flexibility to work overtime, weekends, and holidays as business needs require.

Nice To Haves

1 year of customer delivery experience.
6 months of hand cart or hand truck experience.
6 months of food and beverage experience.
2 years of consistent work history.

Responsibilities

Run routes efficiently, meeting or exceeding designated route times.
Unload product from trailers by hand or with a hand cart and place 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 and up to 100 pounds; reach up to 72 inches to stack and unstack pallets and hand carts; and bend and twist while loading, unloading, and retrieving items.
Verify delivery of items with customers and obtain proper signatures.
Contact management for authorization when invoice discrepancies occur.
Communicate all errors and returns, and call in when a customer does not receive the entire order.
Handle customer complaints professionally.
Handle 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 and procedures.
Occasionally assist with loading trucks, palletizing product, and other duties assigned by a supervisor or manager.