CDL B Local Delivery Truck Driver

Sysco•Sysco Eastern Wisconsin, WI

About The Position

The CDL B Local Delivery Truck Driver safely transports products from the warehouse to customer locations and delivers and unloads them according to customer invoices, assigned routes, customer specifications, food-safety protocols, and company standards. The driver also handles customer returns and damaged goods, backhauls, and line hauls, and completes required delivery, inspection, vehicle-maintenance, and regulatory paperwork. The role involves providing courteous customer service, communicating route or product issues to management, and maintaining assigned equipment and sanitary conditions. The schedule is usually overnight and may include weekends, holidays, overtime, on-call work, and varying start times to meet customer needs.

Requirements

Valid Class B Commercial Driver’s License.
Must be insurable to operate a vehicle as a condition of initial and continued employment.
High school diploma, GED, or equivalent degree; tractor-trailer driving school completion may be accepted instead of or in addition to a diploma.
Ability to read and speak English sufficiently to communicate with the public, understand highway signs and signals, respond to official inquiries, and complete reports and records.
Knowledge of DOT regulations, hazardous-material guidelines, and safe lifting and delivery practices.
Ability to drive a Class B unit or non-CDL box truck in daytime and nighttime conditions, across varied terrain and in varied traffic and weather, while remaining alert to surroundings.
Ability to meet or exceed company productivity levels and handle hazardous materials and frozen, dry, and refrigerated food and restaurant products.
Ability to operate a straight truck, onboard computer, keypad, and two-wheel hand cart.
Ability to read, write, and communicate in English for job and safety purposes and perform basic math.
Ability to plan and organize work independently, solve problems, and communicate with customers.
Ability to regularly sit, talk, and hear; frequently lift, push, or move products weighing up to 50 pounds by hand and push or pull up to 350 pounds with a two-wheeled hand cart; climb in and out of a tractor and trailer; reach, bend, and twist while handling pallets, hand carts, and products.
Required vision abilities include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

One year of tractor-trailer driving experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Safely transport products from the warehouse to customers on assigned routes and deliver them in a timely manner.
Unload products by hand or with a hand cart, using ramps, stairs, or docks, and place them in designated storage areas according to customer specifications and company standards.
Pick up, load, and unload damaged goods and customer returns and transport them to the warehouse.
Complete and submit required DOT logs, inspections, vehicle maintenance reports, pre- and post-trip reports, invoices, and damage or shortage reports accurately and on time.
Follow food-safety protocols, maintain appropriate product temperatures, inspect products for visible damage, prevent cross-contamination, and maintain sanitary conditions in the tractor and trailer; assist with sanitation in the warehouse and yard.
Follow preferred work methods and promptly report unsafe conditions to management.
Maintain and safely operate assigned equipment, including hand carts, pallets, load bars, SLS units, and personal protective equipment.
Build and maintain good customer relationships through courteous service and clear communication.
Communicate route deviations, trailer or loading issues, and customer or product issues to management.
Transport products picked up through backhauls and line hauls, verifying that products are correct and delivered on time.
Work the assigned schedule and outside the usual schedule as needed, maintain regular and predictable attendance, and perform other duties assigned by management.