Truck Driver - CDL Class A - Penske Logistics

Penske • Bloomfield, CT

15d • Onsite

About The Position

Penske Logistics is hiring full-time Class A CDL Truck Drivers for home-daily routes. Drivers deliver bread products to customer locations using pre-stacked wheeled dollies, with roll-off deliveries and roll-on returns. Store deliveries are not required. Drivers may unload palletized product using an electric pallet jack and provide professional, courteous customer service. Routes average 5–15 stops per week, and some include deliveries throughout Brooklyn.

Drivers operate late-model Penske Truck Leasing trucks with comfort-focused specifications and inward- and outward-facing in-cab cameras. The schedule is a consistent five-day workweek, with dispatch times between 12:00 PM and 5:00 PM and Tuesday and Saturday off. A sixth-day incentive is available. The position averages $92,000 annually, with additional day and safety incentives available.

Requirements

• Valid Class A CDL.
• Currently hold, or be able to obtain, a non-excepted interstate DOT medical card.
• At least 1 year of documented tractor-trailer experience in the last 3 years, or 2 years of documented tractor-trailer experience in the last 5 years.
• Three years of DMV/MVR records with two or fewer moving violations or accidents.
• English language proficiency.
• Ability to complete the Penske employment application and submit to a background investigation, including past employment, education, and criminal history, and drug screening.
• Ability to work the required schedule and at the specified location.
• Ability to remain in a constant state of alertness and work safely in a DOT-regulated or safety-sensitive role.
• Ability to see and hear, with close, distance, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Ability to move frequently and stand, walk, and sit; frequently use hands to touch, handle, and feel and reach with hands and arms.
• Regular ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasional ability to lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• Ability to legally operate a motor vehicle and safely and frequently enter and exit the vehicle and rear cargo area.

Responsibilities

• Deliver bread products to customer locations using pre-stacked wheeled dollies, including roll-off deliveries and roll-on returns.
• Unload palletized product as needed using an electric pallet jack.
• Provide outstanding customer service in a professional and courteous manner.
• Follow applicable federal and state laws, regulations, agency rules, standards, and guidelines.
• Maintain regular, predictable, full attendance and work the required schedule at the required location.
• Operate safely and remain alert, accepting responsibility for personal safety and the safety of others.

Benefits

• Paid vacation and holidays starting day one.
• Retirement benefits.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Life and AD&D insurance.
• Company-provided uniforms.
• Employee discount benefit program.
• Driver referral bonus program up to $5,000 per referral.
• Safety incentive program.
• Premier Driver Recognition Program.
• Extra-day incentive and sixth-day earning opportunity.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed