Cdl Driver Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
• One year of route delivery experience or applicable background driving a straight truck.
• Valid Commercial Driver’s License, Class B; Class A preferred.
• Ability 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.
• Ability to operate a vehicle in varied traffic and weather conditions.
• Ability to meet or exceed company productivity levels and established cases-per-error goals.
• Strong customer relations and problem-resolution skills.
• Ability to plan and organize work independently of direct supervision.
• Ability to develop a good working knowledge of products and inventory-control techniques and procedures.
• Ability to maintain interdepartmental communication related to routing, safety, and customer relations.
• Ability to communicate articulately and perform simple arithmetic.
• Ability to lift product frequently, including up to 50 pounds during the shift and infrequently up to 80 pounds; the job description also states frequent handling of product weighing 1–75 pounds and up to 100 pounds.
• Ability to climb on and off the truck box.
• Ability to bend, squat, push, and pull frequently, and work in confined spaces.

Nice To Haves

• Class A Commercial Driver’s License.
• Experience handling money.

Responsibilities

• Run assigned routes efficiently, meeting or exceeding designated route times.
• Unload products 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.
• Verify delivered items with customers and obtain the required 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 products, and other duties as assigned.
• Provide technical, customer relations, and personnel management for major programs and projects.