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 (CDL), Class B.
• 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 operate a vehicle in a variety of 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 working knowledge of product and inventory-control techniques and procedures.
• Ability to maintain ongoing interdepartmental communications related to routing, safety, and customer relations.
• Ability to communicate articulately and perform simple arithmetic.
• Frequent lifting of products up to 50 pounds during the shift and infrequent lifting up to 80 pounds; the job summary also describes frequent handling of products weighing 1–75 pounds and loads up to 100 pounds.
• Ability to climb on and off the truck box.
• Frequent bending, squatting, pushing, and pulling.
• Ability to work in confined spaces.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Run routes efficiently, meeting or exceeding designated route times.
• Unload product 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.
• Verify delivered items with customers and obtain proper signatures.
• Contact management for authorization when invoice discrepancies arise and communicate errors and returns.
• 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 a pre-trip inspection.
• Perform pre-trip and post-trip responsibilities in accordance with DOT regulations and Sysco policies and procedures.
• Organize the truck and make deliveries efficiently.
• Check whether the truck is operating well enough to perform the route.
• Occasionally assist with loading trucks, palletizing product, and other duties assigned by a supervisor or manager.
• Provide technical, customer relations, and personnel management for major programs and projects.

Benefits

• Benefits information is available at https://SyscoBenefits.com.