CDL A Local Delivery Truck Driver

Sysco Northeast Rdc; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Benefits

Work-Life Balance

Job summary

Sysco Northeast Rdc is hiring a CDL A Box Truck Delivery Driver in Nashville, TN. Responsibilities include running daily delivery routes, unloading products, and ensuring customer service satisfaction. The ideal candidate will be 21+, hold a valid CDL, and be physically capable of lifting up to 100 pounds. The role offers a morning shift and aims for work-life balance, ensuring you’re home for dinner. Benefits include base pay plus incentives and paid benefits.

Qualifications

• 21+ years of age required.
• Valid Class A Commercial Driver License (CDL) with a clean record.
• Ability to read and speak English sufficiently for the role.

Responsibilities

• Run daily routes efficiently and meet designated route times.
• Unload and place products in customer storage areas.
• Handle customer complaints professionally.

Skills

Customer relations

Delivery safety

Physical endurance

Job description

Drive Forward into a New Career with FreshPoint Nashville, A Sysco Company.

• CDL A Box Truck Delivery Driver positions delivering produce locally
• Touch Freight will be required.
• Client Facing Customer Service
• Early Morning Shift Starting
• Work-Life Balance daily work has you home in time for dinner
• Base pay plus incentives
• Paid Benefits

Job Profile Summary

All drivers run daily routes with frequent stops and are required to load packages onto hand trucks and unload product at each stop on the assigned route in the order they are designated by the Transportation Department Manager. The candidate will operate successfully in a cross-dock model picking up a loaded truck from a nightly delivery at the assigned loading dock and return the empty truck back to the assigned lot at the end of the route. May be required to assist occasionally with loading-trucks, palletizing product, and performing other duties as assigned by Supervisor or Manager.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide technical, customer relations, and personnel management for major programs and projects.
• Runs routes efficiently, meeting or exceeding designated route times
• Unload product from trailer, by hand or using a hand cart, and place in designated customer storage areas. May include transporting product down ramps, stairs, or docks, in all weather conditions.
• Frequently lift, push, or move product that weighs 1-75 pounds, up to 100 pounds; frequently reach up to 72” to stack and unstack pallets and hand cart; constantly bend and twist while loading and unloading product, and retrieving items from trailer.
• Verify delivery of items with customer and obtain proper signatures. Contact management for authorization when discrepancies are on invoices. Communicate all errors/returns.
• Calls in when a customer does not receive their entire order (shorts)
• Handles any customer complaints professionally
• Handles company equipment properly, follow written driver safety rules, and performs a pre-trip inspection. Perform pre-trip and post-trip responsibilities in accordance with Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations and Sysco policies and procedures

QUALIFICATIONS – Minimum Requirements

• 21+ years of age.
• Must submit to a pre-employment background check and drug screen.
• License to drive - valid Class A Commercial Driver License (CDL) with a clean driving record.
• Ability to read and speak the English language sufficiently to converse with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English language, to respond to official inquiries, and to make entries on reports and records.
• Touch freight – may need to lift, push or move product weighing an average of 40-60 pounds and as much as 100 pounds repeatedly.
• Flexibility – overtime as required, weekends and holidays as business needs require.

Preferred Requirements

• 1 year customer delivery experience preferred.
• 6 months hand cart/hand truck experience preferred.
• 6 months Food and Beverage experience preferred.
• 2 years consistent work history preferred.