CDL Delivery Driver

US Foods; Marrero (LA); On-site; USD 36,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Home Every Night with local routes

Paid Training

Paid Overtime

Health benefits

401(k) Plan

Job summary

US Foods is seeking dependable CDL A Delivery Drivers to join our transportation team in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. You will deliver foods, supplies, and equipment to customer locations on local routes and be home every night, with opportunities for growth and competitive benefits.

The role requires heavy lifting up to 80 pounds, frequent stops, and early morning starts between 2:00 AM and 4:00 AM, Monday through Friday.

Qualifications

• CDL A license with necessary endorsements and DOT qualification.
• Minimum six months commercial truck driving experience or three months foodservice delivery experience.
• Ability to perform heavy lifting up to 80 pounds.
• Must be at least 21 years of age.

Responsibilities

• Deliver products to customer locations and verify deliveries.
• Unload merchandise using a hand truck and place items in customer storage area.
• Deliver on-time to scheduled delivery times and maintain productivity.
• Collect money (cash or checks) where needed.

Skills

CDL A

Safe driving

Customer service

DOT qualification

Job description

Join Our Community of Food People!

US Foods is seeking dependable, safety-focused, and customer-oriented CDL A Delivery Drivers to join our transportation team in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. As a Delivery Driver, you will play a vital role in ensuring customers receive food products, supplies, and equipment accurately and on time while serving as one of the key faces of the US Foods brand. This position offers local routes, allowing drivers to be home every night, along with opportunities for career growth, competitive compensation, and industry-leading benefits.
Drivers are responsible for safely operating commercial vehicles, delivering products to customer locations, unloading merchandise using hand trucks, verifying deliveries, collecting payments when required, and providing exceptional customer service. The role requires frequent stops, heavy lifting of up to 80 pounds, and the ability to work in various weather conditions while maintaining productivity and safety standards.
Schedule: Monday through Friday with early morning start times between 2:00 AM and 4:00 AM.

BECOME A US FOODS® DRIVER!

We are looking for Delivery Drivers who relish the chance to push their potential, grow and reap the rewards of joining the US FOODS® family.

We help YOU make it! US FOODS® is one of the largest food distributors with a culture and history of promotion from within and unlimited career growth opportunities w/ ongoing job skills and leadership development training.

The starting pay is $25.65 per hour during the training period (90 days) then moves to component pay after training.

Schedule: Monday - Friday 2:00 AM - 4:00 AM

US FOODS® has a lot to offer:

• Home Every Night with local routes
• Work Schedule Monday- Friday starting in the early morning until finished
• US FOODS® is the company built on YOU Matter, where your hard work is rewarded
• We are committed to compensation, benefits that respect, and reward our employees for their dedication and hard work
• Guaranteed minimum 40 hours per week
• Paid Training AND Paid Overtime
• Service recognition and employee rewards
• Excellent Leadership

BENEFITS START DAY ONE:medical, dental, vision, 401(k) Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) life insurance and paid parental leave.

Main Ingredients of the Job

As a US FOODS® Delivery Driver you will be critical to the US FOODS® team and one of the important faces of our organization. As a delivery truck driver, you will have an impact on our customers by delivering our meats, produce, frozen goods, groceries, dry goods, equipment, and supplies to their drop-off sites. Your efforts are the foundation that defines US FOODS® success based on our pillars of cultural beliefs, work ethic, collaborative spirit, and service.

• Deliver best-in-class Customer Service.
• Deliver customer’s orders to meet scheduled delivery times and keep productivity.
• Unload products with a hand truck and place items in customer storage area.
• Able to perform repeated, manual heavy lifting of items up to 80 pounds.
• Make frequent stops during a work shift.
• Deliver product in inclement weather conditions.
• Verify delivery of items with customers.
• Collect money (cash or checks) where needed.

What you bring to the table

• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• Must have valid CDL A issued by the state of legal residence with necessary endorsements and DOT (Department of Transportation) qualified.
• Minimum six months commercial truck driving experience or three months of foodservice or food and beverage truck delivery experience required.

Great delivery drivers are crucial to the US Foods® team and one of the important faces of our organization. Our truck drivers strive for integrity and reliability, while building trusting relationships with customers.

Registration to the FMCSA Clearinghouse is a requirement by the Department of Transportation. All Truck Drivers must visit the Clearinghouse website and register to the new database. The Clearinghouse is a secure online database that provides real-time information about commercial driver’s license (CDL) and commercial learner’s permit (CLP) holders’ drug and alcohol program violations. If you have not registered to the FMCSA database, please note registration is required. Please visit https://clearinghouse.fmcsa.dot.gov/register and click GO to login. If you can log into login, but are having trouble with the Clearinghouse registration, see "Clearinghouse Help" field on the clearinghouse page.

Compensation depends on relevant experience and/or education, specific skills, function, geographic location, and other factors as applicable by law. The expected base rate for this role is between $25.65 and $41.00.

As applicable, this role will also receive component pay. Each new driver will go onto the component pay program after a minimum two-week training period. This training period may be extended at the discretion of Transportation Management. During the training period the driver will be paid an hourly rate of $25.65 plus time and one half for all hours worked over 40 hours in a workweek. When the new driver can deliver on his/her own he/she will be removed from training pay and paid based on plan components.

Benefits for this role may include health insurance, pre-tax spending accounts, retirement benefits, paid time off, short-term and long-term disability, employee stock purchase plan, and life insurance. To review available benefits, please click here: https://www.usfoods.com/careers/benefits.html.

Great drivers are crucial to the US Foods® team and one of the important faces of our organization. On and off the road, our drivers strive for integrity and reliability, while building trusting relationships with customers.

At the foundation of those efforts are our cultural beliefs, the pillars that define our work ethic, collaborative spirit and service. Together we help our customers make it, but we also believe in helping our drivers make it!

At US Foods®, we are committed to Total Rewards that respect and reward our associates for their dedication and hard work.

Registering to the FMCSA Clearinghouse is a requirement by the Department of Transportation. All Drivers are required to the Clearinghouse website and register to the new database. The Clearinghouse is a secure online database that provides real-time information about commercial driver’s license (CDL) and commercial learner’s permit (CLP) holders’ drug and alcohol program violations. If you have not registered to the FMCSA database, please note registration is required. Please visit https://clearinghouse.fmcsa.dot.gov/register and click GO to login. If you are able to log into login, but are having trouble with the Clearinghouse registration, see "Clearinghouse Help" field on the clearinghouse page.

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*EOE– Race/Color/Religion/Sex/SexualOrientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Age/Genetic Information/Protected Veteran/Disability Status *

*EOE– Race/Color/Religion/Sex/SexualOrientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Age/Genetic Information/Protected Veteran/Disability Status *