Delivery Driver, Lead

usfoods; Fletcher (NC); On-site; USD 41,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Pre-tax accounts

Retirement benefits

Paid time off

Disability insurance

Employee stock purchase plan

Life insurance

Job summary

US Foods is seeking a Delivery Driver in Fletcher, NC to join our team of food service professionals. You’ll drive a CDL-A truck, unload at customer sites, verify deliveries, and collect payments when needed.

Expect a starting pay of $35.63 per hour plus component pay, with a schedule featuring early morning shifts and local routes. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, 401(k), life insurance, and a strong safety culture.

Qualifications

• Must have valid CDL Class A with necessary endorsements and DOT qualifications.
• Minimum of six months commercial driving experience.
• Register to the FMCSA Clearinghouse as required.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the Safety Performance Team and ensure that safety is a key focus.
• Train and mentor new drivers on company policies, procedures, and monitor compliance/performance.
• Perform customer site visits to determine feasibility of delivery.
• Safely drive trucks to customers and meet scheduled customer delivery times.
• Carefully unload products from the trailer and place in designated customer storage areas.
• Verify delivery accuracy with customers and obtain proper signatures.
• Handle collections and payments from customers when applicable.

Skills

CDL Class A

6 months driving

FMCSA Clearinghouse

Job description

Join Our Community of Food People!

BECOME A US FOODS® DRIVER!

Ready to build a career with a company that's leading the foodservice industry?

We help YOU make it! Our Delivery Drivers make $35.63 / hour! plus component pay

Schedule- Early morning start until finish.

Benefits medical, dental, vision, 401K, life insurance, strong safety culture, and much more! Excellent local leadership.

US Foods is one of the largest food distributors with a culture and history of promoting from within, excellent training programs and a continuous improvement focus.

Main Ingredients of the Job

• Participate in the Safety Performance Team and ensure that safety is a key focus.
• Train and mentor new drivers on company policies, procedures, and monitor compliance/performance.
• Perform customer site visits to determine feasibility of delivery.
• Partner with the Night Warehouse Supervisors on safety and visual aids/demonstrations.
• Perform post-accident ride‑alongs with drivers to assist in identifying root cause analysis and re‑training as necessary.
• Participate in offsite training and developmental opportunities.
• Must satisfactorily complete all company mandated trainings and assessments including US Foods Driver Onboarding program.
• Safely drive trucks to customers and meet scheduled customer delivery times.
• Carefully unload products from the trailer with a two‑wheeler, pallet jack, or by hand and place in designated customer storage areas.
• Verify accuracy of delivery with customers and obtain proper signatures.
• Handle collections and payments from customers when applicable.
• Professionally perform customer service responsibilities to enhance our client experience.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to lift/carry/push/pull 20 to 80+ lbs. of product repetitively during each shift required.
• Comfortable driving and working in inclement weather conditions with frequent stops (10+ per shift) required.

What You Bring to the Table

• Register to the FMCSA Clearinghouse*
• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• Must have valid CDL Class A issued by the state of legal residence with necessary endorsements and DOT qualifications.
• Minimum of six months commercial driving experience or three months commercial driving experience in the food and/or beverage delivery industry required.
• Ability to operate manual transmission preferred.
• Must be able to read and communicate in the English language - able to hold a conversation, to understand highway traffic signs and signals, to respond to official inquiries, and to enter information on reports and records.

Compensation

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 35.63 per hour.

As applicable, this role will also receive as appropriate: overtime compensation, component pay (i.e., based on cases, mileage, stops).

Benefits

• health insurance
• pre-tax spending accounts
• retirement benefits
• paid time off
• short-term and long-term disability
• employee stock purchase plan
• life insurance

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***EOE - Race/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/ Age/Genetic Information /Protected Veteran/Disability Status***

*Registering 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.

Please check out our job preview video: "A Day in the life" Delivery Truck Driver https://vimeo.com/usfoods/review/583126249/f25d9562f9.