Straight Truck Driver

Upper Lakes Foods, Inc.; Northfield (MN); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Upper Lakes Foods is seeking a Full-Time Straight Truck Driver to deliver food products across the Upper Midwest. You will provide excellent customer service, verify delivery details, and ensure accurate, timely deliveries without requiring a CDL.

The role emphasizes safety, dependability, and strong communication with customers and team members. Training is available, and prior delivery or driving experience is valued.

Qualifications

• Requires a valid driver's license and clean driving record.
• High school diploma or equivalent required; training provided for right candidate.

Responsibilities

• Safely operate a straight truck and ensure timely deliveries.
• Verify route information, invoices, and loaded products before departure.
• Deliver and unload food products at customer locations; obtain signatures and payments when required.
• Maintain DOT logs and delivery documentation; communicate discrepancies to management.

Skills

Valid driver's license

Clean driving record

Delivery/customer service

Safety minded

Strong communication

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Drive Your Career Forward with Upper Lakes Foods

Join Upper Lakes Foods as a Full-Time Straight Truck Driver and become an essential part of delivering quality food products throughout the Upper Midwest. In this role, you'll do more than drive. You'll provide outstanding customer service, ensure accurate deliveries, and help keep restaurants, schools, healthcare facilities, and other foodservice operators supplied with the products they need every day. No CDL needed, just a regular Driver's License!

About Upper Lakes Foods

Upper Lakes Foods is the largest independent wholesale food distributor in Minnesota, serving customers throughout the Upper Midwest from facilities in Cloquet, MN, Northfield, MN, and Janesville, WI. We proudly supply independent restaurants, schools, assisted living facilities, and regional and national foodservice operators. Our mission is simple: to build value for our customers, employees, suppliers, and communities by bringing the best products, the best people, and the best ideas.

What You'll Do

As a Straight Truck Driver, you'll safely operate a company straight truck while ensuring timely and accurate deliveries along established routes. Responsibilities include:

• Conducting daily pre-trip and post-trip vehicle inspections and safety checks in accordance with DOT regulations.
• Verifying route information, invoices, and loaded products before departure.
• Delivering and unloading food products at customer locations using hand trucks and dollies.
• Verifying deliveries, obtaining customer signatures, and collecting payments when required.
• Communicating with management regarding delivery discrepancies, returns, or customer concerns.
• Maintaining accurate DOT logs, vehicle reports, and delivery documentation.
• Working closely with warehouse and transportation teams to ensure efficient operations.
• Providing exceptional customer service and representing Upper Lakes Foods in a professional manner at every stop.

What We're Looking For

Successful candidates will bring a strong work ethic, a commitment to safety, and a customer-first mindset. Ideal qualifications include:

• Valid driver's license with a clean driving record.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Previous delivery, driving, or customer service experience preferred, but training is available for the right candidate.
• Strong organization, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to build positive relationships with customers and coworkers.
• Dependability and consistent attendance.

Physical Requirements

This is an active position that requires frequent lifting, unloading, and product handling. Candidates must be able to:

• Frequently lift and move products weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Occasionally lift and move products over 60 pounds.
• Use a two-wheel cart or hand truck to transport loads weighing up to 350 pounds.
• Work in various weather conditions and physically demanding environments.

At Upper Lakes Foods, you'll join a team built on Integrity, Teamwork, Respect, Positive Attitude, Professionalism, and a Strong Work Ethic. If you're looking for a rewarding career with a company that values its employees and delivers excellence to its customers, we'd love to hear from you.

Full job description available on the Upper Lakes Foods Careers page.

"We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin."

Final candidates are required to successfully complete a background check, MVR, pre-employment lift evaluations, and pre-employment DOT drug screening prior to their employment start date.
All offers of employment are conditional and contingent upon the Company's receipt of satisfactory results from a comprehensive background investigation and MVR and a negative result on a pre-employment lift evaluation and DOT drug screen.
Failure to successfully complete either requirement may result in withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment, to the extent permitted by applicable federal, state, and local law.