CDL A Delivery Truck Driver - Now Hiring
$90,000–$95,000 year
On-siteHershey, Pennsylvania, United States
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United StatesOn-siteFull Time$90,000–$95,000 yearLicense Or CertificationEnterprise
Full TimeLicense Or CertificationEnterprise
Job Summary
Drive a tractor trailer from the warehouse to various customer locations, delivering and unloading products according to invoices and company standards. Safely transport goods via backhauls and line hauls while ensuring timely delivery and accurate product verification. Unload cargo by hand or using hand carts in all weather conditions, place items in designated storage areas, and handle damaged goods or customer returns. Complete all required paperwork including DOT logs, vehicle maintenance reports, and daily invoices, while maintaining strict food safety protocols and sanitary conditions in the vehicle and yard. Communicate with the management team regarding route deviations or product issues, and develop strong relationships with customers through courteous service. Work assigned schedules including evenings and weekends, with flexibility for on-call rotations and overtime as needed to meet customer demands.
Required Qualifications
- Valid Class A Commercial Driver's License
- Must be insurable to operate a vehicle
- Currently authorized to work in the United States
- High school diploma/GED/equivalent degree
- 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
- Knowledge of DOT regulations
- Knowledge of Hazmat guidelines
- Knowledge of Safe lifting and delivery practices
- Skill in driving over long distances, over a variety of terrains and in varying weather conditions
- Skill in communicating with customers
- Skill in solving problems
- Skill in delivering product
- Ability to drive a tractor-trailer unit both in the day and at night in a variety of traffic and weather conditions and remain alert and aware of surroundings
- Ability to meet or exceed minimum productivity levels established by the Company
- Ability to handle hazardous materials and food and restaurant items that are frozen, dry and refrigerated
- Ability to operate a 3 axle tractor, 45' - 48' trailer, straight truck, on board computer, key pad and a 2 wheel hand cart
- Ability to read, write and communicate in English as it relates to the job and to the safety regulations
- Ability to perform basic math functions (e.g. add, subtract, multiply, divide)
- Ability to effectively plan and organize work activities independent of direct supervision
- Ability to solve problems
- Ability to lift, push, or move product that weighs up to up to 50 pounds by hand
- Ability to push/pull up to 350 pounds of product with a 2-wheeled hand cart down a ramp and into the customer's storage areas
- Ability to climb in and out of a tractor and trailer
- Ability to reach to stack and unstack pallets and hand cart
- Ability to bend and twist while loading and unloading product, and retrieving items from trailer
- Close vision
- Distance vision
- Color vision
- Peripheral vision
- Depth perception
- Ability to adjust focus
- Ability to work an overnight schedule
- Ability to work weekends
- Ability to work holidays
- Ability to work overtime
- Ability to start at various times
- Ability to work in wet conditions
- Ability to work in hot conditions
- Ability to work in extreme cold conditions
- Ability to work in humid conditions
- Ability to work around moving mechanical parts
- Ability to work in confined spaces
- Ability to work in high, precarious places
- Ability to handle fumes or airborne particles
- Ability to work outside usual work schedule as needed to meet customer needs
- Ability to exhibit regular and predictable attendance
- 1 year of tractor trailer driving experience preferred
Desired Qualifications
- Completion of a tractor trailer driving school
- Experience driving over long distances, over a variety of terrains and in varying weather conditions
- Experience communicating with customers
- Experience solving problems
- Experience delivering product
- Experience driving a tractor-trailer unit both in the day and at night in a variety of traffic and weather conditions
- Experience meeting or exceeding minimum productivity levels established by the Company
- Experience handling hazardous materials and food and restaurant items that are frozen, dry and refrigerated
- Experience operating a 3 axle tractor, 45' - 48' trailer, straight truck, on board computer, key pad and a 2 wheel hand cart
- Experience performing basic math functions (e.g. add, subtract, multiply, divide)
- Experience effectively planning and organizing work activities independent of direct supervision
- Experience solving problems
- Experience lifting, pushing, or moving product that weighs up to up to 50 pounds by hand
- Experience pushing/pulling up to 350 pounds of product with a 2-wheeled hand cart down a ramp and into the customer's storage areas
- Experience climbing in and out of a tractor and trailer
- Experience reaching to stack and unstack pallets and hand cart
- Experience bending and twisting while loading and unloading product, and retrieving items from trailer
- Experience working an overnight schedule
- Experience working weekends
- Experience working holidays
- Experience working overtime
- Experience starting at various times
- Experience working in wet conditions
- Experience working in hot conditions
- Experience working in extreme cold conditions
- Experience working in humid conditions
- Experience working around moving mechanical parts
- Experience working in confined spaces
- Experience working in high, precarious places
- Experience handling fumes or airborne particles
- Experience working outside usual work schedule as needed to meet customer needs
- Experience exhibiting regular and predictable attendance
- Experience with DOT regulations
- Experience with Hazmat guidelines
- Experience with Safe lifting and delivery practices
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