Class A Delivery Driver - SYGMA - Baltimore, MD
$20,800–$99,840 year
On-siteBaltimore, Maryland, United States
Job Summary
Drive a tractor trailer to transport products from the warehouse to various customer locations, ensuring timely delivery according to assigned routes. Safely unload goods by hand or using hand carts down ramps, stairs, or docks, placing items in designated storage areas per customer specifications. Pick up and load damaged goods and customer returns, transporting them back to the SYGMA warehouse. Complete all required paperwork, including DOT logs, inspections, and maintenance reports, while maintaining strict food safety protocols and sanitary conditions in the vehicle. 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, weekends, and holidays as needed to meet customer demands.
Required Qualifications
- High school diploma/GED/equivalent degree
- 1 year of tractor trailer driving experience
- Completion of a tractor trailer driving school
- 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
- Valid Class A Commercial Driver's License
- Must be insurable to operate a vehicle
- Knowledge of DOT regulations
- Knowledge of Hazmat guidelines
- Knowledge of Safe lifting and delivery practices
- Skill in driving over long distances
- Skill in driving over a variety of terrains
- Skill in driving 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
- Ability to drive in a variety of traffic conditions
- Ability to drive in varying weather conditions
- Ability to remain alert and aware of surroundings
- Ability to meet or exceed minimum productivity levels established by the Company
- Ability to handle hazardous materials
- Ability to handle food and restaurant items that are frozen, dry and refrigerated
- Ability to operate a 3 axle tractor
- Ability to operate a 45' - 48' trailer
- Ability to operate a straight truck
- Ability to operate an on board computer
- Ability to operate a key pad
- Ability to operate a 2 wheel hand cart
- Ability to read
- Ability to write
- Ability to 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
- Ability to retrieve items from trailer
- Close vision
- Distance vision
- Color vision
- Peripheral vision
- Depth perception
- Ability to adjust focus
- 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 work around fumes or airborne particles
- 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 outside usual work schedule as needed to meet customer needs
- Ability to exhibit regular and predictable attendance
- Ability to follow any other instructions and to perform any other job related duties requested by his or her supervisor
- Currently authorized to work in the United States
Desired Qualifications
- High school diploma/GED/equivalent degree, plus 1 year of tractor trailer driving experience preferred
- Completion of a tractor trailer driving school will be accepted instead of, or in addition to a high school diploma
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