Local CDL A Truck Driver - Immediate Opening
$90,000–$95,000 year
On-siteHershey, Pennsylvania, United States
Job Summary
Drive a tractor trailer to transport products from the warehouse to various customer locations, ensuring timely delivery and proper unloading according to invoices and company standards. Safely operate the vehicle day and night in diverse weather and traffic conditions, managing both line hauls and backhauls while maintaining all DOT regulations and food safety protocols. Perform loading and unloading duties, including handling damaged goods and customer returns, while ensuring accurate paperwork completion and vehicle maintenance. Maintain sanitary conditions in the tractor, trailer, and yard, and communicate with the management team regarding route deviations or customer issues.
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
- 1 year of tractor trailer driving experience
- 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 card 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 be exposed to fumes or airborne particles
- Ability to work outside usual work schedule as needed to meet customer needs
- Ability to exhibit regular and predictable attendance
Desired Qualifications
- Completion of a tractor trailer driving school
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