Valid Class A Commercial Driver's License.
Must be insurable to operate a vehicle as a condition of initial and continued employment.
Commercial Vehicle Drivers must have the 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.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States.
Knowledge of: DOT regulations; Hazmat guidelines; Safe lifting and delivery practices.
Skill in: driving over long distances, over a variety of terrains and in varying weather conditions, communicating with customers; solving problems; 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.
The associate is regularly required to sit, talk and hear.
The associate is frequently required to lift, push, or move product that weighs up to up to 50 pounds by hand and push/pull up to 350 pounds of product with a 2-wheeled hand cart down a ramp and into the customer's storage areas; climb in and out of a tractor and trailer; reach to stack and unstack pallets and hand cart; bend and twist while loading and unloading product, and retrieving items from trailer.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
The associate usually works an overnight schedule, including weekends, holidays, overtime, on-call and starting at various times are required in order to successfully meet customers' needs.
Overtime hours, working weekends and holidays, and starting at various start times are required in order to successfully meet customers' needs.
Most routes out no more than 60 hours.